Suicide Prevention Is Possible!

Visualizations and Affirmations For You:

Copy about a dozen of these affirmations and visualizations and hang them up where you sit a lot or where you brush your teeth.  Read them twice a day for at least three weeks until you feel you have absorbed them.  Write your own, customized to your specific thoughts and feelings.

Visualizations (By Sarah Praise Given):

I AM IMPORTANT.

I’M WORTH JUST AS MUCH AS ANYBODY ELSE.

I AM WORTHY OF MY OWN PRAISE.

I CAN ENCOURAGE MYSELF.

I DON’T NEED APPROVAL TODAY.

I CAN ALWAYS CONTROL MY BEHAVIOR.

I WILL FIND A BALANCE IN MY LIFE.

IT’S OK TO REST AWHILE AND DO NOTHING.

I CAN BE CREATIVE AND EXPRESS MY FEELINGS.

I WILL BRING BEAUTY TO THE WORLD WITH MY ART AND MY TALENTS.

I WILL INSPIRE OTHERS.

I WILL NOT HELP OTHERS AT MY OWN EXPENSE.  I WILL THINK FIRST.

I WILL BE NEEDED BY OTHERS IN A HEALTHY WAY.

I WILL DECIDE MY BOUNDARIES AND ENFORCE THEM.

I WILL GET IN TOUCH WITH MY ANGER.

I WILL BECOME COMFORTABLE AROUND PEOPLE.

I AM WORTHY, DESERVING OF HELP.

Other Affirmations by SarahPraiseGiven:

(Practical use is in lower case & affirmation is in CAPITALS.)

My apartment is messy/ hair tangled/clothes wrinkled, etc.:

THE MESS DOESN’T SAY ANYTHING ABOUT ME, A CHILD OF GOD.

Self-conscious/fear of criticism:

I AM FULLY ACCEPTABLE IN THE SIGHT OF THE LORD.

Self-punishing/fear of failure or mistakes:

JESUS PAID IT ALL, EVEN IF I FAIL.

Anxious to find out or know something:

I KNOW EVERYTHING I NEED TO KNOW FOR TODAY.

Crying out for freedom:

HOW CAN I GRANT MY OWN WISHES?

Others suffering- I feel responsible (irrational thought):

WE ALL SUFFER FROM SIN AND I AM SUPPORTIVE.

Fear I am contaminated:

EVERY PART OF ME IS IN CHRIST JESUS

Feeling that part of me is foreign:

EVERYTHING THERE IS AS IT SHOULD BE JUST FOR TODAY.

I don’t want to stop compulsive behaviors:

ABSTINENCE IS NOT A SACRIFICE, BUT INFINITE GAIN.

I imagine I am causing evil:

THERE IS NO POWER IN ME BUT CHRIST.

Need to change my focus:

I WILL DISMISS MY THOUGHTS AT WILL.

Emotions are unbearable:

I CAN CRY ANYWHERE AT ANY TIME.

Self-esteem problem:

I AM WORTHY, A CHILD OF GOD.

Dr. Coue’s affirmation for general health:

DAY BY DAY, IN EVERY WAY, I AM GETTING BETTER AND BETTER.

Low self-esteem:

I AM FULL OF RICHES.

Made a mistake:

I WILL LEARN FROM MY MISTAKES.

Anxious:

GREAT PEACE AND LOVE LAYS OVER MY HOUSE.

Feeling falsely responsible:

I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYONE ELSE’S FEELINGS BUT MY OWN.

Feeling trapped in routine/trapped in general:

I HAVE FREEDOM AND I USE IT.

Poor body image:

MY BODY IS GOOD.

Needing self-care:

I AM GOOD, THEREFORE I CARE FOR AND PRESERVE MYSELF.

Self-esteem:

MY SELF-ESTEEM IS DEPENDENT ON WHO I AM, GOD’S CHILD.

Controlled by others:

MY VOICE IS STRONGER.

Others blame me:

I AM FORGIVEN BY THE MERCY OF CHRIST.

For growing self-love:  Dan 9:23:

I AM ONE GREATLY BELOVED.

Strong feelings:

FEELINGS CAN NOT KILL ME.

Focusing on others’ lives/codependent (from Al-anon slogans):

I KEEP THE FOCUS ON MYSELF.

Affirmations From SMA 12-Step Group:

1. I LET MY BODY HEAL.

2.  I STAY CONSCIOUS OF MY FEELINGS AND WRITE THEM DOWN.

3. I HAVE THE RIGHT TO BE ABSTINENT, NO MATTER WHAT.

4. I APPLAUD MY WILLINGNESS.

5.  I’M FREE TO SPEND MY TIME AS I CHOOSE.

6.  MY BODY IS BEAUTIFUL;  I WANT TO TAKE CARE OF IT.

7. I DESERVE TO COME INTO THE INHERITANCE OF MY OWN BEAUTY.

8.  LIFE IS SAFE.

9. I ACCEPT MYSELF EXACTLY HOW AND WHO I AM TODAY.

10.  I AM WILLING TO BECOME INCREASINGLY MORE GENTLE AND LOVING TO MYSELF.

11.  I JOYFULLY SAY, “NO.”

12.  I HAVE SURVIVED MY CHILDHOOD.

13.  I DESERVE TO BE THE MAN/WOMAN I AM.

14.  MY HUMOR IS A SIGN OF MY RECOVERY.

15.  IF AT FIRST I DON’T SUCCEED, I LOWER MY EXPECTATIONS.

Call the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline:
1-800-273-8255