Well, it was kind of hard at first. I just kept having my heart palpitations and Rayneer: the sweating, and then I put little hearts up around the house and every time I saw a heart, it helped me remember to do the breathing that you taught me. What a great idea! Sort of that association Dr. Thompson: Well, I really need it, cause if I see something outside of me, I just kept Rayneer: didn’t getting involved in the feeling. And so that reminded you to bring up that relaxation that we talked about. Dr. Thompson: Mmhmm Rayneer: Okay, so well one of the things that going to do today is to talk Dr. Thompson: we’re about the different components of happened for you. And use the relaxation along what’s with sort of a hierarchy of events or situations that you might face. And eventually what do is have you practice the relaxation along with each of the different pieces of it. we’ll Does that make sense? It does. Um, that will be good because been really hard just getting in the Rayneer: it’s passenger side of the car, and somebody else has had to drive me. Yea, I was wondering about that. Dr. Thompson: And just getting in the car, it makes me very nervous and I start to sweat and Rayneer: tremble and feel a little shortness of breath and real concerned that I be able to I’m won’t go back to work cause I drive for everything and if not driving then I make do I’m can’t for my family. Mmhm, so we really kinda have some short term immediate things that Dr. Thompson: you want to focus on, getting in the car even. And then maybe some longer term, that would be getting you back to work, is that…? Yes Rayneer: Okay, um you said that you had some of the anxiety come up when you Dr. Thompson: were even getting into the passenger side coming here. Yes, I felt a little like I was choking and I just had this loss of control that if I Rayneer: was in the car again, something else would happen. And when this accident happened, I have any passengers. And I keep thinking if it happened again, and what if there didn’t were passengers or someone else was injured? Right. Dr. Thompson: So very scary. Rayneer: it’s
Rayneer: Well, it was kind of hard at first. I just kept having my heart palpitations and the sweating, and then I put little hearts up around the house and every time I saw a heart, it helped me remember to do the breathing that you taught me. Dr. Thompson: What a great idea! Sort of that association Rayneer: Well, I really need it, cause if I didn’t see something outside of me, I just kept getting involved in the feeling. Dr. Thompson: And so that reminded you to bring up that relaxation that we talked about. Rayneer: Mmhmm Dr. Thompson: Okay, so well one of the things that we’re going to do today is to talk about the different components of what’s happened for you. And use the relaxation along with sort of a hierarchy of events or situations that you might face. And eventually what we’ll do is have you practice the relaxation along with each of the different pieces of it. Does that make sense? Rayneer: It does. Um, that will be good because it’s been really hard just getting in the passenger side of the car, and somebody else has had to drive me. Dr. Thompson: Yea, I was wondering about that. Rayneer: And just getting in the car, it makes me very nervous and I start to sweat and tremble and feel a little shortness of breath and I’m real concerned that I won’t be able to go back to work cause I drive for everything and if I’m not driving then I can’t make do for my family. Dr. Thompson: Mmhm, so we really kinda have some short term immediate things that you want to focus on, getting in the car even. And then maybe some longer term, that would be getting you back to work, is that…? Rayneer: Yes Dr. Thompson: Okay, um you said that you had some of the anxiety come up when you were even getting into the passenger side coming here. Rayneer: Yes, I felt a little like I was choking and I just had this loss of control that if I was in the car again, something else would happen. And when this accident happened, I didn’t have any passengers. And I keep thinking if it happened again, and what if there were passengers or someone else was injured? Dr. Thompson: Right. Rayneer: So it’s very scary.
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