| Are you looking for a social anxiety treatment? That's | | | | negative thoughts and beliefs and that you want them |
| great because today in this article I am going to give | | | | to stop. |
| you a great way to stop automatic negative thinking | | | | You must do this because if you do not your mind will |
| and solve your social anxiety. | | | | continue move along like an out of control river. The |
| This social anxiety treatment involves controlling your | | | | statement can be something like this, "Hey! I'm having |
| negative thinking. This kind of thinking plays a major | | | | those thoughts again the ones that I don't like, the ones |
| role in social anxiety. Most of these negative thoughts | | | | that are not good for me. These thoughts are not |
| are automatic and unwanted, they appear out of | | | | healthy or helpful, I'm going to break up these thoughts |
| nowhere and often you will not even be aware that | | | | and I'm going to never have them again". |
| you are caught up in a cycle of negative thinking. | | | | If this is too long you can rather say STOP or SHUT |
| You must discipline yourself to catch and control these | | | | UP and visualize a bright red stop sign in your head. By |
| negative thoughts as much as possible. The best way | | | | doing all this you are telling your brain that these |
| to do this is to make a statement to yourself that you | | | | thoughts are not helpful and that you no longer want to |
| are going to watch and control your thoughts from | | | | have them, instead you have decided to go in a better |
| now on. Make this an out loud verbal statement (doing | | | | more healthy direction. |
| it this is far stronger and powerful). This purpose of this | | | | I hope you have enjoyed this social anxiety treatment. |
| statement is to tell your brain that you do not like these | | | | |