When a person repeats an affirmation, with which he is not in agreement, there is often a greater or smaller subconscious resistance, which defeats the affirmation. In cases of low self-esteem, difficult situations, failure or depression, the person’s mind is focused on his current situation, and finds it difficult, or almost impossible to think of a different, positive situation.
In such cases, which are quite common, when repeating a positive affirmation, a person says the words, but in his mind he sees his current negative situation. Furthermore, repeating the affirmations makes him more aware of his problems and how great is the discrepancy between his life and the affirmation. Since the mind is focused on the problem, and not on the positive affirmation, this aggravates the situation.
This does not mean that affirmations do not work; on the contrary, this shows that they do work. The person focuses the mind on the problem, not on the solution, and keeps thinking on the problem or negative situation, repeating it like an affirmation, and therefore attracts more problems or a negative state of mind.
For a person who is in a deeply negative mental situation, affirmations might not the right thing. They need other means to help themselves, such as psychological help. They also first need to gain more self-esteem and to strengthen their desire to help themselves.
In case of people who are naturally more positive, or when using affirmations concerning some goal one is positive about, affirmations would strengthen the desire and motivation to succeed.
In order to use affirmations one must have no doubts about his ability to achieve what he is affirming. If it were possible to see what is going in the mind of people who do and achieve things, we would see that they consciously or unconsciously tell themselves they are going to succeed. They use affirmations, often not knowing that they are affirming.
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Detailed information, advice and instructions on how to use affirmations, as well as many inspiring and motivating affirmations, especially created for almost every situation, purpose and goal, and arranged according to subject.
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Good points. It really does help to align one’s attitude and outlook with the words of their affirmations. When that isn’t possible, the affirmation can help shape the mindset, but that’s tough when one is begrudgingly uttering them and mentally arguing against them at the same time.
If I have NO DOUBTS and certainty about my ability to achieve something. Why would I bother saying affirmations the whole day? I just DO !! … the affirmations will be having a “free ride” out of my certainty, but they collect the price for the achievement!! …just a thought. Thanks for the site.
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