Great post! I really enjoy the way you explain things.
A few years ago I had real problems with nervousness; I was so nervous during new things that my blood pressure skyrocketed all the time. Even the act of measuring my blood pressure made me nervous, but the thing is that I was afraid of the outcomes of everything. By understanding this I ended up exposing myself to new situations and then I was able to overcome this nervousness feeling, most of the time.
But the mental imagery approach is something I never tried before! I'll be sure to try it next time I'm nervous!
By the way, any thoughts on the correlation between nervousness and fear? I would be interested to read about that, if not now maybe in another post perhaps?
Anyway awesome work! I'm looking forward to keep reading more posts along these lines.
Keep it up and see you soon,
Shaden
Hi Shaden :) Fear and nervousness are interrelated. They are effectively the same thing in terms of the fight or flight response. Let's make a scale of 0 to 10. Let 0 = maximum nervousness and 10 = maximum fear. the higher the number on the scale - the more intense the fight or flight effects.
When you are nervous - there is no real threat so the effects of your fight or flight are there but not very intense (so you are nervous) whereas if you are in a situation where a shark is chasing you, the effects are much more (so you experience fear).
I hope this helps and thank you for your kind comment :)