Posted by Harry on 14/6/2009, 9:34 am

Progress has been pretty slow & I’ve not practised desensing as much as I’d have liked, but having said that I don’t feel like I’ve taken a step backwards since the workshop so that’s good because I’m sure that’d be easy to do. My trouble has been finding situations in which to go in my routine day. Work environment gives me no opportunity (self employed working from home office). I’ve been using the gym toilette, but it’s a small toilette (2 urinals only) which is not ideal for the level I’m at yet. I’ve made 3 trips into the city centre soley for the purposes of finding places in which to practise. The first time I went with the intention of working out a circuit, but couldn’t belive how few suitable public toilettes there are (I’ve found 3!). Other than that the only other times have been when out socialising in bars/restaurants. I find these places often have small toilettes which is not ideal. (Empty is no challenge; people in there is still too much of a chalenge). On a positive note, I have been succesful in using urinals in larger toilettes (shopping centres & motorway services) with other people around… I just wish I could incorporate desensing more naturally into my day to day life so I’d practise more regularly. I have had a couple of times where I’ve been disapointed with myself for bailing out & using a cubicle but haven’t allowed this get me down. I’ve been fairly good at keeping a diary of my successes on my laptop which I’ve surprised myself with because that’s the part I thought I’d forget to do. So overall, steady progress, but progress nonetheless!

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