Yeah I hate the way people talk about this Actual exposure therapy relies on gradual, voluntary escalation of exposure If I just randomly expose you to the source of the phobia at full force I strengthen ithttps://twitter.com/AlexandraErin/status/1386080212753043459 …
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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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