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Arcade Fire gets Anxiety.
The stresses of the past few years have riddled us with doubt. There’s the obvious stuff, the big stuff: global warming, democracy’s decline, economic instability, and infectious diseases. But there’s also the personal stuff that keeps us trapped in our heads: “Did I offend that person?” “Should I go to that party?” “What’s my boss/employee thinking about me?”
Do I have to talk about it? Treatment for PTSD.
Do I have to talk about my trauma? The answer: sometimes. For people who have survived terrible events or situations, even the idea of revisiting those memories can be extremely uncomfortable. Avoiding the memories is one of the first things people try to do, and it makes sense. Who would want to go there?
Treating OCD: the journey of Exposure and Response Prevention
Our first step in defeating OCD is to define what it is you’re working toward and exactly why it’s important to you. This may seem obvious. “I want to get out of this misery!” … This is a jumping off point: what you want to leave behind. But we also need to name what you do want, what you have to gain, and what you have to recover.