Psychological Study of my own mind

Today I have begun a psychological test on myself involving dot-following and statement reinforcement. I created an application which has the user (me) follow a dot on the screen while reciting the opposite of the phrase displayed. 

My theory is that through use of this program, I can rewire my brain to help overcome my social anxiety through reinforcement. 

The exercise goes in five phases; onboarding, escalation, discomfort, cool-down, rewire. Onboarding is simple phrases such as Yes or Sun. Then escalation brings the statements up a notch with difficulty. I like bread. Then discomfort throws some seriously harsh statements in there for the user (me) to correct. At least one of the intense statements involves the problem at hand (i.e. social anxiety related) In cool down, we bring it back to onboarding-level statements. Then rewire says very fine-tuned statements that directly address the problem. The idea behind the phases is to breakthrough some kind of mental barrier and implant the seed in the mix of it, then ramp it down then back up and leave with the exact intent in the forefront of my mind without any designated closure.

After completing one, full-length session with 21 statements, I can say truthfully that there was a psychedelic experience in it. The beginning was jovial, the middle was intense but I didn't realize it was intense until the cool-down, and the final stage of rewire felt good. Genuinely an interesting test on my own mind here.

Will keep you updated.


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