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How To Stop Depression - Building Self Esteem With Affirmations When you consider that low self-esteem is more often than not the result of negative messages being absorbed by the sub-conscious, it makes sense that feeding your mind more positive messages can make a commanding difference. What stops most people is the vagueness of what to say, and how to write their affirmations for optimal effectiveness. Below you will find some simple guidelines to help you write successful affirmations for improving your self esteem. 1) Present tense. It is helpful to write your affirmations in the present tense, not the future tense. For an example you wouldn't say 'I will learn to love myself' because that sounds like you might get around to it someday! Instead, you could say 'Right now,I choose to love myself'. The wording of that affirmation does two things: it empowers you with the words 'choose to' and it puts the time frame in the present moment 'right now'. 2) Make it believable. Your affirmations should sound believable to you. If you tried to say 'I am a wonderful person with a lot to offer the world' you may not really believe that, so your subconscious mind might discard that. Instead try to focus on a method rather than an end result in your affirmations. Say something like 'I am learning to embrace my uniqueness and to share it confidently with others'. Your affirmations will lead you away from negative thoughts and feelings of depression. 3) Remember to use the right tone. When you perform affirmations, you can do so out loud or just mentally, but you should always focus heavily on the TONE that you use. Rather than saying the words without any emotion as if you were reading a book or a newspaper, really introduce an element of enthusiasm, love and tenderness into them. You subconscious mind picks up on the emotional aspect of what you are saying rather than just the words. Imagine saying the words 'I really love myself' with a tone of love and compassion, or sarcasm and indifference. Which one would you think might have a bigger impact on your subconscious mind? 4) Repetition, repetition, repetition!!! Once you have got some affirmations formed to work on your self esteem, try saying them at least several times a day. Remember your subconscious mind is always playing back old negative messages, so you will want to conteract them as much as possible, and eventually eliminate them all together. Keep reciting your more positive messages every day, especially when you are aware that your negative thoughts are creeping in. Stop those negative thoughts in their tracks, and replace them immediately with positive thoughts. 5) Give it time. Remember that it will take time to replace those old negative messages with your new positive thinking. It may be that it takes a few weeks or perhaps months before you notice any real difference in how you feel, but your feelings of depression will change for the better, so keep at it! You may be tempted to think it isn't working, but it most definately is working. Your thoughts can certainly lift you from depression to a happy life full of hope, enthusiasm, motivation and fun! The key is persistence. Keep with it and you will soon see a difference.Your mind is like a muscle the more you exercise it to best benefit your emotional self, the more easier it will become. To the point where it becomes an empowering positive habit. Most likely it will be a slow but sure change. Little by little you will start feeling more positive, and notice that you will be feeling a little more happier and lighter. That is your signal that it is working! Well done! Click here for more helpful information on panic attacks, anxiety, depression and more.
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