Recovery from Social Anxiety and Related Conditions
Robert F Mullen, PhD
Director/ReChanneling
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The distinction between social anxiety and social anxiety disorder is in severity. We are not all affected by the same symptoms or relentlessness. The characteristics and traits are equivalent. These conditions originate homogeneously, their trajectories differentiated by environment, experience, and the diversity of human thought and behavior. While comorbidities dramatically benefit, the recovery methods identified are for social anxiety and social anxiety disorder, and reference to one includes the other.
How Can We Offset Negative Neural Information?
Our brain’s neural network is inundated with abundant negative information from childhood disturbance, negative core and intermediate beliefs, low self-esteem, negativity bias, and social anxiety – not to mention the constant negativity of world events and life in general.
Goal and Objectives
The primary goal of recovery from social anxiety is the mitigation of our irrational fears and apprehensions. In self-empowerment, it is the rebuilding of our self-esteem and motivation. We execute these goals through a three-pronged approach.
- Replace or overwhelm our negative thoughts and behaviors with healthy, productive ones.
- Produce rapid, concentrated positive stimulation to offset the abundance of negative information in our brain’s metabolism.
- Reclaim and rebuild our self-esteem and reintegrate into society through recognition and reinforcement of our character strengths, virtues, attributes, and achievements.
Our brain’s metabolism involves the complex chemical and electrical processes that impact our neural circuitry. Our neural network is the biological system of interconnected brain neurons that processes data.
Positive neurological stimulation changes the polarity of our neural network from toxic to healthy.
The deliberate, repetitive neural input of information (DRNI) accelerates and consolidates the process. Through proactive neuroplasticity, we compel change rather than reacting or responding to it.
The obvious question is: How can a regiment of deliberate neural input – no matter how often we repeat and practice it – offset the abundance of negative information accumulated over decades?
There are two factors to be mindful of:
- Abundance is defined as a larger quantity of something. Negative neural abundance means that our brain has accumulated a larger quantity of negative than positive information. The amount can be offset or overwhelmed with practice and repetition.
- Not all accessible information impacts our neural network. Our brain’s metabolism only accumulates registered information.
Space is Limited
For Information
“It is one of the best investments I have made in myself, and I will
continue to improve and benefit from it for the rest of my life.” – Nick P.
Three forms of neuroplasticity:
- Reactive neuroplasticity is our brain’s response to accessible information – stimuli we do not initiate or may not register, such as a car alarm, lightning, or the smell of baked goods. Our neural network automatically restructures itself according to what we access.
- Proactive neuroplasticity is our deliberate, repetitive neural input of information.
- Active neuroplasticity happens through pursuits like creating, yoga, and journaling.
Information Must Register
For something to register, it must be detected (noticed) and recorded. Obviously, proactive and active neuroplasticity are deliberate actions. We detect and record them because we initiate and control the process.
Our response to the majority of reactive information amassed over the years is nugatory. If the information has no personal relevance, it does not register, i.e., our brain’s metabolism does not detect and record it.
“Dr. Mullen is doing impressive work helping the world. He is the pioneer of proactive neuroplasticity utilizing DRNI – deliberate, repetitive, neural information.” – WeVoice (Madrid, Málaga)
Our neural network receives around two million bits of data per second but can process roughly 126 bits. If our brain does not register the information, our receptor neurons are not stimulated, and subsequently, nothing is forwarded to participating neurons (pre– and post-synaptic and onward). Proactive and active neuroplasticity are intentional inputs and, therefore, register.
Proactive Neuroplasticity YouTube Series
WHY IS YOUR SUPPORT SO NECESSARY AND ESSENTIAL? ReChanneling develops and implements programs to (1) mitigate symptoms of social anxiety and related conditions and (2) pursue personal goals and objectives – harnessing our intrinsic aptitude for extraordinary living. Our paradigmatic approach targets the personality through empathy, collaboration, and program integration utilizing neuroscience and psychology, including proactive neuroplasticity, cognitive-behavioral modification, positive psychology, and techniques designed to regenerate self-esteem. All donations support scholarships for groups and workshops.
INDIVIDUAL RECOVERY. The symptoms of social anxiety make it challenging for some to participate in a collective workshop. Dr. Mullen works one-on-one with a select group of individuals uneasy in a group setting. ReChanneling offers scholarships to accommodate the costs. What is absent in group activities is provided in our monthly, no-cost Graduate Recovery Group. In this supportive community, graduates interact with others who have completed the program. Contact ‘rmullenphd@gmail.com’.
Committing to recovery is one of the hardest things you will ever do.
It takes enormous courage and the realization that you are of value,
consequential, and deserving of happiness.