Positive Affirmations in Healing

The power of positive affirmations in healing from trauma

Voices of the past haunt my mind. It doesn’t matter the circumstances. My brain says “you’re worthless,” or “you’re such a disaster.” There is this constant barrage of negativity. Through therapy, I learned that these voices have embedded into my inner critic, sounding just like former abusers. Often times, even in their voice. “You’ll never amount to anything!” is yelled in a voice that sounds like my mother.

Trauma impacts over half of us. The events themselves may vary, but the impacts are still the same. During healing, the process can become a roller coaster ride of emotions. I know I often swing between confidence and clarity to emotional chaos and confusion. Truthfully, this struggle of what I know and what the abusers said to me is a constant battle inside my head.

One of the things I’ve learned during my healing is the use of positive affirmations. The inner critic can take over how we view things internally, oftentimes in a very negative manner. I’ve written before about how our inner critic can be the worst toxic bully and also how to stop the cruel voice within. I have hard issues when I hit roadblocks or make mistakes. My habit of striving for perfection caused by toxic abuse causes issues when I mess anything up.

I could drop my pen and my mind instantly shoots to “you’re an idiot.” I close a door too loudly and I jump out of my skin, “do you have to be so loud? Bumbling, inconsiderate brat,” pops into my thoughts before I even have a chance to recover from the shock of the noise. Learning to control the negative forces inside of my own head, my therapist and I made a plan for using positive affirmations.

Using positive affirmations is a method of self-talk. It is how we talk to ourselves and what we tell ourselves. It is a simple phrase that we tell ourselves as we go about our day. It may seem silly or even awkward at first, but over time you can start to feel improvements in our emotional well-being. An affirmation is simply a statement, which when frequently repeated, starts to affect both your conscious thinking processes and, more importantly, the subconscious.

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