Exposure therapy for arachnophobia can benefit unrelated fears, study finds
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Re: Exposure therapy for arachnophobia can benefit unrelated fears, study finds
#2Sounds like more propaganda put out by Big Spider.
I will not be tricked into being covered in tarantulas for my fear of heights a second time.
Re: Exposure therapy for arachnophobia can benefit unrelated fears, study finds
#3Sounds like more propaganda put out by Big Spider. I will not be tricked into being covered in tarantulas for my fear of heights a second time.
As someone with fear of both heights and tarantulas, where would the covering take place if I where to take part in it?
Re: Exposure therapy for arachnophobia can benefit unrelated fears, study finds
#4I had quite brutal vertigo my whole life, 4-5m on some roof was enough to make me clamp railing like there was no tomorrow.
So what did I do? Grabbed my chance when friend was organizing small trip to nearby via ferrata. He had trust I could do it, and I've tried small bouldering efforts before. So we went, in few minutes we were >100m above ground on properly vertical cliff, just holding bits of metal drilled into rock, he was belaying my girlfriend with additional rope but I climbed on my own. I was focusing on what was ahead/above and only briefly checking the abyss below.
Suffice to say this changed my life. Within 2 years, I was climbing longer multi pitch routes basically every weekend, did all ferratas I could drive to, started alpinism, ski touring, paragliding... fear is gone, 1000m exposed cliffs dont make me even wink.
But the journey, which I stumbled upon completely by accident and without any goals, has had much more profound effect on my personality. A close colleague who witnessed this period just said : "you have changed during that time..." with some envy in his voice. I no longer obsess and stress about stuff that aint important in life. I dont fear death at all. I quickly recognize toxic people and push them away (this may have come also from my interest in psychology, who knows). As I get older these are invaluable tools, seeing otherwise smart folks around me being stunned in life due to these.
What I want to say - our fears can end up being our great advantage that can make us much better people, just try challenging yourself. If the proverbial hills you have to climb in life are bigger than other's it can mean you end up being much stronger than folks who have it easy in life. And stay the hell away from life's comfort zone - you owe it to yourself and your closest ones.
Re: Exposure therapy for arachnophobia can benefit unrelated fears, study finds
#5Obligatory Far Side cartoon from 38 years ago :
https://ifunny.co/picture/the-far-side-by-gary-larson-thy-pr...
Re: Exposure therapy for arachnophobia can benefit unrelated fears, study finds
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#7I had quite brutal vertigo my whole life, 4-5m on some roof was enough to make me clamp railing like there was no tomorrow. So what did I do? Grabbed my chance when friend was organizing small trip to nearby via ferrata. He had trust I could do it, and I've tried small bouldering efforts before. So we went, in few minutes we were >100m above ground on properly vertical cliff, just holding bits of metal drilled into r…
Congrats to have overcome one obstacle in life. Be careful with pushing away toxic people though, this sounds to me like instagram psychology, that surrounds all of us and does not have to carry the burden of consequences, when trumpeting their wisdom. It is just popular click-bait.
Your fellow neighbour may be toxic, but maybe he has fears just like you. Judging people is a rabbit hole. You might be considered toxic too just because of that. What then? I stick with the good, old way: i just do not like a person. No one forces me to deal with them.
Re: Exposure therapy for arachnophobia can benefit unrelated fears, study finds
#8I need it for humans.
99% of people are fine most of the time, but a few people keep me on edge.
Re: Exposure therapy for arachnophobia can benefit unrelated fears, study finds
#9Sounds like more propaganda put out by Big Spider. I will not be tricked into being covered in tarantulas for my fear of heights a second time.
As someone with fear of both heights and tarantulas, where would the covering take place if I where to take part in it?
At the top of the KVLY-TV radio mast.
Re: Exposure therapy for arachnophobia can benefit unrelated fears, study finds
#10There is ABSOLUTELY no way in H-HADES that exposing ME to those evil, creepy creatures from the depths hell could benefit a soul. ESPECIALLY not if they are close to me when trying it. I have run through a campfire (completely missing the long steel rods being used to roast hotdogs, but just by a few inches). I have twice lost clothing IN PUBLIC over thinking one was on me (and proved to anyone looking at the crazy screaming psycho lady that you absolutely can manage to fall out of a shirt without ever touching it! I have screamed in such a horror movie way when I picked up a dog bowl only to end up with a handful of one single, HUGE, BLACK SPIDER, that my husband came running ready to shoot something/someone. There is absolutely nothing that will ever make me believe this thing they say. Also, spiders ARE a threat. Almost all of them are venomous (while the venom may be more dangerous to flies than me, seeing them makes me dangerous because I know they have venom!) and so everyone remembers here is a giant spider eating a possum!
https://youtu.be/cuKfAFI19pg?si=IpD20_abla1XAffk