Progresssion

Step One has continued to go well. I found that it didn't take long at all before I stopped feeling any anxiety in regards to seeing the words "Mouse, Mice, Rat" on my iphone. I decided to step things up a bit by asking Kamryn to put signs around the house with the words that used to be banned from our home. Now when I open my pantry I see "Rats" and in the bathroom I see "Mice", and even right beside my bed on the wall I see "Mouse".

My daughter had a blast doing this, because for so long she and the rest of my family have also avoided the words for me. Again, it didn't take long before these signs were a non-issue, so people have started to drop the words when talking or texting me. Sometimes I feel a bit anxious, but for the most part it's ok. Perfectly ok. I can totally do this. :)

It was then time to move on to Step Two. I have been saying "mouse, mice, rat and rats" as much as I can. A friend commented that it actually freaked him out to hear me say it! I thought that was pretty funny.

I will probably keep at this step for another few days before moving on to the next one, which will be looking at pictures (cartoon or drawings). I feel as though I'd like to start that now, but because I still have a bit of reaction every once in a while to hearing the word rat randomly, I may wait just a few days.

I'm anxious to get this all behind me. :)