Is it normal to have such powerful mental blocks?

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Every time I want to change, or do something altering to my life that involves my mindset or personality, I slam against these huge mental blocks. They're immense and invisible, and ultimately physically numbing. I can barely get past them. Some mental blocks I have are being more optimistic, trying harder to be more open and make friends, not care what people think. I think in my head, "I want to talk to this person," and then my mind just shuts down and I can't do anything. When I think about being a more optimistic and open person, I feel myself become dead-weight.

Is it normal?

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  • squeegela
    13 years ago

    You have set yourself an enormous goal and it is going to take alot of work to make this type of change. I have been there and it took years to feel like I was successful!

    Start with small steps if possible, a new haircut, even small wardrobe changes, ANYTHING that makes it feel as tho you have made progress toward changing something. (sounds stupid but any feeling of accomplishment is needed).
    After that, set another tiny little goal; talking to one new person, just "hello" is good, read a book/ article that shows a completely different point of view. Again, a feeling of accomplishment is the idea.

    Once through that, it does get easier. If u can sort of "sneak" something tiny past those barriers, they crumble faster than u might think is possible!

    Hoe this helps. Good luck and hang in there!! Starting this is the hardest part but u will be thrilled with the results!!

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  • [Old Memory]
    13 years ago

    It's not ur fault, it's BC ppl suck and r mean and hurt u so hard to be positive and move forward w ur changes. Keep trying tho.

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