The Surprising Therapy Helping People Overcome Their Fear of Failure

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A brief trial found imagery therapy reduced distress linked to childhood criticism and failure-related memories.

The Therapy Is Called Imagery Rescripting

It Targets the Roots of Failure Anxiety

The Trial Included 180 Young Adults

Treatment Was Surprisingly Brief

Three Different Techniques Were Compared

All Three Groups Showed Improvement

Fear-of-Failure Scores Fell Modestly

The Body’s Stress Response Also Changed

Surprise May Be the Key Mechanism

The Findings Still Need Wider Testing

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Fear of failure can make ordinary mistakes feel like evidence of personal inadequacy, encouraging procrastination, avoidance and excessive self-criticism. For some adults, these reactions may be connected to childhood memories of being criticised, rejected or humiliated after making mistakes.

A randomised trial suggests that imagery-based psychotherapy can reduce the emotional power of those memories. The most distinctive technique, imagery rescripting, does not erase the past but changes how a distressing event is mentally experienced.

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