Published by Eddie Liu
1. Before exposure, users first create a fear hierarchy - a list of activities that induce anxiety ranked from highest to lowest.
2. This is because the primal fear centers of our mind act subconsciously whenever it spots anything it thinks is dangerous (such as lions or snakes) in order to escape immediately.
3. Then when you run away, your mind becomes even more convinced that a pigeon is dangerous because you ran away, your fear levels dropped, and you were safe.
4. To break this fear, the mind needs to learn to un-associate pigeons with fear.
5. Many people with phobias recognize their fear as illogical, but their mind is still afraid nonetheless.
6. A key technique in behavior therapy for anxiety, exposure therapy involves gradually exposing someone to their feared object, situation, or task without any danger in order to overcome their anxiety.
7. This cycle repeats itself, sustaining the illogical fear until maybe you avoid going to certain places because there might be pigeons there.
8. Then, they work through the activities in the fear hierarchy, starting with the least anxiety-inducing activity and working their way up.
9. If you leave the activity before your anxiety falls, then this will actually reinforce your fear instead of lowering it.
10. If you were afraid of pigeons, every time you see a pigeon your fear would rise.
11. The fear center of our mind learns through association, not logic.
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Can I download Exposure for free?
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Can I use Exposure on PC?
It is easy to use the Exposure - Face Your Fears app on PC and it works on Windows and MAC. A free tutorial is available to help you get started.
