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Originally Posted by Bill3
A standard idea for weakening the fears is to gradually, systematically, and regularly expose yourself to anxiety-producing situations, and to require yourself to stay and endure the resulting anxiety. This method allows learning through actual experience (not just intellectually) that the true risk in the feared situations is low.
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See, for me, exposing myself to anxiety-producing situations doesn't help. Cause it's not just anxiety that I feel in these situations. It's depersonalization. And it follows me everytime I'm in public. Sometimes at home, but mostly when I'm in public or away from a place where I feel safe. And the feeling of not being there, of not
existing, is terrifying.
The only good thing about this is it seems to have responded well to medication.