Sammi,
Have you tried our Panic Program, to the left of your screen, under "tools"? Many of our supporters have raved of it's helpfulness. We also have a "Reference Tool" for Exposure Therapy. This tool is also very helpful, keep in mind:
1. Doing exposure work is hard. We hope that the support group will help make doing exposure work a bit easier.
2. Learning how to do exposure work isn't easy either. It takes time to figure out what works for you. It takes time to figure out what causes you some anxiety but not too much. Again, we hope that people use the support group to help each other figure out how to do this.
3. Exposure work is not the same as "Just Doing It". The key difference is that exposure exercises are planned in advance and exposure exercises are designed to make you somewhat anxious but not too anxious. Also in exposure work you stay in the situation long enough or repeat the exposure exercise often enough to experience a decrease in fear. When people "Just Do It" they tend to get in and out of the situation as quickly as possible. As a result, they never experience a decrease in fear, and so they never unlearn their anxiety.
Our support group is also a wonderful asset to tap into. They are a group of knowledgeable and supportive people, who have lots of experience to draw from.
Please keep posting your thoughts,
Josie
