While positive self-talk is helping many sail through a difficult day, it’s having the reverse effect on some, especially those who are too traumatised to believe that all will be well
Experts believe positive self-talk won’t help if your actions don’t align with your words. An instance of this is saying, “I am thin” to the mirror, and then binging later. Representation pic
It was my therapist who made sense of it. She said, ‘Aahana, do you go around saying, I am a girl, I am a girl, every day?’ I said, ‘No!’ ‘Yes, because it’s a fact and you believe it,’ she replied. She told me that affirmations need to be rooted in reality, and have to be believable, or they can harm us negatively,” shares Aahana Mulla, author and emotional guide.
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