After first reading 'The Game' was heavily intrigued, and studied it for several months through the net, but mostly just experimented with my own stuff in field.

for the last 6 however i have slacked off in evolving my skills, and have subsequently reverted to being somewhat AFC -- by this i mean that while i am talking to a girl, i know what i should say and do, however i must watch myself helplessly screw it up.

If anyone has experienced this please help me out!

If anyone can point me to or suggest some exercises that would help me out, or point me to some reading material in the forums which can get me back into the mindset, it would be much appreciated.

Yes this is known as complete AFC reversal. It is a phase people go through when they dont want to keep improving. You learn a bit of game and it does not take you as far as you thought it would. Therefore you stop improving and go back to your old lifestyle.
The best way to cure this is to seriously make an effort to improve your game. Push it harder than ever and accept the pain it brings...

Look here's the nitty gritty. I started up in July of 2008. I was really into this and I still am. However, I did slack for a month or two because I was going through a tough divorce and found it hard to focus on my game. I fell back a bit into AFC status, but my ambition grew stronger after realizing I was single again. I knew it would not be easy improving my game, but in the end it's all about what you want and how badly you want it. Think of how miserable you were before. I look back at my old self and actually get pissed off because I realize how much of a loser I really was. Now I don't want to get on my soap box here, but it really is all about inner game. I'm not the best looking guy, but I consider myself attractive because I know I'm not bad looking by any means. But I was talking to a girl I work with and this guy started a very offensive conversation with her. He is a very very good looking guy. She told me that she thought he was good looking until he opened his mouth and then he became but ugly. This goes to show that you NEED inner game. With the right attitude your outer game will improve. I promise. I'm living proof. I hate the old me and I will never go back. (I'm talking of course about my AFC status, I dont actually hate myself) Being shy and not approaching were the biggest mistakes of my life. I'm glad I got into the game and all I can say is make comparisons. Do you WANT to be and AFC again? Do you ENJOY not meeting women? Hopefully the answer is NO! You have to set your sights on something in life. I'm greatful that I found the PUA community while I am still young (22). Just realize your potential, harness it, employ some intiative and like anything else you work for, it will be so much more appreciated than something you were given (i.e. drunk girl, or paying for a prostitute) Give the women what they want, the fruits of your labor will NOT go unrewared. I promise.

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have a problem pad. when you screw up write down on a small pad how why and how to prevent it. learn from it and improve.
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I havent been involved in the game for to long but something that i have noticed is PU is alot like playing a sport. Sometimes you get into slumps and sometimes your hot. The biggest thing i can tell you is do what people do in sports, Just do the extra practice. When you see guys playing pro-ball and they get into slumps they hit the batting cages after practice.

"Life is like the tides. Theres high tide, and then theres low tide. But then there's high tide again."

You'll be alright

At the end of each game session, i always that the time to breakdown what happened, what went well, what went bad, and ask myself what i can do to evolve the bad so that it is all good.

It is the ability to evolve and change that aids progression.
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