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> Affirmations do not work.

It depends. They definitely DO work for some people and do nothing for others, YMMV.

When they work, the carefully chosen words and ideas in the affirmations help to remind us of things and steer us towards more mindfulness.

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By what metric do they work? And what is mindfulness? You have something that can’t be measured or defined.

If one develops a habit of meditating on their affirmations, the ideas within the affirmations are more likely to come to mind during an emotional incident and help to regulate behavior towards the desired outcome.

The "coming to mind" of valuable self-regulating ideas is "mindfulness". Yes. It's subjective. That's OK. And yes, it may not work for everyone. People are different and have different ways of reacting and different levels of self-awareness.

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