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Exposure Therapy
TAKING ACTION:
✅After reading today’s post, what is one thing that is just outside of your comfort zone that you can do today? Share with me below! You’ve GOT THIS! 💥
Have you ever heard of exposure therapy?
Exposure therapy is often used with patients who have a fear of something or have experienced some sort of trauma in their lives.
In short, the therapist will ask the patient to interact with the very thing they fear willingly. Not all at once. Not in a huge dose. But instead, in very small doses. The next step is never taken until the previous step feels doable.
For example, if someone has a fear of getting on an elevator, he/she might be asked to take one step towards the elevator. Once the person feels comfortable with taking one step toward the elevator, the rest of the journey may look like this ⬇️
- Taking two steps toward the elevator
- Taking three steps toward the elevator
- Walking all the way down the hallway to where the elevator is
- Pushing the elevator button
- Just standing on the elevator while keeping the door open
- The steps continue until the person eventually willingly rides the elevator
This is what exposure therapy looks like, and our health & wellness journeys are somewhat similar. Maybe we don’t have a fear around our health & wellness journeys, but the steps (and outcome) are similar.
Choosing to do something just outside of your comfort zone (but not so big that it defeats you) is the way. Eventually, you get comfortable with it, and you’re ready to take the next small step just outside your comfort zone.
Do you see the pattern?
The rain today is what produces tomorrow’s flowers…🌺
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