You'll only ensure that you lose all resilience...
Determined to overcome this fear, she decided to leave her feet uncovered every night for as long as she could stand it...
Good in theory, but actually counter-productive....
The first night she went as long as she could before giving in and covering up her feet to get some sleep. Night 2 she lasted a little longer, but the same happened...
She had been accomplishing the opposite of what she set out to do. She was reinforcing the retreat...
The more she did this, the quicker her body escalated to last nights anxiety levels, to realize the reward more quickly...
Grounding exercises.
Things that take you out of the fear and focus on the issue, and more into the present moment. You train your body to relax despite the otherwise anxiety inducing situation...
Only when it has gone down do you then reward yourself with relief.
We have so many distractions available to us, so many RETREATS from anxiety and discomfort that they never learn how to self-soothe in difficult situations.
When the going gets hard, they get going! Somewhere else...