Nobody said you shall spend your life before a mirror, saying affirmations instead of living your life. They are a way to rewire your brain for assumptions you

Nobody said you shall spend your life before a mirror, saying affirmations instead of living your life. They are a way to rewire your brain for assumptions you want to get rid of, and break bad habits without needing a therapist. Acting is crucial. People who don't act are stuck and/or depressive, and they may use affirmations to pretend to feel better. But that's just a way of using a tool the wrong way. Affirmations also should not create expectations in you. They change the way you perceive the world, and yourself. If someone creates expectations of feeling better after saying affirmations (and then is disappointed), then that's a problem of its own - it just means that you used it as a quick fix instead of trying to change your beliefs and assumptions.