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Imaginal Exposure Script

For feared outcomes that can't be practiced in vivo

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Imaginal exposure script — for feared outcomes that can't be practiced in vivo. Written in present tense, first person, WITHOUT reassurance or resolution.

Feared outcome
Script (present tense, no compulsion, no 'and then it was fine')
Rules
  • No reassurance in the script
  • No 'this is unlikely'
  • Include the worst part
  • End before any resolution
  • Read aloud 20–45 min or loop as recording
SUDs before / after / next day
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