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If someone has doraphobia, how did you cure this phobia?
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Doraphobia: Is irrational fear of contact with animal fur or skin. Treatment is : exposure, cognitive behavior therapy, medications for anxiety if needed, psychotherapy, relaxation training.
Answered 7/19/2014
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CBT: Seek a cognitive-behavioral therapist who specializes in phobias. One method they use is systematic desensitization which slowly and incrementally brings the person closer and closer to the thing they are afraid of in slow, graduated steps that help make the anxiety more tolerable.
Answered 3/20/2015
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