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Post A Reply Login Name: Password: Message Icon:                                                                       Message: HTML is not enabled. UBB Code™ is enabled. UBB Code™ Images not permitted. [QUOTE]Originally posted by Heather: [QB] Maybe we could start by helping you find some grounding techniques that work for you when you do start to panic? For instance, when you start to think like that, some people find grounding with something totally unrelated and rote to help, like saying the whole alphabet until you calm down, or saying the CDs or records of your favorite band in order from the first to the last. Alternately, a mantra that addresses this specific panic might help, like when you think that, saying something to the effect of "There is nothing inside of me. I am not pregnant." You say you have started to step away from sexual contact: how about finishing? In other words, how about setting hard, clear limits with your partner so that's just a done deal, like, "Until I get some coping tools from my therapist to make me feel okay about any kind of sex, and she feels I'm ready to handle that, any kind of sex is just off the table." [/QB][/QUOTE]

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