advertisement
Reply
Thread Tools Display Modes
splitimage
Moderator
Community Support Team
 
splitimage's Avatar
splitimage has no updates.
 
Member Since: Mar 2006
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 11,250
15 yr Member
73 hugs
given
PC PoohBah!
Default Aug 08, 2018 at 09:06 AM
  #1
I really struggle with negative thinking, which just makes me more depressed, and sends me in a negative spiral - rinse repeat.

I was reading a post by a woman on another site, about she had started to post positive affirmations about areas in her life that she wanted to change, in her daily journal and that within a month she'd found her attitudes had changed, and her affirmations were coming true.

I figured what the heck, I'm going to try it. So started today, and for a month, in my daily journal - that I keep on another site, I'm going to post 3 positive affirmations for areas that I need to change in my life, and three things I'm grateful for.

Hopefully it will help me get out of this mess I'm in.

splitimage

__________________


"I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn.

"If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba

Positive Affirmations and Graditude lists
splitimage is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote

advertisement
Anonymous32451
Guest
Anonymous32451 has no updates. Edit
 
Posts: n/a
Default Aug 18, 2018 at 03:08 PM
  #2
I hope it helps.

feel free to share on this site if you want what they are.

((((hugs))))
  Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
PianogirlPlays
Veteran Member
PianogirlPlays has no updates.
 
Member Since: Apr 2014
Location: North Carolina
Posts: 728
8 yr Member
94 hugs
given
PC PoohBah!
Default Aug 23, 2018 at 05:30 PM
  #3
I relate to feeling terrible. It has been a rough day. Changing thinking and noting good has helped me at other times. Maybe it can help me today.
PianogirlPlays is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
splitimage
Moderator
Community Support Team
 
splitimage's Avatar
splitimage has no updates.
 
Member Since: Mar 2006
Location: Ontario, Canada
Posts: 11,250
15 yr Member
73 hugs
given
PC PoohBah!
Default Sep 03, 2018 at 05:58 AM
  #4
So I've been doing this for a few weeks now and the results are mixed. My affirmations are:

1. I deserve to be sober
2. I deserve a nice clean apartment to live in.
3. If I put the work in, I'll find a room mate.
4. I can get back to work within a year.

My gratitude list changes daily.

So results. Sober positive, I've drunk a couple of times, but it's a lot less.
Cleaning not so much, but I'm blaming that on the heat as much as anything. It's just too hot to do anything, but I've given myself a deadline of Sept. 11, as I'm having friends over that day, and my apartment needs to be clean for them.
Room mate - in process. I'm taking steps, like I just ordered a bed frame, so there will be a proper bed in the room I'm trying to rent out.
Work - longer term.

My counsellor in the addiction program I just finished, suggested adding an action statement to each one, of one small thing I can do each day to move forward on my goals. That strikes me as sensible, so I'm going to start doing that today.

splitimage

__________________


"I danced in the morning when the world was begun. I danced in the moon and the stars and the sun". From my favourite hymn.

"If you see the wonder in a fairy tale, you can take the future even if you fail." Abba

Positive Affirmations and Graditude lists
splitimage is offline   Reply With QuoteReply With Quote
All times are GMT -5. The time now is 11:07 AM.
Powered by vBulletin® — Copyright © 2000 - 2024, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.



 

My Support Forums

My Support Forums is the online community that was originally begun as the Psych Central Forums in 2001. It now runs as an independent self-help support group community for mental health, personality, and psychological issues and is overseen by a group of dedicated, caring volunteers from around the world.

 

Helplines and Lifelines

The material on this site is for informational purposes only, and is not a substitute for medical advice, diagnosis or treatment provided by a qualified health care provider.

Always consult your doctor or mental health professional before trying anything you read here.