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Why has my phobia of dying worsened recently? i can distract myself from it.
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Encourage: you to face your phobia directly instead of distracting yourself. Consider cognitive behavioral therapy.
Answered 3/22/2015
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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.
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