Usually means: Facing fears instead of fleeing.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (counterphobia)

▸ noun:  (psychology) A compulsion to seek out the causes of fear or anxiety instead of avoiding them.

Similar:
counterphobe, phobophobia, topophobia, phobiaphobia, workphobia, phobia, phobism, computerphobia, pharmacophobia, algophobia, more...

Opposite:
phobia, fear, anxiety

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Similar:
counterphobe, phobophobia, topophobia, phobiaphobia, workphobia, phobia, phobism, computerphobia, pharmacophobia, algophobia, more...

Opposite:
phobia, fear, anxiety



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