outlanderSenior Contributor
rough time
is anyone around to talk to atm
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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i am more of a shut down person @MDT i dont really like talking about things much or if i do its to hard to find what i want/need to say.
ive already been doing exposure therapy in a way for the past 4 yrs already. i own a dog myself, and im around my aunts dog occassionaly and i look at pics of boh Snowies and Zoes pups since ive been here.
ive already been doing exposure therapy in a way for the past 4 yrs already. i own a dog myself, and im around my aunts dog occassionaly and i look at pics of boh Snowies and Zoes pups since ive been here.
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MDTSenior Contributor
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How come you are talking about doing it in therapy @outlander?
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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doing what in therapy? @MDT
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MDTSenior Contributor
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When you said this
"We had talked about how we would go about trauma work and shes suggested slow exposure therapy. so i dont have to actually talk about it right now unless i want to but itll be steps like looking at pictures of dogs or going to the park where some are playing- those sorts of things all while talking about the emotions and memories and associated things."
I thought you meant you were looking at dogs in therapy as exposure @outlander
"We had talked about how we would go about trauma work and shes suggested slow exposure therapy. so i dont have to actually talk about it right now unless i want to but itll be steps like looking at pictures of dogs or going to the park where some are playing- those sorts of things all while talking about the emotions and memories and associated things."
I thought you meant you were looking at dogs in therapy as exposure @outlander
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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@MDT
she just wants me to start getting more exposure to dogs in general, pictures, walks around the park, playing with my own dog as a start. dont know where to from there. hadnt really thought about it.
she just wants me to start getting more exposure to dogs in general, pictures, walks around the park, playing with my own dog as a start. dont know where to from there. hadnt really thought about it.
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MDTSenior Contributor
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Ohh okay I get what you mean @outlander
Sounds like you are actually alright around dogs.
Sounds like you are actually alright around dogs.
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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its has taken me 4 yrs @MDT to get to this point. i still cant handle them much. not even in pictures, just depends on the sort of dog i suppose. offline is very different to online.
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CornySenior Contributor
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Hey @outlander,
Not too bad. Like lots of people, I have good days and not so good days. Days when the worries and anxiety overwhelm me, and others when my anxiety isn't too much for me to get some stuff done and I'm able to go out and see people. I'm trying not to become paralysed by fear for my future........but sometimes I can't help but feel overwhelmed. I have no resilience anymore. All the interpersonal traumas & neglect throughout the years have stuffed my body 1st and foremost, the psyche and mind just follows.
Christmas and NY was very quiet and I am relieved its over to be honest. It's a funny thing to live in Sydney over that period - no traffic! One of the most inefficient city's in the world suddenly becomes temporarily, some what efficient.
Big hugs to you @outlander
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MDTSenior Contributor
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sounds like a bit more of that sort of therapy approach may help too @outlander
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outlanderSenior Contributor
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i guess @MDT i dont really know
