PROGRESS UPDATE
I have a few in no particular order, and will work through them.. Some of these will have to be faced with Exposure Therapy. Exposure therapy is a process in which I expose myself to the fear in small steps.
♣ Heights - ET progressively expose myself to heights, (I can climb castles and sometimes I'll gradually get closer to the egde and hold onto the railing very tightly, and can sometimes look right over the edge so I'm getting used to it)
♣ Spiders - ET expose myself to pictures of spiders and get used to them and over time, will expose myself to staying in a room with a small spider in and eventually to the point where I'll be okay in a room with big spiders. I'm not keen to touch one but I am willing to get close.
♣ Thunder - Cuddle with my favourite Eeyore teddy and maybe my partner and be around someone and talk to them as the thunder is happening.
♣ Failure - Learning about expectations and lowering mine. I don't have to be perfect.. in fact no one is and by learning to lower my expectations, I'll be more happy when I do achieve the smaller things, and not worry so much about everyone else's high expectations. It's my life, not theirs, I live it my way, and if they aren't happy with that they can look the other way.
♣ Vomiting - ET learn what my avoidance habits are for this (so I may avoid certain foods or situations becauseof fear of vomiting) and expose myself to perhaps sights of vomiting and learn relaxation tips.. http://www.anxietycoach.com/emetophobia.html
♣ Blood (human blood, I'm okay with animal blood.. I know, strange) - ET (this one will be hard because I faint as well when I see blood and feel sick, so will need to work on fainting first and vomiting fear) But just like the others, read medicial leaflets on fear of blood and expose myself to others when they have a small cut and relax and try breathing exercises, I'll have to see how I go from there.
♣ Fainting - Learning to tense my muscles and raise my blood pressure so it's harder to faint.
♣ Death/Dying - Learning about Deathand learning about Religious beliefs. I don't just want death to be the end and that's it and maybe that's why so many people believer in some kind of religion, to hope there is something more after we die.
♣ Pregnancy/Giving birth - Learning about childbirth, and obviously when the time comes I'll learn breathing and relaxation tips
♣ Busy social places - ET (I've got used to being in our local high street on a Saturday and Sunday, I started off by going out on an evening at a quiet time with my bf starting late when it was dark and gradually bringing the time of going out down so I went earlier and earlier on an evening) Expose myself to places where crowds will be lower and work my way up over time and different days.
♣ Going out on my own - ET Start by going out my front door alone and letting myself feel the fear and rate it on a scale and aim to go back inside only when my fear level reaches at least half of what it began with. Gradually expose myself to the building front door, and then to a bench nearby and eventually to the local high street and the park.
♣ Heights - ET progressively expose myself to heights, (I can climb castles and sometimes I'll gradually get closer to the egde and hold onto the railing very tightly, and can sometimes look right over the edge so I'm getting used to it)
♣ Spiders - ET expose myself to pictures of spiders and get used to them and over time, will expose myself to staying in a room with a small spider in and eventually to the point where I'll be okay in a room with big spiders. I'm not keen to touch one but I am willing to get close.
♣ Thunder - Cuddle with my favourite Eeyore teddy and maybe my partner and be around someone and talk to them as the thunder is happening.
♣ Failure - Learning about expectations and lowering mine. I don't have to be perfect.. in fact no one is and by learning to lower my expectations, I'll be more happy when I do achieve the smaller things, and not worry so much about everyone else's high expectations. It's my life, not theirs, I live it my way, and if they aren't happy with that they can look the other way.
♣ Vomiting - ET learn what my avoidance habits are for this (so I may avoid certain foods or situations becauseof fear of vomiting) and expose myself to perhaps sights of vomiting and learn relaxation tips.. http://www.anxietycoach.com/emetophobia.html
♣ Blood (human blood, I'm okay with animal blood.. I know, strange) - ET (this one will be hard because I faint as well when I see blood and feel sick, so will need to work on fainting first and vomiting fear) But just like the others, read medicial leaflets on fear of blood and expose myself to others when they have a small cut and relax and try breathing exercises, I'll have to see how I go from there.
♣ Fainting - Learning to tense my muscles and raise my blood pressure so it's harder to faint.
♣ Death/Dying - Learning about Deathand learning about Religious beliefs. I don't just want death to be the end and that's it and maybe that's why so many people believer in some kind of religion, to hope there is something more after we die.
♣ Pregnancy/Giving birth - Learning about childbirth, and obviously when the time comes I'll learn breathing and relaxation tips
♣ Busy social places - ET (I've got used to being in our local high street on a Saturday and Sunday, I started off by going out on an evening at a quiet time with my bf starting late when it was dark and gradually bringing the time of going out down so I went earlier and earlier on an evening) Expose myself to places where crowds will be lower and work my way up over time and different days.
♣ Going out on my own - ET Start by going out my front door alone and letting myself feel the fear and rate it on a scale and aim to go back inside only when my fear level reaches at least half of what it began with. Gradually expose myself to the building front door, and then to a bench nearby and eventually to the local high street and the park.
Posted 9 years ago