What Has ERP Been Like for You?

Patrick: Once we were on medication, it was like a new level. I did not feel like I wasn't me. Jack: It didn't alter me, but it did turn down the intensity so that I could live my life. Patrick: Exposure therapy has a lot of research for anxiety disorders. The idea is if we let the brain experience the scary thing and rescue it right at the height of the panic or over-reacting to it, this will desensitize its response.