I asked members of my forum for their approach anxiety questions. I received many questions via PM, here are the most popular.

Question: Can you really get over approach anxiety?

From personal experience and working with numerous guys that had severe AA, the answer is absolutely! Not only can you get over it, you can completely smash it!

First, understand there is difference between a minor level of social anxiety (experienced by all of us occasionally) and feeling almost overwhelmed by insecurity, inferiority, and timidity. In other words, AA is more than just a minor level of social anxiety.

Second, realize approach anxiety is psychological! Walking up to a girl or group of girls (a set) poses no real threat, so why would most guys feel intimidated by it? The answer to this stems from a lack of knowledge/experience and misconceptions of women an interacting with women. So, when a guy gains knowledge/experience and corrects his misconceptions of women, not only does he get over AA he completely smashes it!

Question: How long does it take to get rid of AA?

AA is a personal thing! I suspect some guys could do it reasonably quickly with plenty of effort and persistence, but typically, one to two months by following a dedicated program with on-going support (see below).

Question: Does AA affect most guys?

From my experience of being in the game for 5 years, and running the PUA Forum for over two years, yes, AA affects most guys to some degree! I’ve had more AA questions sent to me, than any other type of question.

Question: What’s the best way to beat approach anxiety?

Doing it alone takes most guys a long time! Personally, it probably took me more than a year to possibly 18 months. However, very soon I’m launching the first modular-based ecourse with a forum dedicated to helping rAFCs and budding PUAs smash approach anxiety.

The new AA forum will provide on-going and tailor-made advice to every student and will help them get to the stage where they can approach any woman, any where, without feeling inferior or anxious. In fact, instead of dreading approaching they will learn to see the fun side of it and look forward to it!