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wow, that's a great improvement.. its good to here that you are not afraid in snakes anymore,.. to overcome our fear, we need to face it and that's the reason behind what happened to you.. im glad to know that.. good job! =)

I think this is what some people call 'beating our own fear'. I believe therapists use this method to their clients to reduce their fear towards something. The method is to deal with it and to face with it to the extreme until you are so used to it. After that you will discover you are no longer that scared because the unpredicted things which you are so scared about has already happened and now you know you can deal with it. For example I am very afraid to drive. But this year I bought a car. I wanted to drive but I was afraid. Furthermore my husband didn't give his encouragement. He always want to drive and never gave me the opportunity to learn driving. But one day I was determined to face my own fear. I thought to myself, until when do I want to be like this. If I don't brave myself to drive, I will be dependent forever. I have my driver's license and what should I fear about? So with both my hands cold like ice, I drove to my parents' house. Many things happened on that day. I had to stop in front of huge truck and he didn't give me any room to move forward. So I had to figure out how to reverse in a very narrow road. And... I discovered I can do it! After that there are a lot of small kids (students) with uniforms cycling on the road I was driving at and they were all careless. And I managed to control my driving and didn't get involved in any accidents at all. Now I am brave enough to drive and I will drive whenever possible.