So at this point with subs I fall into this pattern. Run 30s for a month or two,feel better, think me feeling better means I’m ready for 1 min, ok on 1 min for a bit, gradual degradation of mood I don’t realize and attribute it to something I’m doing wrong vs the sub exposure being wrong, go back to 30s, potentially end up doing it again when I start feeling better.
I don’t know why I do this. And it’s so subtle at times. I know we’re supposed to increase exposure over time but my problem is I can never tell. Like at this point I honestly feel like committing to 30s for a year and never changing it because I’m tired of hurting myself unintentionally by pushing myself beyond my mental capacity for the sake of growth.
It seems like for me personally there has to be quick enough processing so there isn’t stacking overlap. Like think of each listening day bleeding to the next and there’s a threshold point that it eventually pokes beyond. Similarly increased rest days aren’t good because that’s when old behaviors can resurface and there isn’t enough activation of the scripting to offset a fall back into not so great behavior and thoughts. So I need consistency without overload due to unprocessed stacked exposure. But that is the complication because that spill over effect isn’t something immediately obvious until I’m knee deep in it.