Ways to calm the mind: Systematic desensitization
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Anxiety is something that is directly related to a fear. Facing a fear can be a huge cause of why you are feeling so uneasy. Systematic desensitization is a type of exposure therapy. During this, you start from the bottom and make your way up to facing a fear slowly. You can build confidence! This involves 3 parts : Learning relaxation skills, step by step lists, and working through it. Let's work through a scenario in which a person has a fear of planes, and never wants to fly, but has a flight coming up. 1: Watch videos of planes. TikTok, Instagram, and Youtube have great videos of planes taking off and landing you can watch. 2: Book a flight 3: Pack/ drive to airport 4: check in and wait to board 5: on the plane, take flight This might seem so simple to you, but to somebody with a deep routed fear, this is a horrifying experience!!!!