03-18-2011, 08:12 AM
Hi Solidify,
I empathise with your situation. Your teacher is right, you will need to go throough systemetic desensitization. This process varies in time, depending on how serious the phobia is. By the sounds of it, yours sounds very bad and as it developed over time, it will take time to minimise the issues. I am unsure which country you are in, though there are allergy desensitization shots one can take for various allergies. This maybe something you can research with an allergy specialist if you have not done so already. From what I read, it sounds as though you are incredibly anxious and are even afriad of seeing a doctor. this shows me that you already think something bad will happen to you before knowing it actually will. What you have been through is traumatic and phobia is psychological. Good news is it can be treated. You make the first step by asking for help. The bets help you will get in practice is through you doctor who can refer you to a specialist if it works that way where you are. Next step is truely committing to a program to reverse the fear. You obviously want to face them and you may as well just start now. it takes guts to say you have had enough, you want to live and for me you are already half way there. Find inner strength, focus on positive things and things that make you feel good when you start to get anxious and take control of your emotions that are connected to peanuts. You can do this. Just believe. I be happy to support anyway i can, just PM me. Take care
I empathise with your situation. Your teacher is right, you will need to go throough systemetic desensitization. This process varies in time, depending on how serious the phobia is. By the sounds of it, yours sounds very bad and as it developed over time, it will take time to minimise the issues. I am unsure which country you are in, though there are allergy desensitization shots one can take for various allergies. This maybe something you can research with an allergy specialist if you have not done so already. From what I read, it sounds as though you are incredibly anxious and are even afriad of seeing a doctor. this shows me that you already think something bad will happen to you before knowing it actually will. What you have been through is traumatic and phobia is psychological. Good news is it can be treated. You make the first step by asking for help. The bets help you will get in practice is through you doctor who can refer you to a specialist if it works that way where you are. Next step is truely committing to a program to reverse the fear. You obviously want to face them and you may as well just start now. it takes guts to say you have had enough, you want to live and for me you are already half way there. Find inner strength, focus on positive things and things that make you feel good when you start to get anxious and take control of your emotions that are connected to peanuts. You can do this. Just believe. I be happy to support anyway i can, just PM me. Take care