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Originally Posted by Angelique67
I can't believe this but I slept this whole entire day. And tomorrow I'm supposed to go to the pcp and I have no idea if I can manage the stairs. I'm worrying a lot about it.
My phobias tend to creep up on me so it always feels like they happen very suddenly. And I don't know if I can trust that they'll go away. I was fine most of my life with escalators until one day I wasn't, and then I became terrified of escalators and that's been that for like the past 30 years.
I don't know what I'll do. 😨😩😥😵
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The thing about fear is we want to try get rid of the emotion in the quickest way possible, and most of the time that's done by avoiding the fear. It will go away if you expose yourself to these things, the elevator or the stairs. By doing it over and over and just baring the distress... it will make the fear go away and the distress will get less and less each time.
I used to be afraid of elevators and would avoid them, until I got a job that required going down to the store room with pallets of books. Not only did I have to face my fear in an elevator, it was a stock elevator that was old and would break down. I just kept going down there over and over until it stopped being uncomfortable, it was tough but I wouldn't have been able to keep my job if I hadn't got over that fear.