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Originally Posted by Jarrod  In the first post of the thread you said you wanted to completely conquer it, then later you said you don't want to 'defeat' it? It doesn't matter I guess. |
Yeah, I guess that does require a little bit of clarification. I'm not trying to 'defeat it' in the conventional ways. I have been fighting Social Anxiety for 11 years (had it nearly all my life but fighting 11). I have made huge gains and will continue the techniques and teachings I have learned. However in order to completely conquer it I want to be able to go out and do social activities... Go out and have fun. Expose myself to my fears, but not all at once. In addition, I want to make positive changes to my life and not concentrate on the negatives. For example, last year I started "Radical Honesty". This year I started to live "A Complaint Free Life". These are positive changes that has deeply helped me accept myself for who I am.
I agree with you that I have to face the source... but it is alot more complicated then that, and I am trying to approach this in every way I can. In a way I am trying to focus on self development techniques that coincidentally reduces Social Anxiety.
And I realize... I have probably contradicted myself dozens of times in my posts. I type what I am thinking at the moment and sometimes its not congruent with what I was thinking in the past. But my intention is always the same. I hope I clarified thing. I probably made things more confusing.
