I've been doing ERP treatment for a few months on and off, but now I'm getting ng much more serious with it, but I'm definitely struggling. I get the basic premise, to do the things you fear so that you realize it's not as bad as you are making it out to be. However, how do you guys handle the anxiety that comes on later, anxiety caused by the exposure?

For me, with severe contamination fears, I'm always worried that the exposure I did during the day will cause something to happen at night or even days after doing the exposure. I have asked my therapists about it, and some of them say to use that as an exposure later, and the others just sort of look at me puzzled. During the exposure it causes anxiety, but it's usually manageable, it's always later that I fear what I did earlier is going to come back and bite me in the ass.

Does anyone experience this or have any tips on how to manage it?