Has anyone here tried Prolonged Exposure Therapy?

I'll be starting it this week with my therapist and I still have so many questions about it.

Starting with the fact that I've been sexually assaulted multiple times so I'm not sure how to choose which specific incident to focus on.

Also, for the "in vivo" part, I feel like I'm going to be even more lost bc my main triggers involve men, especially men with authority, so I wouldn't know how the 'confronting triggers' thing would work when I kinda already do that?

Has anyone else here had experience with it? How did it go? Was it successful?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/moonmeetsun
πŸ“…︎ Nov 08 2021
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Have you tried Prolonged Exposure therapy? Do you recommend it?

My VA trauma psychologist recommended it, and I’m seeking comments from anyone who has tried it. Thank you.

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ADVICE is needed! In Prolonged Exposure therapy due to my forgotten childhood traumas, and feeling worse every day... Do I need another therapist for my C-PTSD?

Hi Reddit,

I just registered here to ask your opinion if I need to find a more skilled therapist. She was provided to me for free due to my income BUT I'm afraid to lose therapy and/or wait too long right now. I don't want to come across as too needy, but I literally feel like I cannot take it anymore. I started Prolonged Exposure therapy due to my sexual assault and neglect as a child. I thought that I remember only a few things, and the more I listen to the recording, I started remembering more and more disturbing details about my childhood. I don't sleep well, I don't eat well and I cannot perform any work as I have real-life flashbacks that last hours. I need to talk to someone who understands complex childhood trauma, as I feel more suicidal after remembering lots of new stuff. This therapist comes across as not too thoughtful, and I don't know if she ever worked with clients with C-PTSD from childhood, where I remember new stuff almost every day, and I cannot cope with my new memories on this and other situations of abuse. In order to calm down, I'm researching LOTS of stuff on my own, such as calm breathing, and how to calm down with flashbacks. Reading scientific literature helps me to understand why it's not my fault that I feel the way I feel because I don't feel that level of scientific explanation to some of my reactions.

Yesterday I emailed her explaining how I feel and asked if there's anything I can do, to no response. Does anybody went through the PE therapy and you remembered way more trauma than you initially thought? Please share your experiences how your therapy went, and/or any type of advice on what I should do will be very appreciated.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/hey_yuulz
πŸ“…︎ Sep 30 2021
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Best way to get access to prolonged exposure Therapy? for ptsd treatment

I know your not supposed to self diagnose or anything like that but I really do feel like I suffer from ptsd.

A really don't feel like a countselors is helping me and that I need access to prolonged exposure therapy.

How would I get access to this?

I am only 17 and in high school and don't know how this works.

I have a countselor and I feel like all they care about is whether or not I'm suicidal not how to fix the suffering.

I feel like a 3 month program of prolonged exposure therapy would greatly help me.

ptsd is related to dad going to jail and feeling like life is messed up.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Nathan7154
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CPTSD - β€œthawing out” and seeing things the way they really happened. Anyone familiar with β€œProlonged Exposure” therapy?

I have been diagnosed with CPTSD and PTSD. Let the fun begin. PTSD was diagnosed over a decade ago by the VA, but I swept it under the proverbial rug. Over a decade later, a highly skilled VA Psychologist lifted that dusty rug - yay, yuck, yay, yuck. You get it. Then, I found out I also have CPTSD. Good golly, Miss Molly.

This explains decades of β€œit’s depression, no, it’s anxiety, no it’s ADD, no it’s a sleep disorder, rinse, repeat”.

But PTSD/CPTSD freakin finally explains it and it’s a SLOW β€œthaw” allowing myself to really β€œsee” things that happened - the way they happened, and not through a convenient, tidy reframe that always made me be a freak show in my mind.

This is hard stuff, my people. I’m here with you in it, loving you and cheering you on during your laps around this track and hoping for the same as I take my laps.

I’m entering β€œProlonged Exposure” therapy at the VA - have any of you done that? Feedback on it?

HUGS and HOPE. Peace out.

