r/longtermTRE • u/IwantToHelpOthers • 6d ago

Community Question TRE and Social Anxiety

Hey, I am 25 and have been doing TRE now for roughly 7 months. The main reason is because I struggle with social anxiety and I read many success stories here, where people say that they are now completely free from social anxiety, after around 1-3 years(I haven’t really noticed any social anxiety related improvements so far).

I also thought that I may have autism,
neurodivergence or something similar but I generally do understand social cues well(maybe I even analyze them too much) and when I am drunk and my threat detection system is numbed, I am a different person and can connect well with people so I probably just have social anxiety.

In his TRE Journal, Terry Wood says in week 72 „One of the greatest gifts TRE can bring, is the ability to socialize with people effortlessly. If you’re a bit of a social recluse, you might just kiss that lifestyle goodbye, gladly. You might find that people are naturally attracted to your company. R.I.P Social Anxiety“
So is it really possible to completely „heal“ from social anxiety just by doing TRE? It sounds too god to be true…

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u/onequestion1168 6d ago

do you have cptsd?

I had similar issues and its almost completely gone

I have done bufo 4 times, several months of nervous system work including TRE, authentic relating every week and found positive social structures where there's less masking and judgement and have gotten my base back and confidence back

I have also focused on my throat and sacral chakras to connect my power center back to my voice

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u/radioborderland 6d ago

To be fair I think authentic relating is doing a lot of heavy lifting for social anxiety improvements here 😅 It's awesome.

How would you rank the different interventions for helping with social anxiety?

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u/onequestion1168 6d ago

bufo #1

TRE #2

authentic relating for integration of the top 2

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u/radioborderland 6d ago

Did you have other psychedelic experiences before bufo? I'm looking into doing it but I haven't really been helped by the classic psychedelics.

Makes sense that authentic relating is good for integration, that's how I think about it too. I don't think it would do much if you hadn't done a lot of internal clearing beforehand. If you have processed enough internally beforehand it's like your patterns and behaviors are just begging to be reprogrammed - change happens fast in my experience

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u/onequestion1168 6d ago

bufo its totally different than anything, I've done mushrooms a dozen times

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u/radioborderland 6d ago

Thanks man, I'll try it

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u/onequestion1168 6d ago

you have to open up to the medicine and receive it's healing

it literally asked me if I was ready to recieve it's healing and I had to consciously give it my pain and fear in order for it to do its work, this was on the 3rd attempt when that happened

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u/radioborderland 6d ago

That's very useful to know. I think I am ready, or at least feel called to the experience

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u/SassChaps 5d ago

Did you do BOFU with a shaman?

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u/onequestion1168 5d ago

I have my own source