What Are Affirmations?
Affirmations are positive phrases. Some examples of affirmations are:
- I am happy
- I am loved
- I feel amazing
- I create my reality
When you say affirmations, you are basically saying something that you want to be true. You may not believe the affirmation at first. It may feel ridiculous when you say it, but if you practice every single day you will actually change your subconscious thoughts.
You are slowly working to reprogram your brain to create the things you want with affirmations. This is exciting. And I'm going to give you the best tips for using them.
How Do Affirmations Work?
Your brain is like a computer. It gets programmed from birth. If you were brought up in a loving and supportive home, you probably had a pretty healthy self esteem as a child and did pretty well in school. If you were in an abusive and neglectful home, you likely suffered socially and had trouble in school.
Whatever abusive things were said to you, you began to believe, because it was repeated so much. Now it's programmed in your subconscious mind and likely shows up in your life in many negative ways. So how do you fix this?
Well, one way you can turn your life around is through reprogramming your mind to believe healthy and positive things about yourself and about life.
Do Affirmations Actually Work?
In my experience, YES they do work even on the most damaged individuals. If you say something enough, you start to believe it. The only way to know what impact affirmations will have on your life is to actually practice them. I'm going to tell you how you can do that.
Remember that you can practice more than one method. You can even do all the methods I talk about. The more methods you do each day, the more powerful the effect it will have on your life.
Write Them Down
One way to practice affirmations is to write them down every day. Get a piece of paper and write down your list of affirmations every morning. If you are a person who learns from writing things down, this is an especially helpful way for you to get the affirmations into your head.
Remember, do not use negative words in your affirmations. Stay away from saying "never" "can't" "won't" "don't" or any other negatives. Your subconscious mind cannot understand those phrases. Instead of talking about what you don't want, talk about what you do want.
For example, instead of saying, "I never worry," you should say, "My mind is calm" or "I am safe."
Say Them Out Loud
Saying affirmations out loud can help you as well. Have a list of affirmations and just recite them every day, at least once per day. It's as simple as that.
You can even look yourself in the eyes in a mirror and recite your affirmations. This may feel weird or seem silly at first, but it's a good way to practice.
Youtube Videos
Listening to affirmations or watching affirmation videos can help you as well. Some of the videos have very nice images to go along with the affirmations, which can help your brain receive the message more easily.
Search for affirmation videos on youtube and you will not find a shortage of them. There are so many. You can even put in the keywords you are looking for in order to find the best ones for you.
Remember to practice affirmations daily for the best results and use as many methods of practice as you can.
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