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Prolonged Exposure Therapy

Hello. I’m doing Prolonged Exposure Therapy for a trauma that occurred many years ago. In those years, I’ve spent many many hours convincing myself to push my feelings about the situation down. Now, I have to let myself feel them. I’ve done a few intense sessions and haven’t even shed a tear. I want to feel. I want to let it go. I’m worried that I’ve ruined those chances by convincing myself that I was okay and to push everything down. Does anyone relate? How do you open yourself up to those emotions???

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prolonged exposure therapy: thoughts + complaints

I met with a new psychologist a few days ago. I was transferred from another therapist (no beef, they just moved), so she had access to my notes detailing most of my life experiences/traumatic events. After some disclosure, we agreed on beginning β€œprolonged exposure therapy” later this month. I recognize the positives, but I can’t help but to feel depressed that 1) my trauma has become something that needs more intense care and 2) I am going to have to display a lot of emotion to my therapist before it gets better. I feel it’s totally unfair that I experienced so much adversity as a child and now I have to go through such a painful process to overcome it.

With that: does anyone have experience with prolonged exposure therapy? Did you find that the negatives outweighed the positives?

Thanks so much (:

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πŸ‘€︎ u/willienelsonfan
πŸ“…︎ Apr 11 2021
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Prolonged Exposure Therapy

Help. I am tired of emailing my therapist, and I feel like he’s probably tired of hearing from me.

Is anyone in prolonged exposure therapy? I’m having to do the imaginals and in vivos daily now and it’s exhausting. My therapist keeps telling me to remember that the long term will be worth it. Right now though, I’m so tired and done with this process that I can’t even grasp the concept of the long term. I’m depressed. I’m not taking care of myself. I’m doing the bare minimum at work. All of this, not because I want to, but because that’s all I can do right now. I’m so fucking tired of having to put myself through incredibly intense and long therapies and processes in order to recover from someone else’s actions. By the way...that person is completely fine. Moving on as if nothing happened. Taking no accountability, and never will. Why can’t I be blissfully ignorant? I’m fucking tired and want to give up.

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Experiences with prolonged exposure therapy that involves listening to recordings of yourself recounting your trauma

Hello, I've recently started trauma therapy to help me deal with sexual abuse in a past relationship. I've been through a lot of therapy and medication to deal with other things. Mostly related to my bipolar disorder. My trauma never really got dealt with because my mental health in general was so bad. Now I'm finally in therapy focused only on treating the effects of these specific traumatic events.

So, I expected this to be hard but I didn't realise it would involve recounting each experience over and over, then have my voice recorded and having to listen to that recording once a day until the next session. And then recount the next event and record/listen to that.

I've understood that the point is to sort of re-break a bone that didn't heal right so that it can heal properly or like opening a festered wound to drain the poison from it. It sure feels that way.

My question is if anyone here has gotten the same kind of "homework" of listening to recordings like this? I've read that it's a common part of this type of therapy but I couldn't find any actual patients talking about it, only medical texts.

If you've had to do this, how did you go about doing it? Like, what time of the day, did you do anything else while listening or did you let it take all your focus?

I listened to my first recording for the first time today and I knew I wouldn't be able to keep from harming myself if I didn't stay occupied somehow. So I had a writing pad and pencils and while I listened I just focused really hard on filling the entire paper with black. During the worst bits I scribbled really hard to "get it out" sort of. It's a tactic I learned in ERGT to keep my hand too busy to do bad things. Afterwards I played Stardew Valley to escape (I had planned beforehand what I would do after so I wouldn't end up in a bad place)

All in all the first time went better than I expected. It was awful and painful but I didn't freak out as much as I feared. Today was a saturday though and I'm scared for the weekdays when I'll have less energy and time for aftercare.

This might be a very specific question. I don't know how common this even is but I would love to hear other experiences of this treatment method and how it went. If you had any coping strategies etc.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/yammuyammu
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I’m (26f) just now doing Prolonged Exposure Therapy about my older brother molesting me. These are messages between me and my cousin (27m) in regards to the abuse we endured at the hands of my older brother (29m) when we were all kids. β€œA” is my brother. reddit.com/gallery/jkix5g
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πŸ‘€︎ u/PaintItOrange28
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Anyone tried prolonged exposure therapy?

