Well kind of, it is a true story but I thought it illustrated something else well.
I was talking to a friend today about phobias, mine is heights get vertigo at times even when it is someone else on the ledge...
Hers is of Dogs, recounted how sometimes visiting friends they are disturbed by having to put the dog outside or in the laundry when she visits, and will try and make her overcome the fear or make her feel guilty about this.
It is true that getting used to being around dogs will break past that fear, but trying to make her sit with the dog will not do it it will just cause her to run out of the room.
Only when she feels comfortable to make a conscious decision to sit in the same room with a dog and force herself to endure till the fear subsides will it be effective.
There is a situation I feel like this, not like my friend but like the dog, I do understand why I am being put outside but it is hard.
I try to make you get used to me sit down and get past the fear even though I know it will only work when you voluntarily make that effort yourself without being pressured or coerced.