# An end to arachnophobia 'just a heartbeat away'

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**Created:** [October 31, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://archive.menshealtharchive.com/t/an-end-to-arachnophobia-just-a-heartbeat-away/321 "2018-10-31T02:45:05Z")\
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> **[An end to arachnophobia 'just a heartbeat away'](https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/10/181030102757.htm)**
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> Researchers have discovered that exposing people with phobias to their fear -- for examples, spiders for those who have arachnophobia -- at the exact time their heart beats, led to the phobia reducing in severity.

  
Researchers have discovered that exposing people with phobias to their fear – for examples, spiders for those who have arachnophobia – at the exact time their heart beats, led to the phobia reducing in severity.