mico
02-09-05, 18:46
Ok, well, I did say I may start this thread, and since I have been here all day with little intention of moving, I thought I may as well do something constructive.
The idea is to start a thread where everyone can add to a list of positive affirmations.
If anyone doesn't know what affirmations are then here are a couple of quotes from one of the earliest books I read, Feel the Fear and do it Anyway, by Susan Jeffers.
Affirmations:
<b id="quote">quote:</b id="quote"><table border="0" id="quote"><tr id="quote"><td class="quote" id="quote">I am breaking through old patterns and moving forward with my life.
I am now creating the perfect relationship.
I am finding the perfect job for me.
I am now handling all my fears.
There is nothing to fear.
I am creating everything I want, easily and effortlessly.
My world is filled with abundance.
I am now creating a healthy and radiant body.
I am filling my life with peace and joy.
I allow my mind to relax and let go.
<div align="right">Feel the Fear and do it Anyway</div id="right"></td id="quote"></tr id="quote"></table id="quote">
A couple of pointers:
<b id="quote">quote:</b id="quote"><table border="0" id="quote"><tr id="quote"><td class="quote" id="quote">Always state affirmations in the present.
Wrong: I will handle my fears.
Right: I am now handling my fears.
Always phrase affirmations in the positive, rather than the negative.
Wrong: I am no longer putting myself down.
Right: I am becoming more confident every day.
<div align="right">Feel the Fear and do it Anyway</div id="right"></td id="quote"></tr id="quote"></table id="quote">
These are the first ones that come to mind for me as they were the first ones I ever came across 8 years ago and still remember them well. Since then I have discovered many more (many more useful ones too, to be honest I'm really not keen on most of these ones anymore :D) until eventually you develop a habit of creating your own for any giving situation.
I believe Affirmations can be an enourmously powerful part of your practice encouraging not just positive thinking, but the positive thinking that leads to motivation, which in my mind is one of the most important factors in recovery.
In which case a comprehensive list of Affirmations sounds a good idea, right?
So, what's your positive affirmations?
There's more examples of positive statements from this website here:
How to cope with Panic Attacks, Anxiety, Phobias and OCD (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/NMPcms.php?nmppage=coping)
Please add to the list.
When we have ample amounts, then I'll copy and paste them all into one post so we have a long list.
mico
P.S. Nic, I did really intend to lay down quite a large list here myself when I started this, then started wondering about copyright laws, since most of these, including the ones above come from copyrighted sources. When you start copying people's entire web-pages, I thought that may be pushing it a little.
However, I will try and think of some of my own in time. Or I'll just sneakily take random ones from different web pages, no one will know ;)
'Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding Danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.'
The idea is to start a thread where everyone can add to a list of positive affirmations.
If anyone doesn't know what affirmations are then here are a couple of quotes from one of the earliest books I read, Feel the Fear and do it Anyway, by Susan Jeffers.
Affirmations:
<b id="quote">quote:</b id="quote"><table border="0" id="quote"><tr id="quote"><td class="quote" id="quote">I am breaking through old patterns and moving forward with my life.
I am now creating the perfect relationship.
I am finding the perfect job for me.
I am now handling all my fears.
There is nothing to fear.
I am creating everything I want, easily and effortlessly.
My world is filled with abundance.
I am now creating a healthy and radiant body.
I am filling my life with peace and joy.
I allow my mind to relax and let go.
<div align="right">Feel the Fear and do it Anyway</div id="right"></td id="quote"></tr id="quote"></table id="quote">
A couple of pointers:
<b id="quote">quote:</b id="quote"><table border="0" id="quote"><tr id="quote"><td class="quote" id="quote">Always state affirmations in the present.
Wrong: I will handle my fears.
Right: I am now handling my fears.
Always phrase affirmations in the positive, rather than the negative.
Wrong: I am no longer putting myself down.
Right: I am becoming more confident every day.
<div align="right">Feel the Fear and do it Anyway</div id="right"></td id="quote"></tr id="quote"></table id="quote">
These are the first ones that come to mind for me as they were the first ones I ever came across 8 years ago and still remember them well. Since then I have discovered many more (many more useful ones too, to be honest I'm really not keen on most of these ones anymore :D) until eventually you develop a habit of creating your own for any giving situation.
I believe Affirmations can be an enourmously powerful part of your practice encouraging not just positive thinking, but the positive thinking that leads to motivation, which in my mind is one of the most important factors in recovery.
In which case a comprehensive list of Affirmations sounds a good idea, right?
So, what's your positive affirmations?
There's more examples of positive statements from this website here:
How to cope with Panic Attacks, Anxiety, Phobias and OCD (http://www.nomorepanic.co.uk/NMPcms.php?nmppage=coping)
Please add to the list.
When we have ample amounts, then I'll copy and paste them all into one post so we have a long list.
mico
P.S. Nic, I did really intend to lay down quite a large list here myself when I started this, then started wondering about copyright laws, since most of these, including the ones above come from copyrighted sources. When you start copying people's entire web-pages, I thought that may be pushing it a little.
However, I will try and think of some of my own in time. Or I'll just sneakily take random ones from different web pages, no one will know ;)
'Security is mostly superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding Danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing.'