Automatic Beliefs

By Dan Ramy


Programmed thinking patterns are with all of us, regardless if you are suffering from social anxiety or otherwise. They appear subliminally and determined by perceptions and confining beliefs we have gathered as time goes by. These thoughts are not at all times harmful and consist of one to another particularly when it comes to first impression.

In cases where two unknown people meet the very first time it could be normal of them to try to assess each one's identity; whether he's nice, aggressive, amusing or sociable. The only way to do this is by noticing the external "indicators" which includes body movement, outfits, tone of voice and face expressions. In many instances, the first sense doesn't match the reality, mainly because it's impacted by the automatic thoughts that are driven by life experience at most.


With regard to social anxiety problem, automatic thoughts are generally negative, and they appear especially while in public events. They usually pass immediately but they will leave a long lasting impression upon our psychological and mental state. There are particular causes of the damaging conception that characterizes the condition victims, some are genetics while others are affected by the surroundings in which we grew up.

Listed here are types of a negative beliefs which arise before taking a test or in social circumstance: "I'm going to fail," "everybody will laugh and assume I am creepy," "Everyone will watch me blush and think I'm ridiculous." Under those types of conditions, negative believing and nervousness is only going to enhance. Because of this, it is very important to find the automatic thoughts during the happening, and swap them with corrective views.

Corrective thoughts are may not be positive, but more reasonable and closer to reality. It's very important that we have faith in them, and not only just throw optimistic phrases.

How to detect automatic thoughts?

As mentioned before, diverse thoughts result in distinctive sensations. Equal distinction exists in the connection of outer stimulation (events) and our assumption. We are able to see this chain reaction;

Stimulation - Thought - Emotion

External stimulation provokes the belief, which produces emotion as a result. These external occasions aren't the cause for the emotion, but only the thought by itself. Therefore to prevent exterior stimulation from initiating our unwelcome sensations (for example fear or tension) we must avoid ourselfs from harmful thinking.

If we alter our thinking, we could alter our internal emotion.

A good example of this process;

A. Stimulation: The manager requests you to his office.

B. Thought that you tell your self: "This is horrible. I very likely did something wrong."

C. Feeling: You are worried and restless about that.

Observe that this event isn't the cause that makes you feel bad, but the thought. You should attempt a different solution, such as: "the manager possibly has something to talk about or ask," Maybe we would not become so nervous, and thus, we would visit his office feeling better. In occasions when we're not aware about those automatic thoughts, we may enter a cycle in which the power of sensations goes up and thus increasing the level of negative thoughts.




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