Confront Your Fear, They Said...You Can't Let It Rule Your Life, They Said...

...now here I am on Monkey Island near Phi Phi Don, Thailand, being attacked and bitten by a pack of monkeys.

Fuck all you self-help gurus and your advice on getting rid of my monkey phobia.

That's how I imagine her thought process ran, anyway. "Her" being 56-year-old Dee Darwell of Peterborough, UK, the unfortunate victim of the monkey attack.

It would probably make a good reality show, wouldn't it? Call it Face Your Fear, and each week have someone with a phobia confront the object of his/her phobia, whether it be heights, closed spaces, snakes, spiders, etc. Film their reaction as they try to deal with the situation.