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What techniques are proven to help in diminishing a phobia?
in what way can i help a friend with anachraphobia (spiders)?
she screams at pictures of spiders, and at the idea of one being around where she can't see it. it gets better and worse at times: sometimes she gets upset by the word 'spider', and at other times she has actually frozen and started shaking at the idea of one being nearby.
(something that doesn't help is another friend who finds it amusing to go "there's one on your shoulder..." but i'm working on getting them to stop.)
any help, please?
Billy R...if i thought you would being serious, i'd tell you about the major psychological trauma that would give her
*typo: arachnaphobic....what would anarchaphobic be, fear of anarchy?
PrincessShine - thanks for the thoughts
Abby C - fear of something dangerous is a rational fear, not a phobia. I understand that a rational fear is an ok thing. Being scared of money-spiders, however, is irrational. I don't like to know that a friend is losing sleep over the idea of a spider. (The common garden spider's teeth will actually break before they pierce human skin). Thanks anyway.
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- Abby CLv 51 十年前最愛解答
I'm not sure how to answer your question but I do have a response to PrincessShine's answer.
She spoke of exposing her to a spider. Well, I am arachnophobic too. I can handle seeing pictures of spiders. It makes me uncomfortable but I have the common sense to know its not real. When I see them on tv, I can't watch it. I can't go near the tarantula cages at the pet store either. I don't see what exposing the woman to spider will do besides make her even more afraid of spiders. Honestly, I think the fear of spiders is legitimate because spiders actually bite. Many spiders even have fatal bites. If someone is afraid of something dangerous, why is that unusual?
- PrincessShineLv 41 十年前
Many people have phobia's and so it's not an uncommon thing. The best way for your friend to overcome her phobia would be either to seek professional help in the form of behavior therapy where the therapist will slowly condition her to becoming OK with spiders. She can do simple tasks like start with a picture of a spider and put it far away in the room and ask her to walk closer to it, when she starts to feel uncomfortable tell her to stop and remove the picture. Eventually she will become OK with looking at a picture of spider when she realizes that it will not harm her. The next step would be to expose her to real spider (this is a tough one) and slowly help her work through being able to be around one without becoming anxious. Good luck!