Social Anxiety

[Lime]

I have just watched the Secret and am motivated about bringing change in my life.

My main problem is Social Anxiety, it is crippling to me, I am in therapy which is having limited success. Am I able to use the Law of Attraction to help me with this problem?

If so, what would a good statement be? I understand saying something like "I want to cure my anxiety" might be interpreted as a negative statement.
Perhaps "I am feeling more confident and comfortable around others"?

Thanks for any replies

[cylon]

Statements are only as good as the emotion and motivation behind them.

What you want to do is literally visualize, in your head, repeatedly, the experience of enjoying your interactions with others, enjoying being public places, etc. Make it so real in your mind that you "trick" your mind into thinking it's real. Once that's happened, you will be more comfortable socially.

But the image of you being comfortable socially, has to be more real to you than the image of being anxious. It's a challenge. Think of all the mental movies you run in your head every day that have something to do with being scared or worrying about other people. You have to replace them ALL.

[Dannyboy1]

Originally Posted by Lime

I have just watched the Secret and am motivated about bringing change in my life.

My main problem is Social Anxiety, it is crippling to me, I am in therapy which is having limited success. Am I able to use the Law of Attraction to help me with this problem?

If so, what would a good statement be? I understand saying something like "I want to cure my anxiety" might be interpreted as a negative statement.
Perhaps "I am feeling more confident and comfortable around others"?

Thanks for any replies

I believe is desensitization. You have to keep diving in and just talking to people. Make it a game. See how many numbers you can get. See how many strangers you can bring together in a bar. Sitting around thinking about is never going to help. You have to just keep doing it until you get used to it.

[Lil Chris]

I would suggest you're already using L.O.A., you're just using it against you...

I might start telling yourself: "my main problem is everybody loves being around me" (which is not really a bad problem to have)... See you don't want any focus or attention on Anxiety. As you remove you mind from the anxiety, it will remove itself from your reality...

[cylon]

Damn I wish people would stop calling me and wanting to go out and spend time with me all the time! Good lord!!!

I kind of like this approach.

[Lime]

I can't believe how quickly and brilliant all these replies were!
I will try to make more of a conscious effort to "catch myself out" whenever I am having a negative thought and try to reason it and replace it with something more positive.

I watched the secret last night and this morning was doing my best to fill my head with positive thoughts. I went out this afternoon with a few people and had it went pretty good, so this has motivated me more.

[Lime]

Originally Posted by cylon

Statements are only as good as the emotion and motivation behind them.

What you want to do is literally visualize, in your head, repeatedly, the experience of enjoying your interactions with others, enjoying being public places, etc. Make it so real in your mind that you "trick" your mind into thinking it's real. Once that's happened, you will be more comfortable socially.

But the image of you being comfortable socially, has to be more real to you than the image of being anxious. It's a challenge. Think of all the mental movies you run in your head every day that have something to do with being scared or worrying about other people. You have to replace them ALL.

Thanks, I will follow this.

[danman85]

Originally Posted by Lil Chris

I might start telling yourself: "my main problem is everybody loves being around me" (which is not really a bad problem to have)... See you don't want any focus or attention on Anxiety. As you remove you mind from the anxiety, it will remove itself from your reality...

That's amazing, I will use that. It brings more people to you, but it also begins to put you in control of who you do and don't want around you. Wow!!!