I keep having a recurring nightmare about a phobia of mine. The phobia pops up in these weird random settings involving other important aspects or people of my life. Now during the day I am finding myself getting severely anxious or panicky when I think about or have to address these other things, because I am associating them with this phobia. What can I do to stop or resist this problem? Is there some sort of deeper psychological meaning to what I am experiencing? I am very scared and very confused about what to do. It's actually to the point where I am avoiding the things I used to love because I don't want to think about my phobia. I really can't continue doing this since they are essential to my work and life. Need a new brain, perhaps?
