Posted by Mike W on 31/7/2011, 2:45 pm, in reply to "Re: De-sensing any tips?"

Sounds like you're doing well. I'd say try not to be too hard on yourself, don't think of missfires as negative, just part of the process of desensing. That once you get started you're ok is a positive, just means that getting started needs more work. Like driving a car there's several things that need to happen which most people don't even think about, but I do find distracting myself is very useful, and actually times I've talked to someone else has genereally worked although also counter intuitive as I don't want to draw attention to myself. Generally once I'm relaxed I try think of it as a little bit of a luxury to have a bit of time out of the day to think about maybe planning a holiday, something at work or come up with some little mental puzzle (the equivalent of counting sheep to go to sleep), which takes the time pressure off a bit and makes it more of a positive experience.

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