141. The Inward Living of Ideals
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The Importance of Internal Patience in Exposition Therapy
The goal of a good exposure therapy is not to get the people able to do behavior X, it's to get them able to welcome anxiety at level X. The whole purpose of exposures is internal patience with the sensation that they were impatient with. If you're focused on internal growth and becoming more psychologically resilient, then you can experience this internal friction as an opportunity to grow internally.
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