Luckily, there are treatments that can help people with phobia. While some people take medication to alleviate their phobia, many others go to counseling where they learn techniques to overcome their phobia permanently. For example , learning simple relaxation exercises can help people feel more in control when confronted with feared objects and situations. People can also be taught to overcome their fear through gradual exposure to it. For example a person with a fear of heights might be encouraged to imagine being in a tall building. Once capable of doing this without having a panic attack, the person might be brought into the ground floor of a tall building .After becoming comfortable there, the person would be brought to the second floor. Eventually, the phobic person would reach top floor of building and the end of their fear.
There is a Japanese proverb that , "Fear is only as deep as the imagination allows." People who have learned to overcome phobia understand how true this is.