We don’t have the full context from just this image…
But actually yes, in all seriousness… it could have been the case that this would have sent him into a high anxiety panic state.
It seems ludicrous to a lot of people… but there absolutely are people with extremely severe, oddly specific fear triggers that will send them into a complete breakdown.
In my other comment I said ‘this can work out well’ and ‘he seems to be genuienly smiling to me’…
But I qualified how ‘exposure therapy’ type stuff can work, in certain situations, for certain people.
It can also horrendously backfire.
I could be reading his face wrong.
And the other points you bring up that this does generally promote a trivialization of phobias in general… not great.
Probably should have actually consulted a psych professional, probably should have gotten prior consent.
For what its worth, I agree with you.
We don’t have the full context from just this image…
But actually yes, in all seriousness… it could have been the case that this would have sent him into a high anxiety panic state.
It seems ludicrous to a lot of people… but there absolutely are people with extremely severe, oddly specific fear triggers that will send them into a complete breakdown.
In my other comment I said ‘this can work out well’ and ‘he seems to be genuienly smiling to me’…
But I qualified how ‘exposure therapy’ type stuff can work, in certain situations, for certain people.
It can also horrendously backfire.
I could be reading his face wrong.
And the other points you bring up that this does generally promote a trivialization of phobias in general… not great.
Probably should have actually consulted a psych professional, probably should have gotten prior consent.