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Hey Rafiel,
I was just thinking about using self anchoring which boosts the confidence feeling when triggered on. What do you think about using that on guys who have approach anxiety? Do you think it will work?
Hello big man
Yes, it will work if it is set up correctly. There are a number of ways to do this but I would recommend purchasing an NLP-book to teach you the correct manner. I met an NLP trainer once who had an anchor on every finger of her right hand!
Without the proper technique though, it's unlikely to work. There are a couple of videos on youtube of Ross Jeffries getting rid of approach anxiety for his students, but he uses no NLP; only the psychological technique of 'flooding' otherwise known as 'implosion'. Say you were afraid of spiders, this basically would involve putting large spiders on the victim/in close proximity to the patient to terrify them to the maximum extent over a prolonged period of time. After a while, the patient cannot maintain their fear-response (you can't scream forever, for instance) so they just become accustomed to the stimulus and feel fine. This method in psychology has some of the strongest results, but obviously there are ethical considerations.
Anyway, psychology tangent aside, I would strongly recommend buying a basic NLP hand-guide type book as they have a variety of tools - not just anchors - for dealing with a problem such as AA.
The other thing you could do, which is something I have done - is actually to notice anchors you ALREADY HAVE rooted in you. One day before a boxing match a friend of mine pointed out that I always punch my fist into my other hand. Then I caught myself doing it before climbing major ascents. It was then that I realised that I had been doing this for many years just before events that I was somewhat nervous about - I already had an anchor for G-ing myself up. So I could use this in future consciously. Another way to use this trick is to just use an anchor you may already have for a very comfortable situation, such as chilling with your best mate. Assume the body posture and tone of voice that you would usually have with him/her, and imagine having a relaxed, pointless and happy conversation...
Even so.
On balance, I think there are better methods for treating AA/tackling the root causes of AA, but now I am venturing into the realms of opinion, so I will stop there.
Aside from NLP, I personally would recommend the following things:
-Start small; just ask where the train station is, easy questions like that. Nothing more. Often you may set yourself too tall expectations which can cause AA. Built it up. This also follows the paradigm of 'systematic desensitization'; another phobia cure in mainstream psychology.
-Get blown out in many different ways. Approach to get blown out. If you allow yourself and consciously try to get blown out, you will become accustomed to the worse case scenario, and so when you try to sarge for real you will not fear it. We fear the unknown, but being blown out to you will no longer be 'unknown'. Furthermore, you will realise that it's not so bad after all, and you rarely get slapped! (I've never been slapped). It's also a good lesson in teaching someone how to go direct and how far one can really escalate things - but I digress.
Hope this helps buddy x.