Notecards - Affirmations
September 8th, 2006 by dashh
Ryan’s post a while back on notecards got me thinking about my own use of them to help with my social anxiety. I used to be very skeptical (and probably still am to some extent) of affirmations and many times they just seem like a phony or superficial way to deal with certain issues. But one technique I have been using over the years to help me deal with my social anxiety issues is to read over certain statements daily. I wrote several statements down on notecards that I keep in my wallet and that I read over everyday to let myself (and my brain) know that SA does not have to keep me from engaging in life.
The cards help me to recognize my automatic negative thinking (ANTs), to remember to use the ‘slow talk’ technique I posted about previously and I actually have a few cards I can read over for specific, high anxiety situations like a party, etc. I also have a few quick statements, which I guess are more similar to affirmations such as the following:
- Be proactive, take the initiative and “act” confidently
- Stop the thinking and start the doing.
- Action leads to motivation.
- If I don’t do something nothing is going to change.
- The secret to getting ahead is getting started.
- Analysis equals paralysis.
I have gotten these mainly from Dr. Richards Overcoming Social Anxiety program, which my society anxiety support group followed. Of course I can’t say for sure that reading over these statements have made a change in my social anxiety since there are many other things I have been doing over the years, but over time with practice it does seem that my anxiety is slowly fading into the background.
Has anyone out there used similar techniques?
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duff wrote on 09/11/06 at 12:43 pm :
“The presence of FEAR is an opportunity for COURAGE.”
That’s one of my favorites, because it acknowledges that fear is something that is often outside of your control, but acting in a courageous way is always in your control despite the fear you may be feeling.