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Dr David Burns: Exposure, and the hidden emotion model (#313)

The OCD Stories

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How to Cure an Anxiety Disorder

"I've got all kinds of cool techniques that are not going to frighten or upset you," he says. "But there's one thing that's going to freak you out, and I don't mean 100% anxiety." He tells his patient she'll have to put her hands in the women's restroom if she wants to be cured. She freaked out but then said it was a good idea; they didn't need to treat her tonight.

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