Overcome phobias

I recently changed a new job quickly cause the boss to pay attention, pay the early realization of the lofty ideal of promotion, I quickly put myself into overtime queen. Think about it, even if the boss and then a heart of stone, watching the time cards on time and the string of shocking spate of excellent programs, they have Anjiao out "talent" it! Retention method, is nothing less than promotion and pay, as an excellent office politician, I am very proud for their own strategy.
Everything under control, but the only thing I have always felt very painful. Midnight the evening, when I want to turn off all the lights, the darkness slowly groped door. Spat does not matter, the most horrible thing is that I always worried that the empty chair, suddenly stood up a person, earnest said to me: Hello ... ... every time I gingerly through the building, standing brightly lit the street, there will be another man's sense of the world.
Career in overtime day after day, more and more I am afraid of the dark level, and once I work, do not know where a sound came, I started to cry bang wow. Since then, whenever the black point where I do not dare to sleep at night should turn on the lights, the natural overtime promotion plans fell through. But three years of the mortgage pressure on the body, how can I this willing?
I found a psychiatrist, tells of my fear, after listening to him, smiled and showed me a stack of anonymous medical records, I am feeling much better after reading: halo of blood in patients with high fear patients, interpersonal communication disorders ... they I fear a serious degree than many people saw the needle for example, would immediately fainted.
The doctor said, the basic fear of all patients chose to escape to the problem. Afraid of what is the safest way to escape, but would encourage people to avoid fears, anxiety will lead to double. If you want to cure, the best way is exposure therapy - to face what you fear.
Doctors voice I hear, I want to throw hand holds the medical records of the past. I am afraid of the dark come to you doctor, you told me back in the dark to cure. This is no difference with the disregard for human life, ah, no wonder that many scientists simply do not recognize it is a scientific psychology.
Doctors see that my anger you, and quickly handed me a stack of thank you letters, saw those phobia many thanks, I hesitated an instant. He told me on the situation: exposure to technology in three, the traditional exposure, cognitive and interpersonal exposure to three, traditional emphasis is brave to face the reality of fear, such as fear of heights, fear of blood, fear, claustrophobic space, cognitive exposure emphasize that the most fear in the face of thinking things, in very effective in curing anxiety, such as agoraphobia, obsessive-compulsive disorder, public speaking fear psychosis. Interpersonal relationships ... I do not need.
Afraid of the dark phobia on my terms, can be combined with traditional exposure and cognitive exposure in two ways. First, back to the dark environment, so full of fear and anxiety, physical, and then letting this feeling, fantasy, are the most terrible situation. Such as claustrophobia fear most buried alive, they imagine they are being buried alive, loud shouting, and then slowly suffocate; fear of flying can imagine yourself being a fireball has been dyed and Zhuixiang ground plane ... ... the fear Imagine what the more vivid the better, try to make their own very long time to endure anxiety and, ultimately, these feelings will disappear without a trace.
The doctor gave me a lot about the treatment of cases, fear of blood, halo elevator, the more I think about the more tricky, not one to repeat it. Finally, he particularly serious, said: Remember, to get better, the only thing to do is to try and adhere to.
With his advice, the next day for a long time to work through the tangled and painful, a bite, you press the switch to their true place in darkness.
Moment, I fell into a huge panic anxiety, the feeling of darkness filled with danger, the only remaining awake continuously reminded me that doctors think about it, so hard I fear the worst imagined scenario.
The most frightening thing is ... ... there is a faceless ghost come out, think of here, I cried wow bang, but with constantly think of fear, I slowly filled with many details, such as he spoke to me and asked Why am I not go, I should answer him in overtime; if his hideous harm to come to me, I asked him why he want to do ... ... I kept thinking, become a ghost is not terrible, gradually, I think their own ridiculous, as a science enthusiast, I actually believe this kind of thing a ghost.
Well, the other terrible criminals, if people want to jump out to a robbing Jiese ... I will give him all the money, Jiese how to do? Although it is humiliating to think of it, but imagine the next day the whole world know I was robbed of color, I would become calm, and this is not my fault, I can not get hurt by a penalty themselves. If he kill me? I debated with him to kill me is meaningless, if you really kill me? Tomorrow I wrote to my mother put the bank password ... ...
In short, I was shaking in the dark imagination of all the terrible things, and eventually found that most problems can be solved, can not be resolved and must be faced. Anxiety a little bit away from my body, in the end, my magic back to a calm state. Calm the lock, out, stand on the street, I really realized that my fear is their own imagination, the emotions are ridiculous advance.
By this time I try, I finally believe the doctor said that the hateful words sound simple: you have to face the things you most fear, to be able to tolerate living and the resulting anxiety, until it finally disappears. The key is to have the courage to make this attempt.
I now not only pay, but also a promotion. Although the new fear into the loss of all of this, but I already know how to deal with it. Boss threw a bag of worms install a big deal on the table, another company from the overtime began chanting, since I am now totally afraid of dark.