How can you get therapy for a serious phobia of an animal? (herpephobia…fear of snakes)?
July 29th, 2010
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If i did get therapy for it, which everyone is telling me i need to do because my fear has become so unhealthy now, what would they do to me?
I don’t know what they could do because at this point I can’t even look at a cartoon drawing of a snake without hyperventilating. it’s really bad
the good news is that the treatments for phobias (and anxiety disorders in general) is very effective in most situations.
if you decided to pursue therapy, you would probably do something called systematic desensitization. this is a type of therapy in which you combine relaxation skills with increasingly distressing thoughts about your fear until the phobic agent is less anxiety-producing. it works very well for most phobic disorders
July 29th, 2010 at 3:57 pm
Get drunk and hold a snake, you’ll get over your fears, that’s what I did.
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July 29th, 2010 at 4:07 pm
Hypnotherapy is great for this kind of thing but make sure you get a registered hypnotherapist to get your moneys worth.
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July 29th, 2010 at 4:34 pm
the good news is that the treatments for phobias (and anxiety disorders in general) is very effective in most situations.
if you decided to pursue therapy, you would probably do something called systematic desensitization. this is a type of therapy in which you combine relaxation skills with increasingly distressing thoughts about your fear until the phobic agent is less anxiety-producing. it works very well for most phobic disorders
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psychologist