Tag: exposure therapy
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I did a scary thing… and lived.
A few weeks ago, Sadie of Your Anxiety Bestie asked me to be interviewed for her podcast. Actually, she’d mentioned it before, but brought it up again when I was still working on my Social Anxiety at Home series. I’d been putting her off, even though the thought intrigued me, because it was scary. Then…
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PRIDE 2022
Saturday we attended our first Pride Festival as a family. My husband and I have always been Allies, but never felt an urge to attend. This year, with our son identifying as bi (or he thinks he might actually be pan, the more he learns), I felt it was important to show the kids just…
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Unintentional Exposure Therapy
This morning I went to the grocery store and bought our groceries for the week. While I prefer to use self checkout because I don’t have to talk to anyone, I hate trying to bag a full cart of groceries. So I went to a cashier that had a bagger. I’ve been going to this…
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How it went…
Well, I did it. I told Anxiety to stuff it and went to the Holly Jolly anyway. I had built it up in my head as crowded chaos, but it really wasn’t bad. There was plenty of room on the shuttle bus for our family to sit several rows behind everyone else and we were…
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Sneaky Anxiety
I’ve been doing really well the last month or so at recognizing when anxiety is rearing it’s ugly head and talking myself through it. But today’s anxiety snuck in slowly, then grabbed hold unexpectedly. You see, our community has hosted a fun run and 5k every year at the beginning of December. The PE teachers…
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Ultimate Exposure Therapy
What scares you? I’d say some of my biggest fears these days involve social interactions and yet also being alone. Strange, I know. I like feeling secure with all of my “people” by my side. I feel comfortable when my whole family is under one roof. But that doesn’t mean it’s what I want all…
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Shopping is my nightmare!
I may have mentioned in the past that I am not fond of shopping. I don’t mind grocery shopping so much (my pandemic anxiety is getting better) and Target is my go-to for just about anything else (no, I don’t do Target groceries). I do the majority of my clothes and holiday shopping on Amazon…
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Triggers
This weekend was filled with triggers for me. Some I handled well, others I did not. Allow me to explain. Saturday was the day before Halloween, so of course there were last minute items we needed from the store. It was approaching lunch time, so my son asked if we could go somewhere for lunch…
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Therapeutic Thursday (10-14-21)
It’s Thursday again! This week has gone by quickly. My kids had Monday and Tuesday off from school, which made this week fly by. Monday the three of us went to Topgolf and played for 2 hours (son’s pick), then on Tuesday we went to the zoo (daughter’s pick). If you recall, my anxiety over…
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Metacognition
Do you know what metacognition is? Webster’s Dictionary defines it as “awareness or analysis of one’s own learning or thinking processes.” I’ve been doing a lot of that the last couple of days. Yesterday I started reading The Gifts of Imperfection by Brené Brown, which was recommended to me by my counselor on Thursday. Only…