My therapist has suggested that I try prolonged exposure therapy after having completed DBT. It’s my first time hearing about it and am wondering if anyone has done it and had positive outcomes? Would love to hear people’s experiences and if they’ve found it helpful.

Reading about it has freaked me out a little because I’ve never really full on faced it since I’ve always been focused on just getting out of the constant chaos so am apprehensive.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Little-bot13
πŸ“…︎ Mar 12 2021
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Prolonged exposure therapy...

Hi,

Have anyone tried prolonged exposure therapy for PTSD? If yes then how much time did it take to cure your PTSD? How was your experience? Please share.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/p_thapa7000
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Prolonged Exposure Therapy

I’m brand new to Reddit, and this is my first post 😬. I’m a 33yo woman who has had CPTSD for most of my life, only recently diagnosed. I’ve compensated for the trauma by being hyper-successful academically/professionally and completely dysfunctional in terms of relationships. My amazing new therapist suggested we try Prolonged Exposure therapy. I’ve researched it and feel good about it, especially that it’s efficacy is backed by extensive evidence based research. That said, I’m absolutely terrified. Confronting the trauma is immensely painful. I generally either dissociate (derealization) or heavily re-experience when I discuss it during therapy. Has anyone done prolonged exposure? Any advice? TY in advance!

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πŸ‘€︎ u/jametzz
πŸ“…︎ Jan 02 2021
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started prolonged exposure therapy and I already want to quit.

got my cptsd diagnosis a couple weeks ago. I have such a hard time listening to the recordings. we did our first imaginal session last week (for those who don't know, it's where you record yourself describing your most traumatic memory in first person present tense) and I still haven't listened to it... I'm supposed to listen to it 3 times by Wednesday. I just want to quit so bad. I don't want to talk about these disgusting ugly things that have happened to me. I don't want to remember them. I recovered some of the memory last session and it's been flashing through my mind all week...... I just don't know what to do. it hurts so much.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/throwaway3084373
πŸ“…︎ Sep 13 2020
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Prolonged exposure therapy worked for me

I’ve spent time on this sub but never posted, and wanted to post something I hope will help others. I was raped 12 years ago, shoved it away for several years, and then it came back and I experienced PTSD for about 7 years, until I completed Prolonged Exposure (PE) Therapy this spring. This Dateline video is a good summary of what it is, but I wanted to give some more insight for anyone considering this therapy or looking for some sort of relief.

It took place over 10 sessions, during which I would recount the story of the assault in present tense with my eyes closed, record that, and listen to the recording every day (30-40 minutes) until the next week’s session, where we would do it again. During that time I was also doing in vivo exposures - things I’d been either purposely or inadvertently avoiding for years (sitting next to men in public, watching documentaries about rape cases, listening to certain songs, etc).

It was terrible! But it absolutely worked for me, and from the first session, the logic of it made sense to me, as awful as it was. Over time, the memory became less and less distressing while I was telling it. What happened will always have happened, but now when my thoughts turn to the assault, it feels like a memory of something that happened in the past, instead of like a flashback that makes it feel like it’s happening all over again.

At the beginning of the therapy sessions, I would shake in my sleep, almost like my body was trying to expel all the energy I’d taken up over the years trying to avoid dealing with the rape. I was even jumpier than usual. It was really hard. But it got easier, then harder, then easier, and now, while I won’t say I’m cured, I no longer meet the diagnostic criteria for PTSD. I never really thought that was possible.

When I look for the PTSD inside, instead of the sharp, black jolts of energy from flashbacks, anger and hyper vigilance, I find blank, open space. I know some people have had bad experiences with PE therapy, but it changed my life, and if you have any questions, I am more than happy to answer.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/electrock03
πŸ“…︎ Jun 11 2020
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Does anyone have any experience with prolonged exposure therapy for trauma?

