A new U.K. study finds that exposing people with phobias to their specific fear at the exact time their heart beats can lead to a reduction in the phobia’s severity.
“Many of us have phobias of one kind or another — it could be spiders, or clowns or even types of food,” said principle investigator Hugo Critchley, Chair of Psychiatry at Brighton and Sussex Medical School (BSMS) in the U.K.
“Treatment usually involves exposing the person to their fear, but this can take a long time....
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source https://psychcentral.com/news/2018/11/02/treating-phobias-with-each-heartbeat/140008.html
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