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The Perils of Facing Your Fears

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If you have a phobia you may have considered facing your fear as a way of getting over it. Many successful therapies, such as systematic desensitisation, flooding and implosion therapy see facing the object of fear as a crucial part of overcoming a phobia. A woman from Peterborough, however, has shown that the do-it-yourself version of these therapies is not always the best strategy.

Dee Darwell attempted to overcome her fear, not in the controlled environment of her local zoo, but on Thailand's Monkey Island where wild macaques roam freely.

"I thought I was heading for safety under this rock in the shade, only to cool down," said Mrs Darwell

"I laid the towel down and there were no monkeys in sight. The next thing I noticed, this monkey walked up next to me and I thought, oh dear, and I began to stand up to move away. Then, the monkey took my wrist and pounced on my right arm, sinking his teeth in and hung off it."

Darwell was eventually rescued by fishermen

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