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Some of the common concerns that Veterans have told me
about are, one, is this going to work?
Or, after they start,
is this going to make me worse before it makes me better?
A lot of times when you do these types of treatments
that cause you to talk about and to re-experience exactly
that which you haven't been experiencing for a while,
you are going to feel the effects, you're going to feel
a little bit worse before you feel better.
Again, no pain, no gain, but the pain is on your terms
and at the level you and your therapist design.
These are not happenstance treatments.
They're very focused, and they're very scheduled.
So, we tell the Veterans, "This is what we're doing,
this is why we're doing it,
do you understand, and do you buy it?"
And if they do, we ask them to then explain it to their
spouses, explain it to other people in their environment
because they're going to perceive this stress,
and we want them to know why you're working so hard
and why you may not be feeling good all the time.