[trevyn]

This is super simple. Use your conscious mind to program your unconscious mind.

Do this by deciding how you want to think and act, and then consciously think those thoughts and do those actions, no matter how awkward it feels or how silly it seems. You are simply intentionally programming your subconscious. The weird incongruent feeling that pops up is what it feels like when your subconscious protests.

Laughter is a great substitution, it is hilarious some of the imagined threats that people come up with.

Your subconscious is only a pattern-matching-and-producing machine. Repeat the correct thoughts and actions often enough, and it will adapt to the new pattern. It may take a few days or weeks to start to notice, and it will only be a subtle shift at first, but it will happen.

Also, stop reading or watching anything that triggers the wrong emotions.

[hluska]

So, reprogramming how your brain works is 'super simple'??

[trevyn]

Yep! You’re doing it all the time by deciding what to put into it!

[hluska]

Speaking as someone who worked very hard to overcome some problems with anxiety, I can tell you it is certainly not 'super simple'. It was very hard work and I had a wonderful psychologist to help guide me through.

People who suffer should have hope, but telling them it is 'super simple' sets them up for a nasty fall. It's a battle against years of habits.

[trevyn]

You took one path, and I’m glad it worked for you. There are other paths, too.