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<blockquote data-quote="Josie" data-source="post: 418630" data-attributes="member: 1792"><p>That is exactly what B had to do, when we did CBT for her. Hers was more focused on one Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) area, but she had to actually feel the fear and do it anyway. If the fear is minimized too much, it doesn't work. They have to see that they can be anxious and deal with it. Once they do it enough times, the anxiety goes away or is at least minimized enough that it isn't a big deal.</p><p></p><p>Her therapist wanted it to be uncomfortable for her, but not overwhelming.</p><p></p><p>We have done the CBT over 2 issues and neither one of them bother her at all any more.</p><p></p><p>I could never get her to do her exposures at home and had to get the therapist to come to our house more often. He came to the house since her issues were at our house and he did the exposures with her. She had to deliberately imagine the worst case scenario and feel the fear and see that it went away.</p><p></p><p>We watched the show "Obsessed" when she was doing her CBT. I think it helped her to see other people with similar issues suffering through their exposures, too.</p><p></p><p>It isn't easy, but it did work for my daughter.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Josie, post: 418630, member: 1792"] That is exactly what B had to do, when we did CBT for her. Hers was more focused on one Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) area, but she had to actually feel the fear and do it anyway. If the fear is minimized too much, it doesn't work. They have to see that they can be anxious and deal with it. Once they do it enough times, the anxiety goes away or is at least minimized enough that it isn't a big deal. Her therapist wanted it to be uncomfortable for her, but not overwhelming. We have done the CBT over 2 issues and neither one of them bother her at all any more. I could never get her to do her exposures at home and had to get the therapist to come to our house more often. He came to the house since her issues were at our house and he did the exposures with her. She had to deliberately imagine the worst case scenario and feel the fear and see that it went away. We watched the show "Obsessed" when she was doing her CBT. I think it helped her to see other people with similar issues suffering through their exposures, too. It isn't easy, but it did work for my daughter. [/QUOTE]
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