I'm reading the scripts over and over but I'm not getting anxious Is that a problem?

You shall write scripts in first person "I....", with details, and touching the,wors case scenarios or maybe, maybe not statements. After a while it gets boring, but that's no problem.

I'm actually going through the same thing! The visual exposures were causing much more anxiety, but the imaginal script I had to do this week, not so much. I did a visual exposure yesterday instead of the script reading because of this. It's weird because the script was scary when I was writing it with my therapist, but now it's not very effective. I found that articulating exactly what was scaring me in the form of a script was actually quite difficult!

If you aren’t feeling anxious in response to exposure script then either you have read it enough times that you are desensitized- this is good, it means it is working- or you have not included enough details for it to scare you. Remember to just write whatever makes you the most upset and triggers your thoughts. If you are desensitized to it but you still are bothered by the theme that it is about, you can make a new script to replace it that has different wording and different content in order to keep exposing yourself.

No, it's ERP, of course you're getting anxious

When you’re anxious about not being anxious by something that USED to make you anxious, it’s called the “backdoor spike.” It means you’re on your way to recovery. You may question what it means about you (what if I like the thoughts/script because I’m not getting anxious? etc.) but the goal isn’t to figure that out, it’s to accept and move on. Hope this helps. ❤️