Comments on: What would be the best way to treat a phobia such as arachnophobia? http://phobiaquestions.com/phobias/what-would-be-the-best-way-to-treat-a-phobia-such-as-arachnophobia Answers to all your questions about phobias. Fri, 30 Jul 2010 01:57:12 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: sampolo193 http://phobiaquestions.com/phobias/what-would-be-the-best-way-to-treat-a-phobia-such-as-arachnophobia/comment-page-1#comment-1649 sampolo193 Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:06:48 +0000 http://phobiaquestions.com/phobias/what-would-be-the-best-way-to-treat-a-phobia-such-as-arachnophobia#comment-1649 i dont know how it might have been created, but what i do is i just let myself be afraid, and after a while ill start to tell myself that im being stupid and that they are ten times smaller than i am and that they are good because they catch other small bugs. it seems to make them seem less scary to me. i dont know how it might have been created, but what i do is i just let myself be afraid, and after a while ill start to tell myself that im being stupid and that they are ten times smaller than i am and that they are good because they catch other small bugs. it seems to make them seem less scary to me.

]]> By: Henk http://phobiaquestions.com/phobias/what-would-be-the-best-way-to-treat-a-phobia-such-as-arachnophobia/comment-page-1#comment-1648 Henk Tue, 30 Jun 2009 10:17:15 +0000 http://phobiaquestions.com/phobias/what-would-be-the-best-way-to-treat-a-phobia-such-as-arachnophobia#comment-1648 Meggie gave you a good answer. A phobia is not necessarily bad. It is nature's way of telling us to be careful. It's only when it becomes a handicap that most people seek treatment and sometimes cures itself by gradually being exposed to that danger. We lived in a big city and my wife was scared of spiders, too much so. We shifted to a country town and a few weeks later she walked in with a poisonous spider in her fingers. That's when I developed Arachnophobia:). Meggie gave you a good answer. A phobia is not necessarily bad. It is nature’s way of telling us to be careful. It’s only when it becomes a handicap that most people seek treatment and sometimes cures itself by gradually being exposed to that danger. We lived in a big city and my wife was scared of spiders, too much so. We shifted to a country town and a few weeks later she walked in with a poisonous spider in her fingers. That’s when I developed Arachnophobia:).

]]> By: ?Meggie? http://phobiaquestions.com/phobias/what-would-be-the-best-way-to-treat-a-phobia-such-as-arachnophobia/comment-page-1#comment-1647 ?Meggie? Mon, 29 Jun 2009 00:30:44 +0000 http://phobiaquestions.com/phobias/what-would-be-the-best-way-to-treat-a-phobia-such-as-arachnophobia#comment-1647 Systematic Desensitization. Slowly exposed somone to the stimulus that frightens them, bringing it closer and closer over time. Worked on me with my fear or tarantulas. Systematic Desensitization. Slowly exposed somone to the stimulus that frightens them, bringing it closer and closer over time.

Worked on me with my fear or tarantulas.

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