Do positive affirmations really work?

Answer 1

Golly gee whillikers, do they ever!

They do for lots of people. For me they don't though. My brain rebels against them, senses something in them that doesn't feel genuine. If you're like me finding the 'balanced view' is more helpful than telling myself glowing positive things.

An example: If I'm being critical of myself, saying to myself, "You're always screwing up in your friendships"

A balanced view to counter that with might be: "I have messed up several times in my friendships, AND I've also have made some good connections. (Insert examples of times). I am going to make some mistakes, but I get a lot of satisfaction out of my friendships overall."

The book below takes you through step by step how to do this. If you look up the book on amazon, you'll find others on the same page that do the same sort of thing.

Good luck

Answer 2

It depends on what the objective is. For a father who wants his son to go into the military positive affirmations are geared to help the son to join. For a mother who doesn't want her son to go positive affirmation that are geared to get the son to stay home and do something else.
Either way the manipulation and control of another is the objective. That can be good or bad. In the end, the son will learn that he wasn't even the objective but his parents were. What they wanted was for them and how they felt about the subject not the son who was just a puppet in the game.

Answer 3

With me, it works, when I mean it and it has to do with my own problem.
Say I feel depressed and think that life is hard; then I say i.e,
* " I am strong, and I can pass it ". ......I walk as if I am really strong, speak firm and chin up.

*"To day is better than yesterday!* ..... I choose better clothes, have a better meal, do things I didn't do yesterday ....Usually I do things which I know I will be successfull doing it, means I am right : It is better than yesterday!

So with me, I follow my affirmation with some kind of action.

But if i.e. you just sit nicely and say : "I am gonna be rich" 1000 times /day, say for a week, but dont follow it by action , just sit and depressed for being poor , well .........I dont know what the result will be....

Say, when your proposal is accepted, and you are working on it thoroughly and dream that you will get a lot of money, it works and will give good result if you struggle to get it; because the more you want the more handycaps you'll find and have to solve, and you have to work for it. The positive affirmations make your mind-soul encouraging you, make you strong (at least make you feel strong) which help. .

So, positive affirmation is good to do.

When you "fail" for example, just simply say : " Maybe I FORGET/MISSED something, let me try again!; I know I can!"

But, mind you, your brain is quite tricky.
If you say : "I want to be strong!" ; The "devil" in yr brain will say ," Oo are you weak?" .....then you start answering this stupid question and start pull details of your weakness to let you remember then your affirmation doesn't work.
What you should say, :"I want to be strongER!" means you are strong allready , .... the "angel" will comment and say : "Yes you're strong, look to what youve done "...and yr brain start giving details of your strengths.

So, through my experiences not just affirmation, but use the right words & follow straight away with right/compatible action.

Answer 4

Affirmations, or as I prefer to call them, Verbal Remedies work by engaging a process of creative visualization. The way to write and recite your own precision affirmations is to make your statements: Positive, Present, Personal and Specific. Here are some useful resources for getting your mind around your own affirmations: http://www.psychic-junkie.com/verbal-remedies.html

Answer 5

Almost two years ago, my personal life was in crisis, and I was forced to make some life changing choices which in the short term left me feeling hollow and without purpose.
It was at this time in my life, I started practicing daily affirmations for the good things in my life. It is now a thing I look forward to and could not do without. I am not a religious person, but this for me, is like saying a daily prayer:
I start each day by finding the sun, I take a few moments to close my eyes, feel it's warmth on my face, marvel at nature and think about all the reasons I have to be grateful for this life of mine. It brings a sense of inner calm, and a deep appreciation for having been born.

Answer 6

absolutely. Like a charm. Just so you know, if you are not using positive affirmatives, you are using negative affirmatives and those work like a charm too. You doubt me? pay attention to what's going through your mind, it's always one or the other, positive or negative and they do form your view of who you are and give you a perspective on your situations. I choose positive affirmations

Answer 7

oh yeah! your brain is like a machine!! If it's programmed to think a certain way(negative), it will always think that way. If you are constatnly thinking negative, well, it's gonna be that way unless you reprogram it! :o) Honestly, they do work, but you really have to keep up with them. You can't just talk to yourself for a week, then give up. However long you have been thinking negative, that's the time frame you have to think positive, to equal the other one out. Everything you do in life is a choice. . .I've always beleived. You either chose to be happy, or you chose to be sad. Just keep up with it, and you will start seeing positive results soon!

Answer 8

there's a e book pronounced as "The 5 Love Languages" that describe the 5 features that make up a courting. they are Act of service, Receiving presents, high quality Time, actual touch and final yet not least words of confirmation. earlier reading this i replaced into quiet unhappy in my courting, inlove yet constantly appeared unhappy. as quickly as my companion took understand what my love language replaced into we are actually greater inlove then ever and that i'm the happiest individual on earth. this could additionally be positioned into all factors of your existence. i fairly do propose you and your companion reading the e book! it rather is by Gary Chapman.

Answer 9

Yes.

Although it's not about getting an exact result. It's laying down the conditions in order to allow the result to happen.

Answer 10

Yes, especially on young children. But if you're dealing with someone who is stubborn and always pessimistic, they don't really work that well.