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I recently listened to a David Burns podcast regarding sexual fantasies where he discussed a technique called cognitive flooding to address the intrusive thoughts.
Lately, I’ve been having some issues with disturbing sexual fantasies about things from my past. I am trying to sort out if trauma based sexual fantasies are different than what Burns discusses as sexual fantasies in the example he provides in the podcast. Both, the example in the podcast and trauma fantasies are anxiety related, so I’m not sure. Thoughts?
In the podcast he mentions the way he would recommend to deal with the fantasies is to purposely flood oneself with the fantasies (a la exposure therapy style).
This is what it seems like my brain is doing to me without the intention of doing it myself. So, rather than flooding on purpose, just embrace it? So disturbing, but maybe that’s it, don’t avoid.
So then what about retraumatization? Is it all a figure of speech? Embrace it and you’re in control?
It’s possible I missed a valuable point in the podcast or just can’t think my way out of this without some insight from others.
Lately, I’ve been having some issues with disturbing sexual fantasies about things from my past. I am trying to sort out if trauma based sexual fantasies are different than what Burns discusses as sexual fantasies in the example he provides in the podcast. Both, the example in the podcast and trauma fantasies are anxiety related, so I’m not sure. Thoughts?
In the podcast he mentions the way he would recommend to deal with the fantasies is to purposely flood oneself with the fantasies (a la exposure therapy style).
This is what it seems like my brain is doing to me without the intention of doing it myself. So, rather than flooding on purpose, just embrace it? So disturbing, but maybe that’s it, don’t avoid.
So then what about retraumatization? Is it all a figure of speech? Embrace it and you’re in control?
It’s possible I missed a valuable point in the podcast or just can’t think my way out of this without some insight from others.