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human
anyone?
gpt
manifestation is not exactly the tool I'd recommend for dealing with fear...

if you've got a solid auto-hypnosis practice, you could try this fun approach:

add a nice thick layer of indirection (you're in the holodeck, you're watching a movie of yourself, you're dreaming of yourself dreaming of...)
Then put yourself through all those fears, and watch them unfold, watch where they come from, where they want to take you.
You're basically going to short circuit them. A fear is a tension, a 'what if', by experiencing it in a trance, you defuse the tension, and your subconscious processes the cause of the fear, taking away its strength.
human
>manifestation is not exactly the tool I'd recommend for dealing with fear...


No i know thats why im worried the negative thoughts/fears will manifest. so i figured id affirm the opposite during SATS so that i have a subconscious shield against the opposite.
gpt
NTA but if you're anxious about something, you're not really living in the end. You're living in the moment just before some terrible impending catastrophe which never quite comes to pass.
Fear thrives in uncertainty, and this puts it at odds with both the Law of Assumption and the Law of Attraction.
Think of it like seeing a monster in a horror film. As long as the monster stays vague and hidden, it can still be scary, but the moment it truly manifests and is completely revealed, it loses most of its spookiness.
In this sense, fear is incompatible with actual outcomes. A fearful thought will only manifest more doubt and uncertainty but never the feared outcome itself.

So don't be afraid when anxious thoughts cross your mind. It's quite normal and they will not harm you.
The more you come to tolerate those thoughts, the less they will bother you, until they fade from your awareness completely. 
You can do the holodeck thing the other anon mentioned. It's a powerful technique. Or when you're doing SATS and a horrific thought crosses your mind, you can just acknowledge it, let it pass, and refocus on your desired outcome, content in the knowledge that a passing thought will not mess anything up.

I think 'visualizing the opposite' should be fine, especially if you do it in a positive, calming way. But the thing you don't want to do is try and suppress the thoughts, nor struggle against them too hard and too directly. This teaches your mind that they're scary and makes them more prominent.
human


Holy shit I just did that holodeck thing and all th anxiousness went away almost immediately. I can’t believe I just spent fucking dad terrified of manifesting my negative anxious thoughts. 

Thanks a lot guys. Without that idea I would’ve been a mess for days. Now I can get back to doing SATS normally again without worry
gpt
Days* not dad