Cure for phobias?

[onequestion]

That desensitizing stuff isnt really true. Ive seen videos on youtube with these peoplethat fear things like pickles and cotton balls and these tv doctors always just throw shitload of whatever theyre scared of at them. They just end up shitting their pants and nobody ens up any better. And im pretty sure I have it becase bugs carried diseases that would kill and i guess darwin gave me a fear of bugs so I wouldnt die of malaria. I dont need some overpaid psychologist to tell me that or make up some suppressed memory that never really happened to make it seem like he is awesome and meake me pay more. And theres no way im ever going on meds unless i have to.

[dylan]

I believe in facing your fears personally, however the first step is truely wanting to overcome them. IMHO, it is a creature's ability to adapt to, and overcome, it's enviroment that causes evolution. If humans feared water or cold or even eating some of the various foods we eat, we as a species would not be as wide spread or versital.

Not to get into a evolutionary debate, but while it may be a valid reason for a phobia, I don't see it as an excuse to fear.

I hope you overcome your fear of bugs because we humans are capable of anything we put our minds to! :thumbsup:

[huh]

i used to be really afraid of bugs. i still am kinda scared of things like spiders but not nearly as much as when i was younger. the thing that works for me is when you see a bug just get pissed and start hitting it with shit. just change your fear of them into anger against them. That damn bug is in YOUR room, you are BIGGER than it. stomp the shit out of it :P

[onequestion]

that sounds like a good idea huh. Im gonna try that next time. Instead of screaming like a little girl next time im just gonna turn that into the hulk and kill that fucker with a big ass history text book.

[MadSativa]

Personaly I think its all in your head and can be broken. I have a phobia of hights so I started jumoing outta planes and climbing things. I still am freaked out of hights but after taking saftey pre cautions i know what to do and for hights you dont look down and grab your berrings first then if you must look down. Its the same with bugs start with little bugs hold em play with em then go to bigger bugs, spiders and snakes same thing start off with non venomus of coars and if you need to work your way through the poisonus snakes then take precutions as well. In some areas of the world people would look at us and be like Pssht spiders...., phsst Hights, their used to scalling trees or mountains with no ropes or anything, or live with predators which can eat em and shit em out before anyone would ever know yet they still live life and swim with the crocadiles, and live next to the tigers. You wont see em doing the shit you see sigfreed and roy doin but they are fearfull yet aware. Some people are afraid to fight even whe some is hurting them or some one around them their are all kinds of phobias. We just have to jump

[birdgirl73]

I agree that phobias can be treated, and Onequestion, you're jumping to an awful lot of conclusions up above mighty quickly. Desensitization, when used properly and under the right circumstances, is very very effective. Don't think that what you've seen on You Tube is what would happen in a clinical setting. It's not. A well-trained psychologist wouldn't begin by throwing bugs at you, and he wouldn't be someone who was going to lead you in the direction of a suppressed memory, either. That's just silly. You also might not want to rule out meds just because you've heard awful stories from others. You're a unique individual with a neurochemistry that might benefit from medicines. Everyone responds differently.

Just don't categorically dismiss the idea of treatment, either therapeutic or medicinal. Both approaches have been very helpful to many people with phobias. At least the ones who want to overcome those phobias. And the first step in doing that is being open-minded about how to make progress toward recovery.

[MadSativa]

bugs do freak me out to especialy when there swarming all over eachother and you cant see anything but more nasty bugs....reminds me of Starship troopers "killem all"

[Labbit]

Emotional Freedom Techniques have a good track record with phobias, and you can learn it for free. Luckily, phobias are one of the easiest things to treat with it, so you probably won't need to seek out someone certified in it.

EFT Provides Impressive Health and Emotional Freedom--New Discovery Often Works Where Nothing Else

[Professor Dan K.]

you could get a pet spider and learn to love him for what he is :greenthumb:

[blowinsmoke]

Ive got this bug upstairs in my room that i tried to kill but then it spazzed out and ran away and i dont know where it is now so now i cant stay in my room. So now im in the living room being an insomniac. Its funny. I would much rather have to fight a lion with my bare hands than have to face that thing again. Im being completely serious by the way about the lion thing.

hahahhaha i agree with this 100%. im more scared of bees then death itself. weird.