However, you might be able to wear a mask or sit in a small closet (which likely will trigger claustrophobic feelings similar to those you feel when you’re flying) several times per week to master your anxious response. Try to develop a list that covers the range of your anxious response: situations that trigger low, moderate, and high levels of anxiety or fear. For example, Roman, who has panic disorder and is afraid to drive on freeways and surface streets, listed “driving long and short distances on busy and quiet streets, and on certain stretches of freeways.”

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