I want to do exposure therapy to help me deal with my anxiety, but I’m worried that doing that will increase my anxiety to the point that I can’t function anymore (I’m barely getting by as I am now). The last time I did it my mood got noticeably a lot worse.

I was thinking that SSRIs could help my anxiety and allow me to do the exposures and CBT but I’m still pretty weary about it, and I was wondering if anyone has had a similar experience or knows any information about this? Thank you for any advice anyone can give :)