Exposure and Response Therapy Is the Way to Deal With Fear

The first time I encountered, really encountered my fear of death was my very first ayahuasca journey. It had me go through a variety of different scenarios where bugs were crawling in my eyes and exploding out of my ears. And eventually I had to sit with it for like two hours. The person next to me had puked on my socks. But as soon as I did that, embraced me like a like from the movie Avatar where A.Y.W. just puts all the tendrils hugs me back into the earth.

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