The way people think phobias develop is so condescending Most people who have phobias of, say, dogs, didn't get them from being spoiled sheltered children who never even saw a dog until adulthood but heard scary stories about them
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It's the exact opposite - it's a pattern established by *actually being attacked by angry dogs* often enough for you to become familiar with that fear
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Actual exposure therapy relies on anticipation and control "Okay so here's the button, it plays audio of a barking dog when you push it, here's the slider to turn the volume up or down, whenever you're ready" It RELIES ON THE CONCEPT OF A TRIGGER WARNING
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Giving you findings conscious awareness and control of your exposure to the trigger is how you gain resilience against it Doing the opposite - putting you in an environment where exposure is random, unpredictable and nonconsensual - *strengthens the trigger*
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It's *where the trigger originally came from* A phobia of dogs happens when some kid gets an aggressive barking dog exposed to them out of the blue, then has it *keep on happening* and gets told to just deal with it
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Like in the Truman Show If I wanted to use guard dogs to control someone's behavior and keep them afraid for their whole life, I would *make sure* they are regularly confronted by barking dogs so the trigger never fades And make sure it was unexpected, at random intervals
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It's basically the difference between giving someone a vaccine and just deliberately infecting them.
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Imagine if society did a better job of recognizing this for addiction as well. This idea seeps into many different issues.
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