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Whether you are working on agoraphobia or panic or ocd or social anxiety, progress isn’t always linear. Sarah would have occasional bad days where her anxiety and panic returned. It was frustrating, but she reminded herself that this was part of the process, and that the journey to recovery is not a straight line.
Joseph Le Doux, a neuroscientist and author of Anxious, using the brain to understand and treat fear and anxiety, describes these occasional challenging exposures when panic occurs as experiences that strengthen the learning process.
You are creating new neuropathways that override the old fearful neuro network in your brain. And sometimes the brain just jumps on the wrong pathway and onto the old fearful network. It doesn’t mean that you have lost ground, it just happens on occasion. Occasionally having a panic attack during an exposure has been shown to increase the overall effectiveness and gives you opportunities to learn that you can tolerate and cope with these situations.
Ultimately, I encourage you to challenge yourself at all levels of difficulty in your exposures. If you are just starting out, I suggest beginning with easier exposures that you know you can complete.
But, as you get going and commit to doing exposure work, I recommend daily practice in as many different scenarios and situations as you can create and at all different levels of difficulty.
The takeaway from Sarah's story is that progress is not linear, and that's okay. It takes time, patience, and consistent practice to make progress in overcoming these conditions. If you're struggling with agoraphobia or an anxiety disorder or OCD, keep pushing yourself, and know that occasional setbacks are a normal part of the process.
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