The ObservatoryFace your fear
Map what your fear keeps you away from, and plan a small, voluntary first step toward it.
How it works
- From the bookRate
- Take stock of your fearsListWrite
- Look closer at oneWrite
- Plan a small first stepRateWrite
- After the stepChooseWrite
We rarely talk openly about our fears. That is understandable; they are what limits us and makes us smaller. But I have stopped running from mine. It took courage, perseverance and thousands of small steps. When I was 2 …
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Why does it work?
Exposure is understood today as learning something new about what you fear, without the old fear being erased (Craske et al., 2008; 2014). Mapping avoidance is the first step in CBT (Beck, 2011). This exercise is a lighter self-help version of something that is otherwise done with a therapist.
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