I did them while walking in the park at the evening, for as long as I could. I would walk for an hour each night but would not do to the m when others were near and I would get bored so maybe 25-20m a night actively. I did this for months.

At one point a month in I had this thought how many times do I need to hear this before it works?

I thought back to the countless number of times my parents had told me that I was a failure and worthless and all the other horrible names. Years and years of their abuse I endured. And then my own thoughts of worthlessness for years after I got away from them.

I realized I had to say it to myself until my mind had heard the good things more than it had the bad things. And it eventually worked and I didn’t feel the need to say the words anymore because they were my heart. I love myself so much :)

I did this again for needles I had a bad needle phobia enough to cry during covid vaccines. That took me 4 weeks of nightly affirmations before i was brave enough to inject myself. Shit works.