Prolonged exposure therapy is supposed to work wonders for those suffering with PTSD. I have started the therapy for near a month now, and I definitely see some improvementβ€”even though some days are much tougher than others. I'm beginning to see a lot of things I never saw and understand the source of my pain more clearly. I still have a couple months ahead in the therapy. I was wondering whether anyone else has undergone prolonged exposure therapy, and if so, how it benefitted you, what suggestions do you have, and any details you find important?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/sheikhimam
πŸ“…︎ Nov 11 2020
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Side affects of prolonged exposure therapy?

This is a lot and is very hard for me to write. I (26F) was in a relationship dating from May 2015-2018. The first year and half was bliss and I really loved that person. Then things took a turn, and I ended up fleeing because I was being emotionally, mentally, and sexually abused by my ex-boyfriend. I ended up just pushing it away and not really talking about it. My work offered 20 therapy for free. I took advantage of it and coming to terms with the rape came out to the service. I’m now in Prolonged Exposure Therapy. I started about 4 weeks back and I’ve been going in at a slow pace. However, I’m in a relationship with a new partner (27M) and I have so many problems. I don’t trust him and I have zero self worth. It’s almost like I need to have sex with him to know our relationship is okay. He moved in the first week of July and we’ve fought on and off. He ended up telling me I was gaslighting him(I talked to my therapist about that), and he was unhappy. He loves me, and wants to be with him. He suffers from PTSD, anxiety, and depression. He’s no longer in therapy and stopped a couple years back due to lack of finances. He also has a drinking problem, the drinking is his coping mechanism for his depression it seems. He mentioned how alone he felt before he moved, and moving to a city where he knows no one... he feels even more alone. I have zero self worth... He hasn’t had sex with me in over a week and a half... the affection is there sometimes... there’s this weird feeling. Lately I’ve been questioning if he’s talking to someone else. I mentioned how I needed alone time a couple weeks back. This Sunday he went to him home town for the day and he drank and hung out with his family and his buddies. The plan was for him to spend the night but he ended up coming home. He looked at me at told me when he left he should’ve brought me. When he told me he was coming home, β€œI will be in your arms tonight.” I don’t want him to be with me out of guilt and codepency. I mentioned all of this to my therapist and in our notes she’s noted that I’ve been projecting my trauma on to him when he’s just trying to connect. Which is true. I see how it’s hard to start the day because I can’t get out of bed unless I have sex. That stems from that. She noted that I noticed the correlation and that stems from the trauma. I love knowing the reasons I do these things because it gives me some peace of mind. However, is there any other side affect while going through PE Therapy. I kno

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πŸ‘€︎ u/fellleeshuh
πŸ“…︎ Aug 04 2020
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Prolonged exposure therapy

I started this type of therapy yesterday. I tried to close my eyes during therapy and talk about the rape in detail to my therapist. She asked me what I saw, felt, and heard I couldn't allow myself to put myself back in that situation. I was unable to see him . My heart raced, I got tense, and felt sick. Than I start to think maybe I just made it all up and the rape didn't happen two yrs ago. I couldn't allow any emotion to come out. Has anyone experienced this?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/firelight9
πŸ“…︎ Oct 30 2020
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Study finds that transcendental meditation is just as effective in reducing PTSD symptoms as prolonged exposure therapy sbs.com.au/news/transcend…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/saijanai
πŸ“…︎ Nov 18 2018
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Feeling discouraged with Prolonged Exposure (PE) therapy

I started PE therapy at the end of May and we just dived into my second imaginal session, where I record one of my traumas. The first time I did it I was not good for the first 2-3 days and then I settled back into my normal. This time, it's been almost a week and I feel like an emotional mess. I'm angry, scared, and depressed. I've been in DBT therapy for 1.5 years to help with my BPD (Borderline Personality Disorder) and it almost feels as if the PE therapy is taking me steps back instead of forward with my recovery attempts.

I'm starting to get discouraged and afraid that this isn't helping me but making things worse. I also don't want to give up too early.

Does anyone have any experiences with PE that they can share?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Endless__Skye
πŸ“…︎ Jul 09 2020
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Has anyone out there gone through prolonged exposure therapy?

