Stress arrested at heights

Stress arrested at heights Research shows that an extra dose of cortical (a stress hormone) helps us with fears such as fear of heights to go.

People with a phobia nowadays during therapies with their fear to face to get over it the intention is that people learn that their phobia is irrational and fear as decreases. Animals

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Still visible after three days/ the volunteers who had been administered cortical significantly less afraid of heights than those who had received no extra stress hormones This effect was found to be a month later. Still visible