Hi! I'm a new member and am just posting to say hello. I guess I've had trouble fitting in with people all my life. I'm an only child and my parents are...
Hi, I'm a new member also. I know how you feel. I've lost more friends that way than I care to admit. The ironic thing is I don't push to make things right...
I think that a lot of people feel as you do, and that most people are not as honest about what's going on. A lot of us tend to intelectualize our problems, in...
Sam Rau
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Aug 4, 2007 3:16 pm
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Hi Group, I just found this group and joined, with the hope of continuing to improve my level of socialness. My shy/inhibited behaviour has been problematic...
Welcome ! I think most people here can relate to what you said one thing that i have found a little usefully over the past couple of weeks is really not trying...
Hello, I am currently taking a Human Relations class at Baker College Online and came across this group through the shyness.com web page. I consider myself...
Welcome to the group. I'm really pleased to see that we continue to gain new members, with new experiences and such to bring. I'm going to try really hard to...
Sam Rau
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Aug 17, 2007 12:03 pm
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Hey welcome to the group. It definitely gets easier with practice. Lately I've taken a different approach to conquering the shyness. I've accepted it....
Hi, Does anybody here have a doctor that has prescribed d-cycloserine (Seromycin) as an adjunct to behavioral exposure therapy? If so, please email me. I'm ...
I'm not quite sure what that is. Just out of curiositty, why are you looking at this as part of your treatment? I'm not trying to get too personal or...
Sam Rau
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Aug 20, 2007 3:15 pm
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Yup, I'd like to add it to my treatment. It's an unusual drug. It does not affect anxiety in any way. Instead, it enhances specific types of learning, in...
That sounds pretty cool. It seems that this drug makes it so that you can have a learning experience and learn much faster. I'm kind of curious as to how...
Sam Rau
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Aug 21, 2007 4:29 pm
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Yes, I think you realize why this is such an interesting drug. I'm much less interested in drugs that just make me feel less anxious for a few hours. Sure, ...
There's another drug I'm facinated with -- Oxytocin. It has been called the "trust drug" in that people feel trusting when they take it. In social phobia, ...
When I talk about something reorganizing at a higher level, I'm just talking about raising your threshold higher. In fact, this chaos and reorganization...
Sam Rau
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Aug 21, 2007 9:06 pm
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Thanks for the interesting thoughts. You mention "shadow self". On only a somewhat related topic, Iit might be useful for people to hear about my experiences...
I have heard a little about this, but I'm not too familiar with it. From what I gather it's similar to what an NLP practitioner might do. I'd like to get...
Sam Rau
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Aug 22, 2007 12:49 am
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Hey all, I just wanted to put it out there that I have really found that focusing on relaxation during social interaction helps me not focus so much on myself...
EMDR involves alternately engaging the left and right sides of the body. This is usually done with taps on the hands, vibrating sticks, moving lights, or ...
Thanks for the relaxaton tips. Regarding conversations, there are a number of "systems" for learning to be good at that. A simple way to get started is to pick...
I believe the key is not to think at all. You don't go to a party to meet people. Concentrate on having fun! I tried this and it helped. I went to a fair...
I think that you're definitely on the right track here. I've found that it's easier to accomplish something when I'm in the right state. For example it's...
Sam Rau
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Aug 23, 2007 2:43 pm
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I think that you're definitely on the right track here. I've found that it's easier to accomplish something when I'm in the right state. For example it's...
Sam Rau
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Aug 23, 2007 2:43 pm
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I think that you're definitely on the right track here. I've found that it's easier to accomplish something when I'm in the right state. For example it's...
Sam Rau
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Aug 23, 2007 2:45 pm
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In nlp we're looking at the mind as if it were a computer, and we're looking at how the "software" works so that we can write our own programming. Sometimes...
Sam Rau
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Aug 23, 2007 2:48 pm
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I'm glad to hear that you had a great time in the moment. I think that all to often we're thinking way too hard as to how something should be or what we're...
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