Ένας από τους ισχυρότερους τρόπους να υπερνικηθεί ο φόβος είναι μέσω μιας τεχνικής απεικόνισης για το desesitization. Απότομα πραγματικά να περάσει από μια φοβησμένη εμπειρία, κάποια μπορεί να απεικονίσει να περάσει από το έως ότου γίνεται λιγότερο να απειλήσει ή να συντρίψει. Κατόπιν, όταν δοκιμάζουν το γεγονός στην πραγματικότητα, γίνεται πολύ ευκολότερο. Είναι αρκετά απλό και μπορεί να εξατομικευθεί σε οποιουσδήποτε συγκεκριμένους στόχους.
Μπορείτε να το διαβάσετε και το κάνετε από μόνος σας, ή μπορείτε να θελήσετε να καταγράψετε αυτό το χειρόγραφο, αργά, επάνω σε μια ταινία και να ακούσετε το.

Κλείστε τα μάτια σας και πάρτε μια βαθιά αναπνοή. Κρατήστε την αναπνοή μέσα για μερικά δευτερόλεπτα. Exhale and allow your body to relax. Just let go of any tension that is stored in the body. Feel your body as it relaxes. Take in another deep breath, holding it. And once again, release it, and relax even deeper.

Begin to imagine yourself at the beginning of the experience that is giving you such fear. Begin to move through the scene, noticing any details of the episode, until the event is completed. Notice how you feel when you have completed the entire experience.

What have you learned by going through it. What would you do differently?

Once again, imagine going through the same experience, playing it out. You can make any changes to the scene as you move through it. Notice how it feels this time. What has changed in the event as you move through it a second time? How do you feel when you have moved completely through it?

Once again, start at the beginning of the episode. Move through the scene again, noticing the details of the experience this time. How do you handle it differently? How do you feel as you move through it this time? Has the outcome changed at all?

Continue to repeat this procedure until you can look at this anticipated event and find that you are more comfortable with it.

Some events will simply never become completely comfortable. However, through this desensitization technique, you can gain some familiarity with the process of moving through it, and get different perspectives of what may happen. You have the opportunity to try out different reactions to the events, handling communication and action in various ways, perhaps creating different outcomes.

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