Posted by Janice on May 4, 2000, at 10:36:05
In reply to Re: Nope!, posted by Mark H. on May 4, 2000, at 0:02:11
Hello Mark and everyone,
> As corny as it sounds, a simple affirmation such as "I have everything I need to be happy right now" repeated with conviction 500 times will have a positive influence on your affect.
•Mark, I've tried these positive affirmations but I find I don't have ability to concentrate to pull them off. What I've done has never worked for me, and I end up feeling more hopeless. any ideas anyone? How do you get positive affirmations to work?
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> I believe that depression CAUSES mental illness, not the other way around. I wasn't sad until I had been depressed for years. Only when the misery of depression day in and day out had worn me down did I finally give in to despair.•Same experience, but I had never put it into words. I suffered from depression for years, a powerful physical depression, but very rarely felt sad or depressed.
•Sometimes now I wonder if by knowing so much about my illnesses that I now identify too much with my symptoms.
Anyone relate?
poster:Janice
thread:32150
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