Hello sastre: I see this is your first post here on PC. So...welcome to PsychCentral! I hope you find the time you spend here to be of benefit.

I'm sorry I cannot comment with regard to your experiences with affirmations. However here are links to some articles, from PsychCentral's archives, on the subject. In looking through the archive, it appears there are differing opinions on the subject of whether or not they work. So I've provided links to articles reflecting both points of view:

https://blogs.psychcentral.com/relat...ings-for-love/

https://blogs.psychcentral.com/life-...-say-each-day/

https://psychcentral.com/blog/depres...tions-to-help/

https://psychcentral.com/blog/how-to...ive-self-talk/

https://psychcentral.com/blog/why-po...ons-dont-work/

https://psychcentral.com/blog/when-p...ork-this-does/

My bests wishes to you...