Caroline Crampton

A really big one that presents a lot these days is people who have diabetes and who have a device that's connected to their phone that allows them to monitor their blood sugar level. And

A really big one that presents a lot these days is people who have diabetes and who have a device that's connected to their phone that allows them to monitor their blood sugar level. And

A really big one that presents a lot these days is people who have diabetes and who have a device that's connected to their phone that allows them to monitor their blood sugar level. And

in its simplest form that's a great technological advance that helps people manage their health better but at a certain point the checking of the device can become completely obsessive and it can even start causing sort of phantom memories where you think you heard it the alarm go off but actually it didn't and so

in its simplest form that's a great technological advance that helps people manage their health better but at a certain point the checking of the device can become completely obsessive and it can even start causing sort of phantom memories where you think you heard it the alarm go off but actually it didn't and so

in its simplest form that's a great technological advance that helps people manage their health better but at a certain point the checking of the device can become completely obsessive and it can even start causing sort of phantom memories where you think you heard it the alarm go off but actually it didn't and so

they have to do exercises like you're not allowed to check the device for 24 hours or you have to give the device to somebody else and they will tell you if your blood sugar spikes. But other than that, you're not allowed to look at it. Whereas if you've been completely attached to this thing and looking at it every 10 seconds for six months, that will be very, very difficult to do.

they have to do exercises like you're not allowed to check the device for 24 hours or you have to give the device to somebody else and they will tell you if your blood sugar spikes. But other than that, you're not allowed to look at it. Whereas if you've been completely attached to this thing and looking at it every 10 seconds for six months, that will be very, very difficult to do.

they have to do exercises like you're not allowed to check the device for 24 hours or you have to give the device to somebody else and they will tell you if your blood sugar spikes. But other than that, you're not allowed to look at it. Whereas if you've been completely attached to this thing and looking at it every 10 seconds for six months, that will be very, very difficult to do.

But after you survive 24 hours and then 48 and then 72 without it being a problem, you gradually learn that you don't need to look at it as much as you have been doing.

But after you survive 24 hours and then 48 and then 72 without it being a problem, you gradually learn that you don't need to look at it as much as you have been doing.

But after you survive 24 hours and then 48 and then 72 without it being a problem, you gradually learn that you don't need to look at it as much as you have been doing.

No, so this is why I ended up doing a combination of CBT and EMDR because I found that CBT was really helpful for, call it the small day-to-day problems, such as Googling your symptoms and reading health-related stuff on the internet or watching too much wellness things on Instagram or spending too long checking all your moles, that kind of thing.

No, so this is why I ended up doing a combination of CBT and EMDR because I found that CBT was really helpful for, call it the small day-to-day problems, such as Googling your symptoms and reading health-related stuff on the internet or watching too much wellness things on Instagram or spending too long checking all your moles, that kind of thing.

No, so this is why I ended up doing a combination of CBT and EMDR because I found that CBT was really helpful for, call it the small day-to-day problems, such as Googling your symptoms and reading health-related stuff on the internet or watching too much wellness things on Instagram or spending too long checking all your moles, that kind of thing.

That can be really helpful in changing those kind of daily behaviours. So exercises mostly just included not doing them for long periods of time and having to record every time you felt the impulse to do it and how you were feeling at the time so that it was very helpful to be able to associate, oh, I'm feeling anxious about this work thing I've got coming up.

That can be really helpful in changing those kind of daily behaviours. So exercises mostly just included not doing them for long periods of time and having to record every time you felt the impulse to do it and how you were feeling at the time so that it was very helpful to be able to associate, oh, I'm feeling anxious about this work thing I've got coming up.

That can be really helpful in changing those kind of daily behaviours. So exercises mostly just included not doing them for long periods of time and having to record every time you felt the impulse to do it and how you were feeling at the time so that it was very helpful to be able to associate, oh, I'm feeling anxious about this work thing I've got coming up.

oh, I seem to be checking WebMD a lot more than I normally would. Maybe those things are related. So it was very helpful for things like that. But even after I'd been through that and really improved in those regards, it wasn't treating those bigger trauma memories that were causing things like the nightmares.

oh, I seem to be checking WebMD a lot more than I normally would. Maybe those things are related. So it was very helpful for things like that. But even after I'd been through that and really improved in those regards, it wasn't treating those bigger trauma memories that were causing things like the nightmares.