Self-help mantras do more harm than good
New research has revealed that self-help books may actually do their readers more harm than good. Self-help mantras leave you unhappier than before. These books often suggest their reader to chant a positive mantra to boost their confidence, for example ‘I will succeed.’ But the study claimed that people with low self- esteem who repeated self-affirming statements actually ended up with feeling worse about them.
Another study claimed that repeating negative statements instead could actually have a beneficial effect. In the survey the researchers found that the self-help mantra boosted the confidence only in those who started out with high self-esteem anyway & even then only slightly. But with low self-esteem who repeated the mantra felt worse about themselves than those with low self-esteem who had not done so.
People were asked to list negative self-thoughts along with positive self-thoughts. Paradoxically, those with low self-esteem their moods fared better when allowed to have negative thoughts than when they were asked to focus exclusively on affirmative thoughts. The psychologists suggested that unreasonably positive self-statements simply remind individuals with low self-esteem how much they believe the opposite to be true.
According to the findings this can overwhelm the positive thoughts. The psychologists said, “Repeating positive self-statements may benefit certain people such as individuals with high self-esteem but backfire for the very people who need them the most.” So it is concluded that self-mantra are not meant for to change you life completely but they can provide to you with some positive outlook towards the life.
Another study claimed that repeating negative statements instead could actually have a beneficial effect. In the survey the researchers found that the self-help mantra boosted the confidence only in those who started out with high self-esteem anyway & even then only slightly. But with low self-esteem who repeated the mantra felt worse about themselves than those with low self-esteem who had not done so.
People were asked to list negative self-thoughts along with positive self-thoughts. Paradoxically, those with low self-esteem their moods fared better when allowed to have negative thoughts than when they were asked to focus exclusively on affirmative thoughts. The psychologists suggested that unreasonably positive self-statements simply remind individuals with low self-esteem how much they believe the opposite to be true.
According to the findings this can overwhelm the positive thoughts. The psychologists said, “Repeating positive self-statements may benefit certain people such as individuals with high self-esteem but backfire for the very people who need them the most.” So it is concluded that self-mantra are not meant for to change you life completely but they can provide to you with some positive outlook towards the life.
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