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Old 12-04-2006, 08:19 AM   #1 (permalink)
julien
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Default Overcoming phobias

Hello,

What is your insight on overcoming phobias ?

Personally, I suffer from Blood Phobia. I used to be scared by blood when I was a kid (it would make me feel like vomitting, sometimes) but I realized that it developped into a full-blown phobia recently (it started a few months ago when I fainted during a blood test; later on, it seemed to get even worse as I fainted before the blood test, but was very relaxed during the test itself, as if all my inner tension had vanished). I wouldn't like to follow some kind of creepy chemically-assisted therapy (like taking some medication before exposure to blood in order to feel more confident the following time) because I know those drugs get you dependent.

What's a decent solution ??? I have to undergo a blood test next week to renew my residence permit and I'm already freaking out
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