Guest guest Posted January 2, 2012 Report Share Posted January 2, 2012 Hello I'm interested in hearing what you think of positive affirmations, if you have any experiences (good or bad) from them, if they can be in conflict with ACTs approach etc. I used to do positive affirmations to " boost " my self-esteem, saying things like " I am a high valuable human being and I deserve to respect myself and to be respected by others " etc. Saying these things to myself obviously had an positive impact on me, I felt more loving towards myself and others. The only thing that bothered me was that it felt as if I became addicted to them, as if I had to say these things to love myself, and so everytime I felt even the littlest self-loathing I ran to the bathroom and repeated the affirmations. This was a while ago and since then I have gone through a couple of depressions (which ACT has helped me a lot with) and have focused more on my actions than my thoughts, to be short, and haven't dared to start doing affirmations again out of fear of clinging to them again; I want to love myself without having to say it loudly everyday, almost as if I had to convince myself. But still I feel that it can be beneficent doing affirmations in the way that it can help one seeing things from a more positive point of view etc, but as I said, I'm afraid that one becomes to clingy and fused with them. Maybe one can do them from a more defused stance? It would be very much appreciated if you shared your experiences! Leon Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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