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Question Sep 08, 2020 at 03:51 PM
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I've been wondering if it's worth the effort to overcome certain phobias. I understand it's important when it affects big aspects of your life (eg. agoraphobia); however, with my entomophobia, I can't seem to convince myself to work on it. I don't even know where I would begin. I already know about exposure therapy and CBT. The thing is, I can't help but think "What would I be exposing myself to and why?" My phobia doesn't seem necessary to work through since it's easily avoidable for me.

What are your thoughts? Do you think it's okay to co-exist with your phobias? Or do you think it's always worth overcoming them? And if so, how would you go about managing general entomophobia? Also, again, what would I be exposing myself to in order to overcome the fear? Would I have to be around real b*gs, or just watch videos of them?

I've attached an image to show how my phobia affects me in case that has an influence. I wouldn't recommend reading it if you also have entomophobia, unless descriptions and words aren't part of your triggers.

Thank you in advance for whatever advice and/or thoughts you can share!
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Well, I don't know anything about this in particular. But I noticed no one had yet replied to your post. So I thought I would give it a go, so to speak.

I don't have any real phobias... at least not at this point in my life. I used to have a serious fear of public speaking. But I never have any occasion to do anything of that sort anymore. And I still have some agoraphobia although it is manageable... especially since I seldom go anywhere anyway.

So my personal, non-professional opinion would be that not every difficulty a person happens to have needs to be worked on. I think one has to look at how seriously a given problem affects their day-to-day life. And if it's not really all that big a problem, perhaps it's just best to leave it alone. Sure, a person could spend their entire life trying to sort through & conquer every little personality problem they have. But, at least to my way of thinking, that process can become something of an obsession. To me, as the old saying goes: "If it ain't broke, don't fix it."
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