powerfulthoughts
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NOTE: The following is something I wrote for my and my friend's web site/blog thing. I know it's kind of a theoretical concept, but I wanted to post it here.
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I consider myself a very rational person. I believe that I can analyze and understand things very well. I think most people with social phobia can, as shown on the various forums I have traveled through. Which makes me wonder why, if we can be so rational and analytical, we cannot overcome something we know so much about so intimately.
This rational thought seems to be operating on its own, separate part of the brain. There is a surface thought process going on that is trying to override the part of the brain that has already been formed and trained in the ways of social phobia. It is almost as if we have a separate, sub-conscious brain that we cannot control. I believe, from various items I've read, along with my own experience, that this "second brain" learns knowledge only through a combination of mental-physical-emotional experience. It has nothing to do with rationality.
For example, if a child is berated in a school setting with insults and severe mental abuse, then the physical/emotional feeling which is being experienced is indelibly imprinted into this child psyche. This "second brain" has learned through this emotional feeling of guilt/shame/insecurity that people are to be feared. Even though the child may know rationally that not ALL people are like this, his "second brain" or emotional part of the brain, whatever we may call it, has experienced a combination of traumatic mental and physical sensations that tell him to fear this happening again, regardless of rationality.
Surface knowledge and rational thinking have very little to do with overcoming what has already been imprinted and learned into the "second brain." Since the way this unconscious part of the brain works is through the emotional/mental/physical sensations, the most likely way to truly overcome social phobia is to have somebody elicit these sensations of the brain in a positive way.
To counteract this shameful feeling that was learned in the subconscious "second brain" we must get somebody to elicit feelings of pride, honor, and pleasure for being who we are as human beings. To get rid of insecure feelings we must interact with people who will approve of us, and strongly encourage us with a sense of truly caring about us. Again, this all stimulates a combination of mental, physical and emotional sensations that is required for us to feel good and well as human beings. This will teach the subconscious a new way of "being and feeling."
Of course it won't be easy to obtain these things from other people, especially since we have already subconsciously learned how to feel and be within our second brain, which sort of makes us shy away from actually seeking them out. But, since "knowledge is power," maybe at least we can now seek out what we know we need from people. You can't look for treasure without a map, so at least knowing what you're looking for can be incredibly helpful.
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I consider myself a very rational person. I believe that I can analyze and understand things very well. I think most people with social phobia can, as shown on the various forums I have traveled through. Which makes me wonder why, if we can be so rational and analytical, we cannot overcome something we know so much about so intimately.
This rational thought seems to be operating on its own, separate part of the brain. There is a surface thought process going on that is trying to override the part of the brain that has already been formed and trained in the ways of social phobia. It is almost as if we have a separate, sub-conscious brain that we cannot control. I believe, from various items I've read, along with my own experience, that this "second brain" learns knowledge only through a combination of mental-physical-emotional experience. It has nothing to do with rationality.
For example, if a child is berated in a school setting with insults and severe mental abuse, then the physical/emotional feeling which is being experienced is indelibly imprinted into this child psyche. This "second brain" has learned through this emotional feeling of guilt/shame/insecurity that people are to be feared. Even though the child may know rationally that not ALL people are like this, his "second brain" or emotional part of the brain, whatever we may call it, has experienced a combination of traumatic mental and physical sensations that tell him to fear this happening again, regardless of rationality.
Surface knowledge and rational thinking have very little to do with overcoming what has already been imprinted and learned into the "second brain." Since the way this unconscious part of the brain works is through the emotional/mental/physical sensations, the most likely way to truly overcome social phobia is to have somebody elicit these sensations of the brain in a positive way.
To counteract this shameful feeling that was learned in the subconscious "second brain" we must get somebody to elicit feelings of pride, honor, and pleasure for being who we are as human beings. To get rid of insecure feelings we must interact with people who will approve of us, and strongly encourage us with a sense of truly caring about us. Again, this all stimulates a combination of mental, physical and emotional sensations that is required for us to feel good and well as human beings. This will teach the subconscious a new way of "being and feeling."
Of course it won't be easy to obtain these things from other people, especially since we have already subconsciously learned how to feel and be within our second brain, which sort of makes us shy away from actually seeking them out. But, since "knowledge is power," maybe at least we can now seek out what we know we need from people. You can't look for treasure without a map, so at least knowing what you're looking for can be incredibly helpful.
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