Do you agree with exposure therapy? Have you ever tried it or overcome a fear using this method?

I think for extreme fears which are disabling, a comprehensive treatmemt regimen should be sought out. This would likely include visualization, exposure, and tools to help deal with the anxiety and the stress. I assume "exposure" would be carefully monitored and extended, in a manner similar to "allergy injections".

But why go through that for NON-disabling fears, unless this was to give yourself some success to deal with a disabling fear?

No thank you! No amount of exposure therapy will ever make me fond of spiders!!! Yuck! Ewe gives me the ebe jeebies! I just threw up a little in my mouth!!! Faints!

Not always an option

I had heard a woman who tried that that had a fear of flying, mid flight she freaked out and tried opening one of the doors and had to be subdued, apparently it was back in the 80's.