My therapist recently suggested I start I believe what she referred to as prolonged exposure therapy which is where I record myself in detail listening to different traumas in my life over and over. I'm very anxious to do this as I've practiced avoidance of these issues with alcohol or substance abuse my entire adult life. Any advice??

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πŸ‘€︎ u/ECR54321
πŸ“…︎ Sep 10 2019
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First Experience with PET (Prolonged Exposure Therapy) Last Week

I don't want to do this anymore. We went through the entire CPT (Cognitive Processing Therapy) protocol and that was fine. I felt like I picked up some tools to help challenge some of my stuck points.

However, I've always struggled to "feel" and she knew that. That's why my therapist suggested we start PET now.

Well, as the title says, we had our first session last Friday. I still feel like I'm recovering. I've been in this fog since then. I slept most of the day Saturday. After the session was over, I experienced my first ever panic attack, so that's fun.

Please tell me that digging through this 23+ year old festering wound is worth it.

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πŸ“…︎ Feb 04 2019
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Is prolonged exposure (PE) for the treatment of PTSD considered cognitive restructuring or behavioral therapy?

I am sorry if this type of post is not allowed here.

I am trying to answer this question, and feel a bit stuck. Everything I have found says that PE is a type of cogntive-behavioral therapy. However, there is no CBT answer for this question. The actual question is: "PE therapy for PTSD is an example of:" The two answers I have narrowed it down to are:

-Cognitive restructuring

or

-Behavior therapy

I am leaning more toward the cognitive restructuring answer but am a bit confused. Taking the question very literally, I don't think 'cognitive restructuring' is a type of therapy itself (I know CBT or even cognitive therapy is). On the other hand, when I think of 'behavior therapy' I think of ABA or Skinner. However, when I look up "prolonged exposure" it states that it is a "therapy that teaches individuals to gradually approach trauma-related memories, feelings and situations." which seems more cognitive to me.

Any help is super appreciated!!!!

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πŸ‘€︎ u/BlueGreenandPink
πŸ“…︎ May 13 2020
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Dianetics and Prolonged Exposure Therapy

As far as I can tell, they both sound like the exact same thing.

So why is Dianetics considered pseudoscience? And why is Scientology considered so dangerous?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/burnmealivepls
πŸ“…︎ Oct 10 2019
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Study: Prolonged Exposure, Cognitive Processing Therapy Achieve No Greater Results in PTSD ... Thoughts? psychiatryadvisor.com/hom…
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πŸ“…︎ May 16 2019
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Prolonged exposure therapy I felt suicidal, why? /r/TalkTherapy/comments/f…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/helpmeheal2020
πŸ“…︎ Mar 08 2020
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Prolonged Exposure Therapy vs. Cognitive Processing Therapy

Good evening all,

I have finally been able to get in with a mental health provider through the VA. Originally diagnosed with major depressive disorder and generalized anxiety. Long story short, as I have read, those are symptoms of the larger umbrella of CPTSD. She has basically given me two options to move forward with.

I can choose the Prolonged-Exposure Therapy route or the Cognitive-Processing Therapy route.
Both would run 9-12 sessions from what I understand.
From what she provided, CPT sounds like I'll be writing about events/experiences/etc. and reading/providing the Dr. with those writings during our sessions. PET sounds like I would be forced to walkthrough some of the traumatic events, reliving them in a way.

I'm leaning towards PET because, basically, I can write about the experiences (as CPT appears to require) but it doesn't really help. I have a much harder time with interactions triggering my defenses. Because of this, I think PET may help address my issues more appropriately and effectively.

Anybody have any thoughts/experience/advice regarding these two? I'm a pretty literal person and much of what I've read is pretty ambiguous, particularly with regards to CPTSD.

