When I began to change like a worm in a chrysalis, it was a process. The LORD showed me how ‘closed’ I was. When you are always expecting the worst from people, it puts like a veil or blanket over you that prevents you from connecting with others. It only just adds to your pain, as it is very lonely.
One of my first steps in overcoming Social Anxiety was to deliberately choose to be open. Open to people.
This is not necessarily easy for someone who has been entrenched in a chrysalis of their own making for many years. It takes time. Years.
Just yesterday, I was heading for the gym at my school, knowing that the whole school would be there when I walked in.
It’s like a saw from a physical standpoint what my ‘closed-ness’, anxiety looked like. It was head-down, toes curled tightly inward.
So, I deliberately made the choice for my mental mindset to cast off the ‘inwardness’, curling in, and chose to open my mind to what lay ahead of me. It was a fun game between staff and students.
Praise God! We are overcoming! He has VICTORY in store for the upright! Victory! Victory! Victory! Victory! Victory! Victory! Victory!
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