Guest guest Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 HI Melody, I watched the one on Anxiety and was surprised to see how quickly the lives of the people featured were turned around by exposure therapy. They went from being so confined by their fears to facing them and finding that it was not so bad after all. It makes me wonder if sometimes, we are too quick to accommodate our loved ones fears and help them avoid the situations, rather than help them thru their fears. It looked very straightforward, but I imagine a trained professional would be best to help one thru this difficult time. Kylie > > I don't know if this has been available to all, but discovery health channel > 220 (usa, California)has been featuring psych week with programs about real > life families with members suffering from anxiety, bipolar, obsessions, > multiple personalities, and more. if you are interested, they may be > showing reruns over the weekend or perhaps on the web. > > > > Regards, melody > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 Hi kylie- Yes, they make it look pretty straight forward alright. There was a show on last summer called obsessed, dealing with ocd and exposure therapy. I am hoping they will show reruns as I am considering showing these to my daughter. I believe it gave a slightly different look in that it dedicated more time to how difficult the therapy and exposures can be and how some quit not wanting to deal with the exposure. some were successful but a couple slipped back into previous behaviors leading right back to where they were. I don’t remember them talking about meds as part of the treatment, though maybe they did. My own daughter has ocd and she does not want to change the behavior. She feels it is protecting her. where I look at it and believe if caught early, it would be easier to stop and prevent further problems. Did you watch any of the others episodes? Regards, melody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 10, 2010 Report Share Posted May 10, 2010 I forgot to respond to your comment about if we do too much which may cause the problem to become worse. I have wondered this myself. There have been times when my daughter was younger and she was afraid of loud noises—especially the school cafeteria. This was before any diagnosis. The doctors felt at that time she may have a little anxiety that she would proably grow out of. It is true that eventually she got over the fear of the cafeteria, but now I wonder at what cost—perhaps her anxiety increased because of having to be exposed to this each day, rather than a structured program easing her into it with correct coping tools. Who knows. Regards, melody Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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