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Originally Posted by Liza Red  Man I sometimes feel that death is better than doing this. Arrgh. |
"Haha", he laughed kindly and spoke:
"One thing and only one thing will cure of this ailment. It is called exposure and often used in fear therapy. What can you do that doesn't cause a complete panic but gets you close? Is it making eye contact with a guy? Ok, good. Do that five-ten times a day. After a few days of doing this, making eye contact will barely get your body in a huff. Then, for the next few days try smiling at them. When you get used to that, move up to saying Hi or talking to them.
"People think that you simply get habituated to the fear, but that's not what happens. You learn that your personality is greater than your fear. Keep doing this and keep beating your fears and eventually your personality will grow so much that when you say, 'no', societies will stop, like Ghandi or Martin Luther King, Jr."
"There is also little difference between body states and our mental labels for them. Read here:
Your Emotions and How You Think About Them | Mind-Manual "