Any input would be greatly appreciated.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/DirtyBobMagoo
πŸ“…︎ Aug 20 2018
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Prolonged exposure therapy advice

I've posted about prolonged exposure therapy before. After about 6 weeks, I think it helped in a few minor areas but my anxiety around my major trauma has gotten worse. My therapist has me recount the story of my trauma about 5 times in a row and record it on my phone and then during the week I have to listen to it every day and force myself to do exposure exercises. There is one exercise I just can't bring myself to do and I've turned into a nervous wreck over trying to force myself and my therapist is giving up on me. She suggested I look for a residential treatment center that can do more for me than she can. What do you guys think? Is it time to find another therapist?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/candy4dinner
πŸ“…︎ Oct 29 2018
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Prolonged exposure therapy

Have been doing prolonged exposure therapy for about three weeks now. I have only managed to complete one recording with my therapist and I can’t even stand to listen to it between our sessions. The last session we had, we were meant to record another recount of the trauma but I just couldn’t go there because I guess I don’t want the pain of remembering?

I’m swinging between feeling worse than ever -unable to eat, eating disorder louder than usual, can’t sleep, flashbacks of things I didn’t even realised had happened, dissociating, super hyper vigilant and on edge- and just complete numbness. Half the time I convince myself I don’t even have PTSD , that what happened to me wasn’t bad and I’m wasting both my therapist and my own time.

Was wondering if anyone has completed PE, especially surrounding sexual trauma, and if they found any benefit in it. Is it worth the pain and worsening of symptoms?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/el2717
πŸ“…︎ Nov 22 2018
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Prolonged exposure therapy

I was recently diagnosed with ptsd. I grew up in a home with mental illness, physical and emotional abuse, addiction. Later on i found myself in a relationship with the same patterns for nine years.

I've been assigned prolonged exposure therapy and it was explained to me that it was created for people who suffered ONE trauma. In my case it's been thirty years if trauma with countless of traumatic events.

It's been two months of therapy and i feel worse than ever.

Has anyone had any experience and success with this type of therapy when dealing with cptsd? Should i stick with it? Thoughts, ideas and feedback would be much appreciated.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/MookiTheHamster
πŸ“…︎ Nov 12 2017
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New Study: Transcendental Meditation works just as well a Prolonged Exposure Therapy in treating PTSD

Announcement: A study has found that transcendental meditation is just as effective in reducing PTSD symptoms as the most commonly used psychotherapy.

Full text of study: [Non-trauma-focused meditation versus exposure therapy in veterans with post-traumatic stress disorder: a randomised controlled trial](http://sci-hub.tw/http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s2215-0366(18)30384-5)

Note tables 3 & 4:

TM's effect size on all clinical scales is larger than Prolonged Exposure Therapy

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Lancet Psychiatry, incidentally, is the number 2 journal in its field with a highly respectable "impact factor" of 5.247

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Rumor is that this study will be used to justify applying for Phase II status for TM being accepted as a formally recognized therapy for PTSD

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πŸ‘€︎ u/saijanai
πŸ“…︎ Nov 16 2018
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After a year of prolonged exposure therapy to help with my PTSD, anxiety, and depression. First line is a year ago when I started PE. Second one is 6month mark, and the last one is where I am now after completing 26 sessions of PE. Im really proud of myself and wanted to share :)
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Califly
πŸ“…︎ Jun 19 2018
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Prolonged Exposure Therapy?tw

My psychologist wants to send me to someone who will do it because he knows I have PTSD, I only filled out a basic form but he doesn’t really know any of my traumas. Just some basic stuff. I’m not sure it will help. Prolonged exposure just goes over traumatic events like sexual assaults and stuff and then processes your thoughts and feelings during the event and I’m not quite sure it can totally help me.

Yes I’ve been sexually and physically assaulted, but I was also mentally and emotionally abused and neglected by my parents and in many of my relationships. And in one of my relationships I feel like every day was a traumatic event he would constantly inflict pain on me in every way possible, he would try to burn me with lighters cut me and stab me with sharp objects pinch me constantly all day and if it caused me to bleed he would rip my scabs off and if I flinched or acted like it hurt he would call me a baby. He would ignore me for days or weeks at a time, he would scream at me and back me into corners, tear me down constantly. He did so many things every day to hurt me physically and emotionally I was always in some kind of pain I have no idea how a prolonged exposure type therapy that’s supposed to last 15 sessions will help me.

