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Teaching your nervous system to shrug at things that once made it scream.
means The process of reducing emotional or physical reaction to something through repeated exposure or treatment.
from From Latin sensus, feeling, with the prefix de- stripping it away — literally un-feeling something, built piece by deliberate piece.
Therapy usePhobia treatment exposes fears in tiny escalating doses.
DentistryToothpaste plugs tubules so cold no longer zings nerves.
Double edgeSame mechanism dulls compassion after relentless bad news.