No matter what your specific issue is, any time you’re given exercises that are supposed to help practice them when you don’t need them.
Pretty much any kind of breakthrough techniques like breathing exercises, progressive relaxation, visualization, whatever; it takes practice to make it work well. So, if you don’t practice it regularly when you’re not in crisis, how do you expect it to work when you are?
That lesson right there took me years to figure out.
No matter what your specific issue is, any time you’re given exercises that are supposed to help practice them when you don’t need them.
Pretty much any kind of breakthrough techniques like breathing exercises, progressive relaxation, visualization, whatever; it takes practice to make it work well. So, if you don’t practice it regularly when you’re not in crisis, how do you expect it to work when you are?
That lesson right there took me years to figure out.