The Mission

To get over fears. Fears of things that don't exist, usually. Here's the list:
-the dark
-spiders
-things from movies
-showers
-bathrooms
-mirrors
-Opened medicine cabinets
-washer/dryer
-Closing my eyes in the bathroom
-public restrooms
-zombies
-dead bugs
Open doors I'm not facing
Long hallways

List of compulsions
-rocking back and forth
-tapping fingers
-rubbing feet together
-holding breath
-counting
-thinking out loud
-turning on lights
-checking medicine cabinet
-closing washer/dryer doors
-Closing the bathroom door
-looking behind me

I've been working on stopping my compulsions for about a week now, maybe a week and a half. So far I've been able to find myself rocking, tapping and rubbing my feet together and stop, but making myself aware of it makes me feel like doing it more, which is really hard not to do at this point, but I think I'm doing really well for the short amount of time I've been trying this. The weird thing is realizing all of a sudden that I've been doing it for a least a few seconds without being aware of it. It's annoying, but I'm glad I've been doing so well. I've also been refraining from turning on the hallway light when I go to the bathroom, and leaving the washer/dryer doors and medicine cabinet open while I take a shower, and trying not to look behind me while I shower. I think I'm doing pretty well, but we'll see if it helps.