XBeX

Please ****ing listen to me. I found the cure for social phobia. It will take a while and its going to be very tough but it is worth it. Read the New Earth by Eckert Tolle. Please, just do it.

Len

It's not that difficult. The cure for social phobia is to destroy the earth. Mwahahah. Then no more society and no more phobia!

Who is with me? Who wants to be number 2?

Does the book come with a free map for strategically aligning weapons of mass destruction to destroy the earth?

Does the book come with a free money back guarantee if the earth is only partially destroyed?

Do we get free membership to a terrorist organisation?

I see this is your first post. Welcome to social phobia world. I am about to buy the book so will probably not speak to you again since I will be cured. My new website is going to be a forum on how to survive in a post-apocalyptic society.

Ciao amigo.
Len

XBeX

noo ****ing listen seriously. either i have scitzophrenia or this book is the cure for social phobia. just ****ing read it what have you got to lose. it will make sense just try it.

ReVeR

lol I like the way you think Len!! 8) ..cool


well neways I'll have to take a look at that book you speak of
untill then I'll let you guys know wassup!!

SocialButterSlip

LOL this is so surreal HAHAHAHA! I FOUND THE CURE! ****ING LISTEN TO ME! HAHAHAHA

silverwolf

I am very sceptical. Some people post up their experience with this book. Everyone who reads Eckhart Tolle seems to think they are cured right after they have read one of his books then a few weeks later they're like 'damn I'm not'

Atlantis

Why ? What does it say that can cure you !? Or we will have to buy the book to know ?

I would say you are trying to sell that book !

di_L82

There might be some truth to what he says. Eckert Tolle has also written the book The Power of Now, whichs concept basically is that you should let negative thoughts pass through your mind instead of focusing on them. You can do this by meditating for instance. If you read the book it will make sence

I do not think though that the book in itself is a cure. A very troublesome thought might not be able to simply pass through you consciousness - for instance I am always going to be an outsider - unless you have dealt with that thought through analysing it.

A better book i think is overcoming social anxiety and shyness from Gillian Butler. It is a cognitive behavioral approach to getting over social anxiety.

Cheers

sabbath92003

The New Earth is mostly about mindfulness. Mindfulness is a big part of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT). However, ACT also uses your own values to guide and motivate you. I'd recommend an ACT self-help workbook like Get Out of Your Mind & Into Your Life in addition to Tolle's book. Once you know that most of your thoughts and feelings are from automatic natural processes, you still need to learn and practice overriding your thoughts and feelings with gentleness and understanding.

Here's a partial list of ACT self-help workbooks:

- Get Out of Your Mind & Into Your Life
- ACT on Life not on Anger: The New ACT Guide to Problem Anger
- The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Anxiety: A Guide to Breaking Free from Anxiety, Phobias, and Worry Using ACT
- The Mindfulness and Acceptance Workbook for Depression: Using ACT to Move Through Depression & Create a Life Worth Living
- Finding Life Beyond Trauma: Using ACT to Heal from Post-Traumatic Stress and Trauma-Related Problems
- Living Beyond Your Pain: Using ACT to Ease Chronic Pain
- The Worry Trap: How to Free Yourself from Worry & Anxiety using ACT
- The Happiness Trap: How to Stop Struggling and Start Living

By the way, ACT is the only thing that has helped me. Meds and CBT didn't help, they actually made me worse.

di_L82

Hi sabbath,

Not to be critical, but i am curious about how ACT can help with a thought like "everone hates me"... How can you just let that pass through your mind if you believe its true?

I think mindfullness is really good, but if your underlying beliefs are screwed up, it cannot control the ship on its own...