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6/14/13<br />

Emotions Can Cause Bodily<br />

Sensations<br />

“I’m such a fool, totally embarrassed”<br />

“I’m so overwhelmed at work! I’ll lose<br />

my job!”<br />

“That a—hole is getting away with<br />

murder!”<br />

“I miss him/her so much! I can’t st<strong>and</strong><br />

it”<br />

“I’m so relieved that Johnny passed<br />

his college entrance exam”<br />

• In addition to the catastrophic explanation, write down<br />

as many non-catastrophic explanations for the<br />

symptoms you are experiencing. Rate the likelihood of<br />

each (0-100%)<br />

• Review the list. Are there non-catastrophic<br />

explanations that are just as ore even more probable<br />

that the catastrophic ones<br />

Seeing TV show on skin cancer<br />

Possible Reasons for Having a Headache<br />

Tolerating Health Uncertainty<br />

• Establish that distress about one’s health is associated<br />

with intolerance of uncertainty<br />

• List all of the ways that client already tolerates<br />

uncertainty in countless ways:<br />

– Drives car – risking car crash<br />

– Goes to bank – risks being caught in holdup<br />

– Goes to work – risks not knowing if house has burned down<br />

– Goes outside – risks being hit by falling objects<br />

– Eats in restaurant – risks getting food poisoning<br />

• The difference: you’ve already habituated to the<br />

uncertainties above. ERP promotes habituation to health<br />

worries.<br />

SUNDAY<br />

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