12-31-2015, 09:13 AM
Natious Wrote:AriGold Wrote:Hey Natious,
I have been thinking about what happened to many users of Overcoming Fear. They overcome many fears, feel better than before, but fear is still part of their life.
So what if the repetition of the word "fear" makes the mind focus on it? I mean, even if it is overcoming fear, the mind goes on and looks for fears to bring up front to overcome them. Why not use Absolute Self Confidence or another positive sub without OGSF in it, to focus on positive stuff and let the mind work its wonders?
What do you think?
I'm glad that you PMd me with this, I have wondered about the same thing. Since the biggest stepping stones seem to be social anxiety and confrontation for now, I've been focusing on conquering them for a while which also means I've been focusing on them. The fears that I have overcome during OF were nearly impossible to notice since I never thought about them until I suddenly realized: "Hey, I used to be incredibly anxious doing this and now I feel completely at ease, awesome!".
So OF and OGSF are great subs, but maybe they shouldn't be used as the main frontier attack, but rather as a secondary attack that is very subtle and doesn't get too much involvement from the conscious mind (focusing on the fear).
EHPRA 2.0 seems to be pretty positive in those terms. I thought I had made up my mind on a few occasions on what to run after OF, but I'll give it another thought.
If I were to run EHPRA 2.0 it would be because I think it's the RIGHT program to run so I can find some peace with the internal chaos and eventually come out a lot stronger, if I were to run LTU it would be to experience the more positive, social and fulfilling side of life as soon as possible and if I were to run ASC it would be to feel the inner strength that would possibly lead to things similar to what LTU would.
The thing is I am not sure which of these attitudes would lead me to the best outcome in the long term. I guess I am most excited to run ASC followed by LTU and then EHPRA 2.0. Maybe I ought to go with the choice I am most excited about this time and see where this leads me. OF was chosen with the same mindset as I would have used to run EHPRA.
