Exposure Therapy: Anxiety, Panic, Phobia, & #Agoraphobia #PaigePradko, #ExposureTherapy

Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy is a highly effective therapy for treating high anxiety, panic disorder, phobias and OCD, but very few therapists are trained to help their clients using ERP Therapy.

It is called Exposure and Response Prevention Exposure and Response Prevention Therapy rewires the brain by creating new neuropathways when confronted with anxiety-causing stimuli.

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The Top 10 Things you Need to Know to Practice ERP: Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD, Phobias and Anxiety

I use the example of the grocery store, but it can be anything that is triggering high levels of anxiety, like being near water, driving in a car, social situations, phobias, certain thoughts and images, body sensations and more.

Be aware, this is best done with an experienced therapist, who can guide you through the steps of setting up hierarchies and completing each exposure.

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If you want to learn more about how to get the most out of your exposures, be sure to watch this video based on the latest research on making your exposures even more effective.

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Until next time...I will see you in session,
Paige

[PaigePradkoTherapy]

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The Top 10 Things you Need to Know to Practice ERP: Exposure and Response Prevention for OCD, Phobias and Anxiety

[juliejealousy]

I just came from the agoraphobia subreddit to watch your video. Thank you so much for spreading awareness about this evidence based treatment. I hope it helps people. Personally, I am concerned because I don’t feel that I could handle the distressing symptoms I would endure. My panic attacks are better than they were years ago, but even now, a panic attack will leave me with high anxiety for the rest of the day. It doesn’t come down 50%. I have the panic attack and then feel traumatized from there bc I also have a trauma history :( idk what to do and I’m sure other people have trauma along with agoraphobia since trauma and phobias are interrelated

[shellibriley]

Three years ago I was diagnosed with panic disorder and agoraphobia. I can’t leave my house without a “safety person”. I’m a single mom who can’t drive because I am terrified that I’ll have a panic attack (the car is where my panic attack after an accident happened and the event that triggered all of this) and my family doesn’t understand, they tell me to “get over It”. It’s caused a huge rift in my entire family because they feel I need so much help. I live alone with my two kiddos, work full time, but can’t grocery shop or take them to the park by myself. I’ve been in therapy for years but never heard of exposure therapy. I’m so, so hopeful and grateful to further research this and watch your other videos. I can’t live like this and my kids don’t deserve this.

[kelseyjoiner]

It’s so nice to see people being nice to each other in the comments. Thank you for this video! It was very informative!

[ThisisAurora]

Yesterday I reached a point where I thought I'm never gonna be cured and no one can help me or understand me. Now that I found you, I'm so thankful that you're helping me getting the right information about how I can be treated. Thank you so much for sharing. Your help makes me feel like I can do it too and the world isn't that scary for me🥺❤️

[ravioli-bamboli]

I’ve been stuck home for close to 2 years now as I’ve been very afraid to leave, however I feel much better knowing exposing myself to those triggers is what’s going to eventually fix me thank you very much for the information.

[iboremytherapist]

i was depressed at work today and planned to leave early. but i made myself stick it out, and in about 90 minutes or so i felt much better
in public i feel like some other men are staring at me. my initial reaction is to get away, but eventually my paranoia subsides, and that doesn't bother me as much

[AR-nksy]

I have health anxiety and I usually run from it. Try to calm it. This taught me to lean into my body and the anxiety. By learning a new neuropathway, it’s control and affect on me will diminish. Takes practice.

[PatriotSouls]

I cannot afford not to write this beautiful comment, your video on agarphobia is so well done, everything what your saying make so much sense and anyone who has agoraphobia can understand how deeply you understand the issue and the explanation and helping tricks is so amazing, I’m really really pleased to know your channel. Wish if I had to know it long ago.

[gratefulagoraphobe]

I started an Agoraphobia July Challenge. I have gone out 8 out of 9 days so far. I can't remember the last time I left my house 4 days in a row, I was leaving about once every few months. I am documenting it in my channel because I only have the confidence to try this since I started carnivore diet. I'm on day 95 and the improvements are real. Exposure therapy is still difficult after 20 years of ocd, agoraphobia but I feel so much better

[Bronka-xzdj]

I have developed a sound phobia, I live in a appartment and I get anxious when I hear doors slamming by my neighbours.I use noise cancelling headphones when I'm at home, but I will try not to do this all day.Thanks for this interesting video.

[NisarAhmed-ycrl]

So soothing to hear you. Thanks for your helpful talks.