Plus it has DBT along with it and I am SO SICK of DBT.

Has anyone done prolonged exposure and found it helpful?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/herzogs-rifle
πŸ“…︎ May 09 2018
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Any experiences with prolonged exposure therapy for trauma integration?

I'm have been seeing a therapist for avpd for quite a while now. Our weekly sessions (analytical psychotherapy) are mainly focussed on my family system and other interpersonal relationships and slowly but steady I can see some progress in that area.

I have a history of trauma, but my symptoms are not persistent and severe enough for me to be diagnosed with ptsd. I do struggle a lot with integration and my therapist suggested to do one extended session of prolonged exposure. I'm curious to hear about experiences with this approach to trauma, especially from an avpd perspective. Anyone?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/woddenfloor
πŸ“…︎ Dec 16 2017
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What prolonged exposure to For Honor does to the human psyche v.redd.it/gwa7zxek48a81
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πŸ‘€︎ u/Swirggles
πŸ“…︎ Jan 07 2022
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Witnessed loved one stop breathing/prolonged exposure therapy (maybe triggering)

Six weeks ago, I witnessed my boyfriend collapse and stop breathing. He turned blue. I had to call 911. His roommate performed CPR. I thought he was dead. He survived, but I can't stop having nightmares. I'm super jumpy all the time now, and it makes me exhausted. The sound of someone coughing or sneezing makes my heart race. I'm seeing a therapist and we might start prolonged exposure therapy soon. Does anyone have experience with this? I'm scared to do it because I don't want to tell the story again, I just want to forget about it... Another question: does anyone here have PTSD from giving CPR or witnessing a loved one stop breathing (or a similar event)? I read a lot about victims of abuse and people who have been in the military, but not a whole lot about this type of trauma.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/pat_k87
πŸ“…︎ Oct 10 2016
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Any experience or knowledge on prolonged Skydrol exposure?

As the title states, anyone in here been around the stuff for a little bit too long? I can’t find that much on the effects online.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/CDS1998
πŸ“…︎ Dec 30 2021
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Solvents and why you should be cautious around prolonged exposures to them: A Cautionary Tale.

I posted this almost a year ago. I feel it's important to let people know how impactful solvents can be in fucking up your auditory nervous system. It's something I never would have thought of, and if you can avoid what happened to me, that's important.

The only significant update I have compared to a year ago is what I learned after doing an exhaustive deep dive on the scant scientific literature on solvents and hearing dysfunction. An exposure to these things can take up to 6 weeks to fully mature, hence why you can see it was still getting worse for me at the time I posted.

Link to the OP: https://www.reddit.com/r/tinnitus/comments/l1rmyh/a_cautionary_tale_do_not_repeat_my_mistake_and_a/

Posted below for the lazy:

Me: This is not hearing loss induced. Skip to the bottom if you want to know what to avoid and how bad it is now.

I have a minimal amount of hearing loss. Tested recently by an audiologist that confirmed this. Worked in a loud restaurant for a year 5+ ago, lost a touch of hearing but nothing substantial. No T in those 5 years.

It began a few months ago. Started off with a single breakthrough ring that lasted a few seconds every couple hours. Didn't think much of it. Until it started happening more. Multiple times an hour. Why is this getting worse? Continues to progress over several weeks. Finally admit that this might be a problem.

3 weeks later I'm hearing one constant ring. Then two. Then I notice that shit is reacting to environment. Why does my treadmill now sound like a slot machine? Why does the TV sound like it chimes are coming out of it now? Has this always sounded like this? (it hadn't).

4 weeks in and I can hear an inconsistent 6000hz in my R, 7000hz in my L, a constant super high pitched noise, environmental triggered noises, and rapid morse code like beeping. How much worse can this get? What a terrible question to have to ask yourself every day.

Doctor's concerned but doesn't know what's going on. Get a referral to get your hearing tested (comes back normal) and MRI (also normal).

5 weeks in and I finally move out when I realize the styrenes(see below) could be a cause. I now have ~7-8 constant noises, and another handful from the environment. I lay down to bed and hear an orchestra in my head: ringing, beeping, chirping, buzzing, whirring, The fridge sounds like a tornado siren.


