Posted by Dinah on April 29, 2013, at 7:09:20
In reply to Re: 1-10 » Dinah, posted by Phillipa on April 27, 2013, at 19:05:18
I definitely think that's a factor. I've worked so hard myself to learn to control myself, to maintain at least a bare semblance of normality, that I have to some extent smothered my feelings of anxiety. But that's not so easy to do really.
I understand objectively that what my therapist wants is a way to tell how much any particular item of exposure is bothering me, to see if we need to spend more time on it. But I the numerical scale might actually help him understand me less, not more. I suppose at best, it's a distraction that helps me change my focus.
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