Hello, my name is MaryLouise. I have been working through the session on PC, very helpful. I am stumped right now while working of exposure. I can't seem to find a suitable fear that I can work through. It's seems either too much or too little. So here are a few examples, wondering if someone could comment to assist me.
I do have a fear of meeting people from my place of employment; I have been away for 18 months now. So I was thinking I could expose myself to the area around my workplace, for instance walk a block near it or go to a store during work hours. IS that too big of a fear to address?
I have always had fear of heights, so would standing on a ladder of various heights etc be a better one.
my name is MaryLouise. I am working on session 4 and 5. I seem to be stalled in proceeding with selecting fears and exposure work. I set out a plan to ultimately walk around my place of employment with minimal fear of meeting up with co-workers. I am afraid I will experience the same fear, panic the last day I was there. So I am avoiding the place because it is an unsafe place.
This week I set out a plan to get closer to the workplace physically. I parked my car a few blocks away and looked around to see if any co-workers were around, there were none. My fear was about a 5 and anxiety was about 6. So tomorrow I'm going to park closer to work and stand outside window shopping or something.
I guess I;m not sure if this is challenging enough of a experience for me.
Does anyone have comments, shared experience or advice for me.
My piece of advice is to wake up each morning, before your feet hit the floor and say this mantra: I forgive myself for the past mistakes, I forgive the people who have done injustices to me and I will live this day free of the past.
I apologize for not returning your lovely email. I am still learning to navigate around this website. My trip to work went very well, better than I expected. Many of my co-workers dropped by to see me when they heard my voice. I felt it was a huge weight off my shoulder. I do have people who care and are not mean.
I have been on long term sick leave for 18 months, I hope to be back to work by the time my leave ends which is in Feb 2013. I have a stressful job as a caseworker for those who are on social assistance. I am quite sure I will not return to this position. I would be interested in what other peoples experience is like having returned to work. Did their employer make compensations .
my car in the parking lot beside my employer. I was quite anxious and feared I may meet some one I knew. Anyhow I left after 15 minutes, Icompleted my exposure tracker as well.
It’s been a while since you were active on this site. Please extend your session below
You have been logged out due to inactivity.
Please sign back in.
We use cookies to help us learn about how our platform is used and how we can improve your experience. To
learn more please see our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
