Can affirmations help in self acceptance?
No they can never do any good. Using affirmations to accept yourself is like convincing yourself that you have a perfect body while you know that you have gained 60 extra pounds lately. You can only accept yourself when you get rid of the things you dislike about yourself and not when you start using affirmations to cover the truth. If you have no social skills, no friends and no social life, what will the “Accept yourself” advice do for you? It will only give you an excuse to stay where you are and in the same time it will lower yourself esteem even more because your subconscious mind will understand that you are trying to deceive it.
