u/PinkFloyd230216

I think the "technique" that best helps me enter the state is imagining someone else saying my affirmations to me (That is, in the third person) like "they love you, they're obsessed with you," instead of saying them to myself. I do that too, but on bad days, the latter helps me relax more. I imagine someone else saying it to me, either as the voice of my conscience or sometimes unconsciously imagining someone close to me saying it. The same thing works really well for self-concept. It feels like someone is gossiping about him, and my mind feels it's very real, haha.

Hi, I know this might not seem like much, but last week I was preparing for a really difficult university exam, one of those that people say holds students back, and that many are taking for the second time.

Even so, before the exam, I told myself it would be easy and I could pass. I was still scared, though; I hadn't studied much, and the day arrived. They gave me the exam, and I didn't really understand any of the instructions. I started getting nervous, but when I thought I wouldn't pass, I corrected that thought and told myself I would. I wrote down what came to mind and handed it in.

I got home, cried, but kept repeating that the exam was easy and that I had already passed. Today I got my exam back, and I passed! It was great! So basically, that shows you that affirmations work even if you don't believe in them, as long as you know how to correct and reconfigure your mind when it tells you otherwise. I was affirming with fear, sadness, and doubt, and I still passed.