The Negative Side of Positive Thinking
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Repeat after me:“I will succeed” “I’m powerful, I’m strong and nothing in the world can stop me”A lot of self-help books tell us to repeat these positive affirmations and visualisesuccess. But research suggests for some of us, these statements can have a negative effect.Visualising success can actually cause people to fail.In one study, participants with high self-esteem and low self-esteem repeated the phrase “I’ma loveable person”. Researchers then measured their mood and feelings about themselves.They found phrases that seem positive caused people with low self-esteem to feel worseabout themselves, and people with high self-esteem only felt slightly better.In a follow up study, the researchers found that when those with low self-esteem wereask...
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Repeat after me:“I will succeed” “I’m powerful, I’m strong and nothing in the world can stop me”A lot of self-help books tell us to repeat these positive affirmations and visualisesuccess. But research suggests for some of us, these statements can have a negative effect.Visualising success can actually cause people to fail.In one study, participants with high self-esteem and low self-esteem repeated the phrase “I’ma loveable person”. Researchers then measured their mood and feelings about themselves.They found phrases that seem positive caused people with low self-esteem to feel worseabout themselves, and people with high self-esteem only felt slightly better.In a follow up study, the researchers found that when those with low self-esteem wereask...