Avoid making my mistake.

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πŸ‘€︎ u/Mercurycandie
πŸ“…︎ Dec 25 2021
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Giving prolonged exposure therapy a go!

I've been seeing a therapist for the last six months for severe anxiety and depression. I was diagnosed with PTSD as well. CBT just wasn't having any results. Prolonged Exposure Therapy(PE) is supposed to be effective 90% of the time for reducing the PTSD symptoms to the point where the patient no longer meets the criteria for PTSD.

I figured I'd post about my experiences so far in case anyone else wants to try PE.

Before I started the PE: My therapist suggested it as an option when I wasn't showing progress. I was extremely hesitant because you have to re-experience the trauma, which is terrifying! Plus it's a big time commitment-one day a week for two months or even more.

Week one of PE: We went over a lot of paperwork. I did several assessments where I filled out forms for how often I experienced certain symptoms/thoughts. It was difficult for me to see it on paper just how much PTSD is interfering with my thoughts and actions. For all the sessions after the first, they would be recorded both by the therapist and myself. The therapist asked for permission to videotape and I said no. She is recording them to be assessed by her instructors and the college to be certified for the therapy. I'm recording the sessions to listen to them as homework. I was feeling incredibly hopeful after this first session. I felt like for the first time in a long time that something good might actually happen in my life and that I'd have a future.

Week two of PE: She went over the agenda for the day which included more information about the therapy, an interview, and breathing techniques. The interview was incredibly rough because I had to give information about the trauma, which is obviously very upsetting. However, when I talked about it, the words just came out and I didn't really feel much of anything. Almost like I was outside of myself or talking about someone else. The breathing techniques was ok. My homework was to listen to the recording of the session, do the breathing technique three times a day, and read some information about PE.

Third week of PE: I was incredibly anxious to go to therapy. Listening to the tape of the last session was hard for me because it just seemed like such a sad story. I broke down and told her that I was dreading to come to therapy that day. Luckily, what was planned for the session wasn't as difficult that session. We watched a short clip about a woman who was treated for PTSD using PE and she was successful. She went over the many d

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πŸ“…︎ Jul 06 2016
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Prolonged Exposure therapy - I don't know if I can do it. Anyone else going through this?

I am on session 3 trying PE therapy after going through 7+ years through other therapies and programs (EMDR, CBT, medications, etc. Etc.). It's fucking intense and I don't know if I can make it through. I've been avoiding listening to the recording and just spent the last half hour crying in panic trying to build myself up to listening to myself. I don't have much time or privacy for this and I'm doing it on my own edit: as in without a support system. This is through a therapist for free via research study. Only a tiny handful of people know what happened to me... Sort of. I never tell the whole story.

I just hate this process. I feel nauseous and hate myself. I'm worried that I won't be able to function or will get severely depressed if I go through with it

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πŸ“…︎ Jan 16 2014
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Perceived Perpetration During Traumatic Events: Clinical Suggestions From Experts in Prolonged Exposure Therapy* (academic analysis) <----- moral injury and combat veterans researchgate.net/publicat…
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πŸ‘€︎ u/invah
πŸ“…︎ Jan 28 2016
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PSA: You may be suffering from prolonged Malaria exposure
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πŸ‘€︎ u/MallorcanMalarkey
πŸ“…︎ Jan 01 2022
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Will the emotions go away after prolonged exposure therapy?
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πŸ‘€︎ u/didinani
πŸ“…︎ Jun 22 2021
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Prolonged exposure therapy...

Has anyone completed prolonged exposure therapy? Would you like to share your experience?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/p_thapa7000
πŸ“…︎ Mar 13 2021
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Prolonged exposure therapy...

Can I resume my prolonged exposure therapy after stopping it for one month?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/p_thapa7000
πŸ“…︎ Mar 14 2021
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Has anyone tried Prolonged Exposure Therapy?

What were the results?

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πŸ‘€︎ u/RolltehDie
πŸ“…︎ Nov 23 2019
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