alt Hacker News> Exposure therapy is the cure for anxiety.
Except when it is not. Exposure can make an autistic person's anxiety worse.
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munificent • last Monday at 2:13 AM
I didn't say "exposure", I said "exposure therapy". A good therapy is designed with the patient in mind.
jomohke • last Sunday at 8:56 PM
Interesting. Even when nothing bad happens? It has always worked for me.
Pretty sure the exposure makes _everyone's_ anxiety worse at the start, that is part of the point.