Have you ever had to experience anxiety before an important negotiation or responsible for your date? Certainly necessary. Excitement, anxiety in such cases – it the natural reaction of a normal person. “The reaction to that?” – You ask. First and foremost, to the unknown. His head goes through an incredible number of questions: – What think of me man? – How did he react to my words? – Will he be able to correctly understand me? – And if all else fails, what then? Let’s start with the latter. Indeed, what would happen if “nothing happens”? Try to imagine the most terrible consequences. Be creative, bring an imaginary picture of absurdity.
For example, you decide to get a new job, and now you will be a horrible procedure called INTERVIEWED. Already scared? Not? Then move on. Before you sit wicked aunt and sets the tricky questions. And one of them is you, horror of horrors, can not answer. Well, let’s say, forget the excitement own name or place of previous work.
Catastrophe, is not it? Use your imagination to the full power and imagine that you now do with this treacherous woman. Begins to laugh loudly, pointing his finger at you? Pelted with rotten tomatoes? What else? By the way, “nothing happens” you can only if you not doing anything. How to Cope with excitement and anxiety? To repeat, the excitement – this is normal. This is natural. Each person in a given situation may experience some anxiety and uncertainty. The exercises described below will help you reduce anxiety and gain confidence in their abilities. If the excitement, anxiety and worry your constant companions slept, then it makes sense to consult a psychologist. . Exercise 1: Try to look like a confident person. Spread the shoulders, lift your head. Exercise 2: Move out of his vocabulary the phrase “do not know,” “may,” “try.” Change them to the phrase “of course”, “I absolutely sure, “” I “. Exercise 3: “Yakayte.” Say, ‘I want’, ‘I feel, “” I believe, “” I do not agree. ” In order to achieve the best effect, you must perform each of these exercises for two to three days. From morning till night, without interruption. Good luck! Anna Liss, Center for Psychological Development “One World”.