[evangeline85]

Hi everyone,
I'm 30 and I'm a shy girl. I've always been afraid to "show" my body, I need to be covered in order to feel comfortable with myself!

I started my therapy today. No diagnosis at the moment, no drug as well! Just "group therapy" with facilitators as my therapist suggested.

I met a few other people today at a gym. We all are girls and women in need for some group activities. Each of us has our own problems which we try to face together by exchanging knowledge and confidence.
Since I was the new entry at this thing, my therapist organised a specific activity to give me confidence to overcome my shyness.
It was a basket game, not a real match, just standing and throwing the ball towards the basket itself.

Every time you miss a basket, this counts as an "error" and another people has to undone a piece of what you wear.
I choose one of my most covering outfits, made of a coat, a cardigan, a shirt, a turtleneck and finally the "common piece"....a t-shirt give to each of us with a "I am beautiful" writing on it.

I am not so good at basket and PE, indeed, I was distressed and missed so many baskets.

After my three mistakes, I had three of my coat's toggles undone, and so on. After a few minutes my coat was wide open and on the next mistake I had to take it off.

Then my cardigan resisted a little bit more, since I could achieve some good points with practice, but after some time even its last button was opened. They said "oh no..your nice cardigan is so messed up!".
I was probably the most dressed girl but I did so many mistakes that my clothing was unable to protect me enough.

Then the shirt, my poor shirt, I started feeling more worried about remaining with my final layer and I lost it, nine mistakes, nine buttons gone. Another missed basket and my shirt has gone.
Then my turtleneck, just one mistake, and it went away.
My tshirt "I'm beautiful" was the first to appear, even if the other girls were less covered than me.
But I still don't feel comfortable at all.
So sad

[Yours_Truly]

This is great. It's exactly the kind of exposure group therapy I need.
I suppose regular group therapy is better than nothing.

I hope it worked for you...

It sounds more like peer pressure to me and wouldn't work at all....Interesting indeed!

When do you have to do it again?

[Molinit]

Okay, I believe now this is a fantasy and the OP likes to have people read about being forcefully disrobed.

Read old posts from OP. This doesn't have anything to do with exposure therapy.

[Shazerac]

Based on similar posts by the OP I'm starting to get a little weirded out. I've never heard of exposure therapy. I wouldn't consider it therapy to practically play strip poker. This is just odd.

[evangeline85]

Originally Posted by Molinit

Okay, I believe now this is a fantasy and the OP likes to have people read about being forcefully disrobed.

Read old posts from OP. This doesn't have anything to do with exposure therapy.

If only you could feel what I feel at the mo.

Originally Posted by Shazerac

Based on similar posts by the OP I'm starting to get a little weirded out. I've never heard of exposure therapy. I wouldn't consider it therapy to practically play strip poker. This is just odd.

It's more something like group facilitation activities. My therapist wants me to alternate group facilitation and one-one sessions with her.