well, if she didn't outlaw pencil and paper, you could amuse yourself with that.......you know, taking notes..........you are doing good.....nothing wrong with finding a section with a few people! You can always ask for a back corner......
you are doing great! Keep it up!
Yeah way do they do that. Hopefully you will be OK with new person.
I forgot to include the bad news. I will only have 2 more sessions with this shrink as she is leaving my VA. You would think that they would not assign a shrink to your case if they are leaving in a month when the therapy is scheduled to last 14 weeks.
She told me that the my new shrink will be a man and I tried to find out if he was African-American, but she became very coy about answering that question.
Dennis
I think you have been doing real good. I have trouble doing that even with a safe person. Just to much going on. Do be sure to give yourself pats on the back.
I was wondering how you are doing with this now?
Dennis,
Glad to hear you were able to stay the 5 minutes! Does the waitress seat you without asking you your preference? If she asks you,go for that same section each time,if there's room! Atleast you are allowed some minor distractions this time! Actually,paying attention to your breathing,is a good way of calming yourself!
I am pleased to hear that you lasted five minutes myself. What a brave thing you have done! Seriously, people do not realize how hard it is to conquer a fear by desensitizing oneself all by yourself. Quite a feat if you ask me.
So the next time see if you can last 6 minutes. Baby steps Dennis, baby steps.
Congrats in my book!
Lisa