Mark Twain famously said „Do the thing you fear the most and the death of fear is certain. “ but does that really help against phobias/anxiety?

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Like diagnosed anxiety and phobias, I’m not just talking about small stuff like asking out your crush etc.

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I mean maybe. It is entirely dependent on the person, the phobia, the context.

I don’t like heights. I was never pants shittingly terrified of them, but it was an issue. I faced that and the fear isn’t gone and didn’t die. I just got better at managing and dealing with the fear before during and after it hits.