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Esther managed to solve her problem
from the comfort of her sweet spot. Yet
sometimes stretching beyond it is our
only choice. Some years ago I decided
that I wanted to conquer my fear of
public speaking. After much hemming
and hawing, I signed up for a workshop
at the Public Speaking–Social Anxiety
Center of New York. I had my doubts; I
felt like a garden-variety shy person,
and I didn’t like the pathological sound
of the term “social anxiety.” But the
class was based on desensitization
training, an approach that made sense
to me. Often used as a way to conquer
phobias, desensitization involves exposing
yourself (and your amygdala) to the
thing you’re afraid of over and over
again, in manageable doses. This is
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