Regaining your positive outlook
I have used affirmations for a few years to help my lack of confidence. Affirmations are sentences - usually about 6-10, are sentences that you write down and read them every day. The sentences are a way of speaking back to that inner voice that is being negative!
Each sentence starts with “I”, and is written in the present tense as if the goal to which we aspire has already been achieved. The key is to use emotive words so here is one of mine
“I am delighted that I am comfortable at social events and have made many new friends”
Oh and of course don’t forget the vital one! - ”I enjoy making my affirmations daily”
Write the sentences on a piece of card and read them first thing in the morning and last thing at night. Set them around the areas that your mind is struggling with, areas that are getting you down. Reading them really helps convince you that you can overcome the depression, guilt and fear. Worked for me, - oops I mean
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Widows Quest » Using affirmations - A Widows Quest Reader’s Story
Nov 15, 2006 at 9:10 am
[…] I wrote earlier this month about using affirmations to help you overcome the grief and negative thinking. One person wrote and said that she started that day, as she was at an incredibly low ebb and was desperate to find a way out of this emotional darkness. She wrote just 3 and has read them 3 times a day…I have missed out the personal words but they started […]
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