I can agree with this. Just a quick anecdote. One of my problems was public speaking. This was in HS so my parents and teachers encouraged therapy. Unfortun

I can agree with this. Just a quick anecdote. One of my problems was public speaking. This was in HS so my parents and teachers encouraged therapy. Unfortunately, this now meant dwelling on my fear of public speaking 3 times a week. We went so "deep" with why I was afraid but tbh it was probably best to keep it as simple as "I'm afraid to mess up" I was "cured" of this fear by a damn video game. It was coming out the day of my presentation and 90% of my brain was focused on the anticipation of the game, only 10% left to worry about the public speaking. I got up, did the presentation on autopilot and then realized "oh, this isn't the worst thing ever" and never had a problem after. Sure, I get nervous but before I would actually throw up on days I knew I had to speak so... I consider it cured :) My therapist was a great and qualified person... but I think I would have never made any true progress... just dwell on and dissected my fear into adulthood.