[stylinzon]

i have been struggling with agoraphobia for 14 years now (i'm only 27 years old). i spent many of my teenage years being homebound etc. now i am able to leave the house but i am still overwhelmed by fear and anxiety constantly. my comfort zone is so small and i lost all of my 'safe' people so i feel like every time i leave the house it's a battle for me and my mind. i have been on benzodiazepines for 10 years now but once i was prescribed clonazepam 8 years ago, it really helped me. i was able to do small exposure therapy on my own until i started doing flooded exposure therapies daily until i was no longer homebound! now that my comfort zone has gotten so small again and i've been so dependent on benzos for so long, i am fearful if this medication is ineffective to any exposure therapy that i try. i want nothing more than to not be afraid of being in the car and go places and live freely but i have no idea how to achieve this. i'm starting to feel helpless and lost again and like my life will never be free from this anxiety hell. :(

[mandicook]

So thankful to God for finding this amazing woman. I have been suffering from panic disorder and agoraphobia for over 3 years and just want so bad to recover but I'm a huge coward when it comes to panic attacks. I really think exposure therapy or flooding will totally help me but when the panic hits i take off and can't handle the fear and feelings, please help.

[Sereneis]

"Do what you fear to do and brave the sensations." "Sensations are distressing but not dangerous". "The idea of danger can be stopped by the Will". Dr. Abraham A. Low

[AneAna]

Hello, so glad that i found your channel. I deal with severe anxiety, it started from emotinally disturbing stuff in my childhood and since then i've been trying to overcome it. The problem is, about a month ago i started having intrusive thoughts. Like, bad ones. They are mostly about me harming the people i love most, without me actually wanting to do that and these thoughts and images give me such a dreadful feeling, they make me feel like i will lose my mind and my control. Although i have never lost control, and i know it and i have all the evidence in the world that i do not want to harm my loved ones and of course, that i won't do that ever, the thought that i might be wrong comes up along with all the terrible images. I have to mention that these thoughts do not come up often. And i think, after analyzing as rationally and logically as i can, that i do not have compulsions, apart from wanting the thoughts gone. I am currently seeing a therapist, but she never mentioned Exposure. I told her about what i've read, she encourages me to be informed and to never give up, but i feel like Exposure would help me.
Given the fact that most of my intrusive thoughts involve knives, should i practice exposure alone? I don't really know if what scares me more are the thoughts or being around knives when my loved ones are near me. Should i start with exposing myself to the thoughts? Or should i try to find a therapist that does exposure therapy? It will be kinda hard, because i don't live in the US and the therapists in my country are practicing more Freudian therapy (if i remember it correctly). Thank you again for your videos and your support!

[lexconor]

Yours are the first vids i started watching to learn about ERP. I'm so grateful for your presentation style and thoroughness!

[uzmaijaz]

Paige my dear you are a Wonderful person. I'm Tremendously grateful to you for making such an excellent video.

[andrewkennan]

I have chronic fear of my physical symptoms, lightheaded, headrush, headaches and week legs and arms, I cannot stop happening so this has left me house bound.
I am exposed to these symptoms 24/7 no matter what I do.

[Amura_]

I just went outside with my dad for the first time in 8 months a few days ago! I didn’t have much of a plan other then I just try to step outside for one minute and come back home but I wanted to get into the habit of going outside everyday just to get used to it.
Im go glad I found your channel. This is the first video I saw and such good timing as now I plan to write all my fears and do a hierarchy of small steps to gradually real my goal and then move on to the next thing.
I was sick for 10 years with stomach issues, had a feeding tube for over 6 years and unfortunately has many traumas in the hospital, mistakes that happened which led me to have severe panic attacks, agoraphobia, PTSD etc. I also have a lot of deficiencies which make me feel weak and dizzy and as sometimes have vomiting all day but I’m working on my treatments to get better with my health as I feel when my stomach issues get better and I can eat more drink more water and as hydrated that will help me be more alert and actually have some energy. Sometimes I can’t walk much without help but it’s not just the anxiety but just because of my illness. So I thought of waiting to go out until I feel better but then I realized that’s not helping me.
So after 7 months of not being able to go out due to my anxiety and agoraphobia, I went out with my dad for a minute and came back home. I felt unwell and really weird like I didn’t even know where I am and I know it’s because I’m the last few years I only went out a few times.
I am on medication but slowly been weaning and right now I take one benzo very low dose now few times a week. It’s been hard weaning but I’ve made a lot of progress.
My goal for this week is to stay outside my home for 10 minutes. And work my way up with my fears.