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The only way to reduce fear is exposure to its trigger. To confront it head-on. If we stop facing what makes us feel bad, stop discussing what is unpleasant, we
by Kenji 11y ago
The only way to reduce fear is exposure to its trigger. To confront it head-on. If we stop facing what makes us feel bad, stop discussing what is unpleasant, we will not just fail as individuals but as a society.
- DanBC 11y ago> The only way to reduce fear is exposure to its trigger. This is true. > To confront it head-on. This is not, and can often make fear and phobia much worse. There's a difference between a carefully structured plan of therapy that gradually exposes an arachnophobe to spiders in a controlled environment and someone throwing a bucket of spiders at someone and yelling "Feel the fear and do it anyway"