Just a short post. I applied two drops of A314 today, one on the neck split down each side and one spread between both wrists.
I’ve found all day I am more confident. Hard to describe exactly but maybe just that it takes me less time to “warm up” around people. For example, often I’d deliberate a bit before striking up conversation with someone I didn’t know or knew vaguely and today I did both without even thinking about it, just piling straight in.
As with yesterday I was the funny guy again in a group, I think A314 is affecting me in two ways (from my very limited experience so far):
- it disinhibits in that it gives me more confidence with people
- it makes me moderate what I say less. This is probably linked with the confidence thing, so I have less fear in saying things.
Neither of the above are out of control or a feeling of anything other than that I’m “ok” - just less self-conscious but not in a way that is detrimental. I think maybe it smooths my self-critical edges a bit to make interaction easier.
Nothing in particular noticed today with other people that couldn’t be directly attributed to how I was towards them because of the self-effects of confidence. That’s not to say nothing was happening though. Self-effects + perception of others = this is very powerful.
After just 2 days use I think maybe I can see how people can’t live without A314.