Dear prakashraj:

As far as fears, I take the Macro and the Micro approaches. The Macro, in your specific case would be to avoid going into a butcher shop and places where you will see flesh and blood. The Micro would be working on the space-between-the-ears, getting insight into your anxiety (I define anxiety as excess, ongoing fear) and learning skills to calm it, over time.

I re-read your previous posts. If you would like to discuss the Micro Approach (as I call it)- insight, perhaps, let me know.

anita

Hello prakashraj,

I’ve been doing exposure therapy for social phobia. From my understanding, solutions for blood phobia and social phobia are different as they provoke different physical responses, so I’m reluctant to speculate too much! But the general process I’ve gone through is – understanding what is happening to my body physically, learning techniques to control it and practising them, then slowly exposing myself to the thing that makes me anxious.

Practising the techniques for ten minutes a day, even when not feeling anxious, helps make it easier to do them when the time comes.

When it comes to facing what I’m afraid of, I’ve been taking teeny tiny steps. For example, I was nervous about buying something at the local shop, so my steps were:
Week 1/2 – standing outside the shop
Week 3/4/5 – going in and browsing
Week 6/7/8 – buying something easy such as a newspaper
and so on, all the time doing the control techniques, taking small steps forward.

The fact that I know I get anxious makes me even more anxious – ‘What if I be sick? What if I pass out?’ – it’s a vicious cycle! Do you get like that too?

https://www.anxietybc.com/adults/applied-tension-technique-people-who-faint-sight-blood-or-needles

I found this an interesting read – what do you reckon?

Norit 🙂

Dear prakashraj,

My apologies, I only saw the post from Norit and responded. I did not mean to intrude on your posts.

Respectfully,

~Shipp

You are welcome, prakashraj. Please do post again anytime.
anita