Tag: exposure therapy

Improv II

Dec 19, 2025

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NicoleHerronWrites

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, exposure therapy, Growth, journaling, vulnerability

Getting ready for Improv II showcase and remembering that scared does not mean can’t.
Author Con

Jul 22, 2025

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NicoleHerronWrites

in anxiety, author, exposure therapy, family, fiction, friendship, hiding, imposter syndrome, INFJ, introvert, intuition, journaling, lessons, mental health, planning, self promotion, social anxiety, social media, socializing, writing

Saturday I attended a local author convention. We have a friend we’ve known for almost thirty years that has been writing books for awhile now and had posted that she would be there. I thought it might be a good idea to get an idea of what it might be like from an author’s perspective.…
Grilled cheese and anxiety soup

Jul 15, 2025

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, exposure therapy, hiding, imposter syndrome, INFJ, introvert, journaling, lessons, mental health, motivation, parenting, people-pleasing, perfectionism, personality, social anxiety, socializing

My husband has friends that are extroverts, so he gets invited to things from time to time. He notified me on Friday that he had been invited to an annual Girled Cheese party (long story on the unique name) for the next day. The idea behind the party is that everyone brings a unique grilled…
Discomfort

Jul 2, 2025

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, author, Beta Readers, blogging, cognitive distortions, exposure therapy, family, friendship, Growth, hiding, imposter syndrome, journaling, lessons, mental health, people-pleasing, perfectionism, personality, shame, social anxiety, social media, TEP3, theatre, triggers, vulnerability

It’s no secret that being seen scares me. I’ve tried my best to be open and honest about it (in as quiet a way as possible) because it makes things a tiny bit easier. When I name my fear, it gives it less power. So that’s what I’m doing today. Naming the fear. Yesterday was…
Show up scared

Feb 20, 2025

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Niki Herron

in aging, anxiety, cognitive distortions, exercise, health anxiety, introvert, journaling, routine, shame, social anxiety, vulnerability

I have been going to a water exercise class for over a year now. The first time was scary. The first time attempting anything new is scary. At least, it is for me. If it’s not scary for you, I’m not real sure why you’re reading my blog, but you’ll get no judgement from me.…
Wellness Wednesday – 10/2/2024

Oct 2, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, church, cognitive distortions, journaling, lessons, medication, mental health professionals, phone anxiety, social anxiety, volunteering, writing

It’s been a while since I last did a Wellness Wednesday post, so I thought I’d give a bit of an update. I’ve been on Zoloft (Sertraline) for a year and a half. I visit with the prescribing psychiatrist virtually every 3 months for a new refill. I haven’t seen a therapist in over a…
Cultivating Friendships

Sep 25, 2024

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, church, cognitive distortions, friendship, hope, introvert, journaling, social anxiety, vulnerability

Making (and keeping) friends is hard. But maybe I’ve found an in?
Wellness Wednesday (10/18/2023)

Oct 18, 2023

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, exercise, family, friendship, health anxiety, journaling, mental health professionals, social anxiety

It’s Wednesday again! Time to check in with myself. Monday I had an appointment with the doctor that prescribes my Zoloft. I told her that I really feel like the medicine is helping a lot. I explained that several difficult things have happened the last few months, but I’ve handled them pretty well. I pointed…
Zoo Day (10/14/2023)

Oct 14, 2023

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, exercise, family, friendship, journaling, parenting, social anxiety, time anxiety, writing

Today my daughter is volunteering at the zoo as a Jr. Counselor for a day camp. Since my husband is actually home today I decided to stay at the zoo and have some time for myself rather than drive back and forth. It’s a 30 minute drive, one way, so it takes up at least…
Therapeutic [Tuesday] – 10-04-2022

Oct 4, 2022

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Niki Herron

in anxiety, cognitive distortions, defective, EMDR, family, journaling, parenting, perfectionism, social anxiety, Therapeutic Thursday

I know it’s not Thursday, but I had therapy today. Another round of EMDR. Today’s memories and images were much more recent. All of them took place when I was an adult. I don’t know if that means we are getting closer to being “done” with reprocessing, or if I just had a lot of…