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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The sentence itself is what is known as chiasmus, it’s a rhetorical device, that has the purpose to convince someone of something; it is the preferred device of many gurus and charlatans.

I doubt that this technique is helpful; I know that so use it, with a degree of success, but phobias and anxiety are not simple as the sentence is.

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