Automatic Thoughts

By Dan Ramy


Programmed thinking patterns are with all of us, regardless if you are suffering from social anxiety or otherwise. They appear subliminally and determined by perceptions and confining beliefs we have gathered as time goes by. These thoughts are not at all times harmful and consist of one to another particularly when it comes to first impression.

In cases where two people meet for the first time it would be natural of them to try to judge each one's individuality; whether he could be decent, competitive, amusing or friendly. The only method to do this is by watching the external "indicators" which includes body movement, clothes, tone of voice and facial expressions. Generally speaking, the first impact doesn't complement the truth, mainly because it's impacted by the automatic thoughts which are founded on life encounter at most.

With regard to social anxiety problem, automatic thoughts are frequently negative, and they show up specially during public situations. Many of them pass swiftly yet they will leave a long lasting impact upon our emotional state. There are various causes of the destructive conception that characterizes the condition victims, a few are genetics and others are influenced by the environment that we grew up.

Listed here are types of a negative beliefs which arise before taking a test or in social circumstance: "I'm going to fail," "everybody will laugh and assume I am creepy," "Everyone will watch me blush and think I'm ridiculous." Under those types of conditions, negative believing and nervousness is only going to enhance. Because of this, it is very important to find the automatic thoughts during the happening, and swap them with corrective views.

Corrective thoughts are may not be positive, but more reasonable and closer to what's real. It is vital that we have faith in them, as opposed to just throw positive sentences.

How to recognize automatic thoughts?

As mentioned before, diverse thoughts result in distinctive sensations. Equal distinction exists in the connection of outer stimulation (events) and our assumption. We are able to see this chain reaction;

Stimulation - Thought - Emotion

Outer stimulation brings about the belief, that creates emotion as a result. Those outer occasions aren't the trigger for our feelings, but only the thought alone. Thus to avoid exterior stimulations from causing our undesired feelings (for instance concern or anxiety) we need to avoid our self from negative thinking.

If we alter our thinking, we could alter our internal emotion.

An example of the process;

A. Stimulation: The manager calls you to his office.

B. Thought that you tell your self: "This is horrible. I very likely did something wrong."

C. Feeling: You're stressed and anxious about that.

Note that this situation is not the cause which makes you feel awful, but the thought. Let's test a different approach, such as: "the boss quite likely has something to talk about or request," Maybe we wouldn't become so uneasy, and thus, we would enter his office feeling much better. In times when we're not aware of those automated thoughts, we may enter a loop in which the power of feelings increases and thus increasing the strength of negative thoughts.




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