[Is it heping you? I am surprised you objected to CBT. What wad the objection?QUOTE=BethRags;6917930]When we went to teletherapy my therapist brought CBT into my treatment. Initially, I was turned off. Very turned off. Surprisingly, after some sessions I not only began to like CBT, but I began to look forward to practicing the exercises.

Part of my CBT practice is affirmations. Affirmations were so difficult for me in the beginning, because I tended to intellectually pick them apart ("If I was in line for the gas chamber at Auschwitz why would I say 'I may not understand the good in this situation, but it is there'?"

I came to realize that I was missing the purpose. As you pointed out, the idea of affirmations, when all is said and done, is to help to rewire a dysfunctional brain.

So I have my list of affirmations written out on a page. I read them over a few times every day, then I choose one as my "theme" for the day. Sometimes I play a game; I close my eyes and let my finger fall on one of the affirmations. That will be the one I go with for the day.

Sometimes I choose an affirmation to fit a specific situation. For example, I'm using a few of them to try not to get into a panicked emotional hairball about Healthline buying out PC.

Sometimes I re-write one or more of them in order to connect to them more deeply.

Bottom line: I use them. I don't allow myself to dissect them or give them much thought. I use them in the way I'd use weights to strengthen a part of my body. For me, affirmations are "brain weights" that I use to strengthen a healthy part of my brain and mind, too.

Using affirmations for me is a kind of "build it and they will come" concept.[/QUOTE]

Is it helping? Why did you object to CBT?