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Alright, this might sound like a crack pot method to some, but I've tried in certain areas e.g: confidence, mental toughness, weight lifting, job, and it's worked for me personally.
Basically what the theory is is you "attract" what ever you believe. For instance, if you repeat to yourself, my acne is getting so bad, it will get bad. If you say my acne is getting better, it will get better. But you have to believe it will get better. Sort of like dumbo's magic feather. In science it's called the placebo.
Here's where it gets interesting. According to the theory, through repetitive talk, whether the statement is true or false, you literally start to BELIEVE it and it produces results. This includes FALSE statements. Though, the second thing you need to do, is act upon the statements..
My acne will get better because I'm going to do x.
My acne will start to heal itself because I'm doing y.
I don't need acne anymore because of z. (A lot of hollistic people think that people have acne are actually doing it to themselves. We have acne because we want it, which I don't necessarily agree with).
These 3 statements are called "affirmations" which you recite daily, until it manifests, you start to believe, and results produce. It usually takes about 30-90 days for you to actually start believing it, and you recite the postive stuff in the morning when you wake up, and before you fall asleep. Reciting out loud is actually better, but realize not possible for all considering talking to yourself out loud about your acne every day someone who didn't know what you were doing might think your a nut.
Is anyone brave enough to try this for 30-90 days? I view it as relatively risky, the last time I tried this for my acne, it made me feel worse and didn't it work. But I only lasted about a few days.
I've read about things like this. I think, if nothing else, it can certainly help with mental well-being.
I've always felt that I was at fault or that I'd done something wrong. Like acne was a punishment.
I guess my approach with this would then be to say, "I haven't done anything wrong, I'm a good person, this isn't a reflection on me, and I can make it better".
Saying it doesn't make it happen. You have to act, of course, but saying it and setting out that plan gets you in the right frame of mind and allows you to focus on those goals in order to make it happen.
And of course, there's every chance that a positive attitude and an altogether happier outlook on life could have a positive effect on our skin. I can't dismiss that without giving it a try. After all, spending goodness knows how many years feeling down and having a negative attitude hasn't done me any favours so trying to adjust my thought process can't do any harm.
I can certainly apply this to my work life - I've never put myself forward for things because I assumed I wouldn't get them anyway. Then when things don't come my way, I tell myself it's because people think I'm not good enough. It's all down to me. I really don't think it would take much for me to get noticed in the workplace in a positive way, and attract better opportunities as a result.
The same sort of thing applies to meeting people and having confidence being around people. If If I lack confidence and don't talk to people, to point where they think I don't like them or that I have an attitude problem, of course they're not going to talk to me. Again, I assume they're not talking to me because of my skin or whatever. Again, it's all down to me.
And I just got a gym membership which starts in a couple of weeks so I'll be looking to prepare myself to incorporate exercise and fitness routines into my daily schedule, and I don't see why I couldn't take this "affirmation" approach and apply it that as well.
This definitely is a very interesting theory. I have heard of it before, if you've ever heard of this program called "The Secret", it's basically the same concept. We attract what we think into our lives.
The catch is however, that we can't just picture something and believe it will appear out of thin air, we actually have to act on these thoughts to a certain degree. Say for example you have acne; if you tell yourself "my acne is ugly, it makes me ugly, I am ugly" then your thoughts will no doubt lead you to isolate yourself, and your reality will become that you feel like a hideous monster and that you really are in fact ugly. Now let's say the same person were to adjust his thoughts to something like this; "my acne is ugly, but it does not make ME ugly, I am still human and deserve what others deserve", then most likely your actions would change as well i.e. you would attempt to socialize more etc. and your reality would become one where your acne no longer directly affects your quality of life.
It's an idea which is true for the simple reason that changing our thoughts usually does change our actions, and our actions are what really shape our lives.
Just my two cents.
Yeah, I've been doing the same thing for years,and finally it's a habit. I don't say ANYTHING negative about my acne, even in my head, and my acne is clearing up. It helps also when people help you by telling you that you have amazing skin or that you are so much clearer than you were before. I think that I will try even harder to clear up my skin using this mentality, by proclaiming a clear face into my life.
It's always worth a shot, but I agree with others, it's really just putting thoughts into action. I was overweight as a kid (quite a bit so) and used to write down everyday that I would lose weight and I can do it blah blah blah. I eventually put those thoughts into action and lost the weight because I started to believe in myself that I could do it. Once you believe it you will be more apt to make changes in order to achieve clear skin (researching, trying things out even if they fail to figure out what works and then keeping a consistent routine or behavior change). It's something I'd probably give a go since I've seen it work once before.