2006-11-22 23:49:41 · 8 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
I do the complete opposite of what Lani S. advises...(though I wish I was that brave Lani!)....I simply acknowledge my fear and let myself feel the fear...while I am letting myself be afraid I think about where the fear may be originating from. Sometimes it comes to me that it is fearing the unknown, no other reason. It is easy for me to conquer whatever is making me scared when I discover that I am only frightened because it is an unfamiliar thing.
Now, there is one phobia, (and yeah, a true, clinical, and debilitating phobia) that I cannot overcome....arachnophobia....I am so frightened by them that when I spot one I sweat, tremble, hyperventilate, can't speak, and I get dizzy....if it happens to be moving I actually faint. I have no idea where this fear comes from, as I have never had an experience with a spider that I am aware of....I give up trying to conquer this one though....there is nothing I can do or say to myself that will ease the horror I feel when I am confronted by an arachnid....and one other freaky thing....I will be in a room and get a strange feeling....I just look around when I get that feeling and I will spot one! I can feel the presence of a spider in a room even before I see one!
No matter how big, no matter how small, they all cause me a huge amount of grief!
2006-11-23 00:21:52 · answer #1 · answered by sugar4660 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I came over my biggest fear of hights by beeing chalanged to do an adventure course. now i have sky dived and bungie jumped 12 times.so my advice is to jump right in
2006-11-23 00:22:26 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I pretend to be courageous and face my fear as if I don't fear at all. At the end of the day, I realize that it wasn't that fearful at all.
2006-11-22 23:55:21 · answer #3 · answered by lanisoderberg69 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well...you can confront it by being exposed to it slowly...first through pictures...then in dreams and imagination...then in caged things...if its alive...or if not approach it slowly...as in very slowly...after all you don't want to get paranoid and scared all over again right?
:) hope it helps...even a little...
2006-11-23 00:01:42 · answer #4 · answered by nightelf2_insaneangel 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I collapse in floods of tears.
2006-11-22 23:57:27 · answer #5 · answered by ? 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
By overcoming it and you will soon find out that its nothing after all...
2006-11-22 23:58:22 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
The only way...
Head on ...
2006-11-23 00:00:15 · answer #7 · answered by loulou777 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
JUST DO IT!!!!!!!!!!!!
2006-11-22 23:57:19 · answer #8 · answered by dreamdewberrys 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