Top 6 Facts You Should Know about Positive Affirmations
Posted: Thursday, March 19, 2009
by Thomas Turner
All of us have an inner dialogue going on throughout the day. Sometimes that internal voice is benign: it might just give a mental replay of what you have to do during the day or what you need to get at the store.
Other times, however, our inner voices can turn on us and become a highly negative force in our lives. The only way to combat these negative messages is through positive affirmations.
- Positive affirmations are short statements that are directly targeted at a belief you already have that is negative. The goal is to replace the negative self-talk with the more positive statement.
For example, you might replace a negative affirmation, such as 'I'm a stupid person' with 'I am an intelligent individual.'
- Positive affirmation need to be repeated everyday and they need you to believe in them. Stay consistent. The more you say your affirmations the stronger your convictions will be. The more your subconscious will refer to these statements when looking for an experience to refer to. The happier your life will be all around.
- While some positive affirmations will make a quick impact on your life , some will take a little longer to kick in. Some of your beliefs have been instilled into your mind since you were a baby, so they're more deeply rooted into your subconscious.
Continue using your positive affirmations, you may not change overnight but you will feel a difference before then.
- You should make a practice of saying your daily affirmations every morning and every night. If you can't remember them verbatim, write them down and repeat them. Any time you sense one of the negative thoughts coming into your mind immediately counter it with the appropriate positive affirmation.
Do not let the negative self-talk destroy the progress you've made in the right direction.
- You can also change what are known as self-limiting statements , such as 'I can't do this!' When that phrase or a similar one comes into your mind, hold it back by turning the statement into a question, such as 'How can I do this?'
When you rephrase the statement, you put yourself back in the driver's seat and give yourself the power to do what you thought was impossible.
- Just for a visual, and as an association. Wear a rubber band on your wrist. Every time you are negative, snap the band. (Not extremely hard! Just enough to associate the flick of the band with a negative thought.) Then, immediately replace the negative actions with a positive one.
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