Caroline Crampton

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.

So that's why I was recommended to do EMDR as well, because that does actively look back into your past to find the source of your problems.

So that's why I was recommended to do EMDR as well, because that does actively look back into your past to find the source of your problems.

So that's why I was recommended to do EMDR as well, because that does actively look back into your past to find the source of your problems.

Yes, those are all good coping strategies. And even just knowing that distraction is possible is actually a really good strategy in itself. One of the other things I do is I set check-in times for myself. So I say, okay, we're worried about this now. We're going to get on with our day, go to this event, whatever we need to do. And then in four hours when I get home, I'll check in on it again.

Yes, those are all good coping strategies. And even just knowing that distraction is possible is actually a really good strategy in itself. One of the other things I do is I set check-in times for myself. So I say, okay, we're worried about this now. We're going to get on with our day, go to this event, whatever we need to do. And then in four hours when I get home, I'll check in on it again.

Yes, those are all good coping strategies. And even just knowing that distraction is possible is actually a really good strategy in itself. One of the other things I do is I set check-in times for myself. So I say, okay, we're worried about this now. We're going to get on with our day, go to this event, whatever we need to do. And then in four hours when I get home, I'll check in on it again.

I'm not allowed to think about it until then. And so I sort of set these little deadlines for myself and often it can be as simple as I'll sleep on it. You know, I'll see how I feel in the morning. And if you can eliminate all of the other factors that can add to anxiety. So can you eliminate what might be causing you stress or are you hungry or are you tired or have you spoken to anyone today?

I'm not allowed to think about it until then. And so I sort of set these little deadlines for myself and often it can be as simple as I'll sleep on it. You know, I'll see how I feel in the morning. And if you can eliminate all of the other factors that can add to anxiety. So can you eliminate what might be causing you stress or are you hungry or are you tired or have you spoken to anyone today?

I'm not allowed to think about it until then. And so I sort of set these little deadlines for myself and often it can be as simple as I'll sleep on it. You know, I'll see how I feel in the morning. And if you can eliminate all of the other factors that can add to anxiety. So can you eliminate what might be causing you stress or are you hungry or are you tired or have you spoken to anyone today?

Have you been outside? This is what I say to myself. If you do all those things and you are still really worried about this, then you have to make a doctor's appointment. that's the process that I go through. And it works? It largely works, yes.

Have you been outside? This is what I say to myself. If you do all those things and you are still really worried about this, then you have to make a doctor's appointment. that's the process that I go through. And it works? It largely works, yes.

Have you been outside? This is what I say to myself. If you do all those things and you are still really worried about this, then you have to make a doctor's appointment. that's the process that I go through. And it works? It largely works, yes.

The doctor's appointment test is a really good one for me, actually, because I do have a lot of fears and baggage and shame around taking up medical resources. So if I think it's serious enough to need to go to a doctor, then make the doctor's appointment. If I don't, then I'm not allowed to worry about it anymore because it's not serious.

The doctor's appointment test is a really good one for me, actually, because I do have a lot of fears and baggage and shame around taking up medical resources. So if I think it's serious enough to need to go to a doctor, then make the doctor's appointment. If I don't, then I'm not allowed to worry about it anymore because it's not serious.

The doctor's appointment test is a really good one for me, actually, because I do have a lot of fears and baggage and shame around taking up medical resources. So if I think it's serious enough to need to go to a doctor, then make the doctor's appointment. If I don't, then I'm not allowed to worry about it anymore because it's not serious.

Yes, it's been changed very profoundly, actually. I think I say in the book that until my diagnosis when I was 17, I very much thought of myself as a brain in a jar, that I thought the only part of me that would ever produce any value was in my mind and that the body was just the way I moved the mind around the world. It would never do anything remarkable.

Yes, it's been changed very profoundly, actually. I think I say in the book that until my diagnosis when I was 17, I very much thought of myself as a brain in a jar, that I thought the only part of me that would ever produce any value was in my mind and that the body was just the way I moved the mind around the world. It would never do anything remarkable.

Yes, it's been changed very profoundly, actually. I think I say in the book that until my diagnosis when I was 17, I very much thought of myself as a brain in a jar, that I thought the only part of me that would ever produce any value was in my mind and that the body was just the way I moved the mind around the world. It would never do anything remarkable.

Since going through all the treatment, as difficult and traumatic as it was at times, I did come out of it with... this incredible appreciation for the myriad complexities of the human body.