Positive Affirmations Release Anxiety, Negativity, and Guilt

Positive affirmations can release you from anxiety, negativity, guilt, fear, and pain. They are phrases or mantras that you repeat to yourself. They describe a specific outcome or who you want to be. They are repeated over-and-over and they begin to worm their way into your mind – slowly changing both your thinking and your reality. Let’s start with a powerful Mantra that you can repeat throughout the day and night when needed.

It’s best to develop your own mantras that will appeal to your emotions, ones that make you feel safe and are able to calm you down. Here are some that have helped many.

• This Too Shall Pass

• The reminder of impermanence is a powerful antidote to fear that everything is passing, even those emotions, thoughts, and situations that feel permanent and etched in our brains forever.

• Just for Today

• I can do most things if I know it’s a 24-hour gig. By reminding yourself that You only have to give this day my best shot—or maybe even the next 15 minutes.

• I Will Get Better

• One of the most painful symptoms of depression is the despair and hopelessness you feel.

• This Is a Moment of Suffering

• This is a moment of suffering. Suffering is part of life. May I be kind to myself in this moment.

• May My Life Be Of Benefit To All Beings

• One of the ways we can respond to pain is by transforming it into compassion. “As we transform suffering into compassion, we realize our interconnectedness with all of life.

• I Am Breathing In, I am Breathing Out

• By concentrating on our breath, we generate peacefulness and calm. This abbreviated mantra helps me stay mindful of my breath.

• Be Not Afraid

• Let It Go

• There Is No Danger

• As those who have experienced panic know, anxiety can often feel like you’re dying—that there is some inherent danger in your situation that could end your life. “There is no danger.” that the sense of security … overbalances the sentence of insecurity.”

• I Am Enough - When you are feeling like you are unworthy, remind yourself that you are enough.

• My life is taking place right here, right now;

• I’m gifted with and surrounded by amazing friends and family;

• I opt to rise above negative feelings and ditch negative thoughts;

• I am resilient, strong, and brave, and I can’t be destroyed;

• Nobody but me decides how I feel;

• When I lie down to sleep, everything is as it should be, and I rest content;

• I am in charge of my thoughts, and I don’t judge myself;

• I accept and love myself, thoroughly and completely.