How to Stop Feeling Afraid of New People
Stop Being Afraid
How to Stop Feeling Afraid of New People
Clients come to me for help with what they think is a phobia of new people.
Most of the clients who come to me don’t really have a phobia, it’s a problem of never having learned how to enjoy meeting people. This may have started when they were children.
NLP offers a technique that is helpful and effective.
Try this:
- Make yourself comfortable and breathe in and out in a relaxed way.
- Think of a recent time you met with or even ran into a good friend.
- Now recall how you felt when you saw them and while you were interacting.
- Notice the relaxed feelings you had. Locate a place in your body where you felt good about this.
- Recall the relaxed body language of your friend. Pay special attention to how their face looked to you.
- Note the brightness in their eyes, the lack of tension in the face.
- Is there a special color associated with this?
- You can use the experience with the good friend by noting the specifics of it and putting those qualities onto the new person.
- Place the bright eyes, relaxed and comfortable face and the body language you noted onto the new person.
- You will have to ignore the usual gut reaction you have as you meet this new person and apply this new technique.
- You could measure your anxiety before meeting them on a scale of 0-10 and measure again after the meeting.
- Remember you do have control over your feelings.
Practice makes it possible for you to stop being afraid of meeting new people.
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