55 Positive Affirmations For Anxiety And Depression

There is a ton of debate on whether positive affirmations actually help with anxiety and depression. For a long time, I thought that they didn’t. After All, if you don’t believe the positive affirmations you’re telling yourself, are you just kidding yourself? If you haven’t been following my blog, you may not be aware that I spent most of my life in an anxious, depressed state. In fact, I still work on it every day to keep my mind above the water.

On Projectenergise.com, I talk a lot about changing your core beliefs, and I think positive affirmations are part of the way you get there. I decided it was time I wrote out positive affirmations for anxiety and depression for my readers.

I believe positive affirmations can work, but they may not work for everyone. That’s because everyone is different, and everyone has different beliefs about themselves and the world around them. However, positive affirmations are something easy to do (provided you do them consistently) and anyone can start to consciously give themselves positive self-talk on a daily basis.

Read on below for my top 55 positive affirmations for anxiety and depression

My own experience with positive affirmations for anxiety has been healthy, and it’s become part of my healthy mental habits arsenal that I use on a daily basis. When people say you should tell yourself positive affirmations for your anxiety, depression, or motivation, for example, many people cringe and think that it’s kind of a lame thing to do. I was one of those people! Although my positive affirmations aren’t ‘formal’ in the sense that I don’t make time in my day to purposefully stand in front of the mirror and tell myself that I’m great, I instead incorporate them into my mind when I hit an obstacle in my life.

For example, I spent many years believing I was worthless and that I would be stuck in the dead-end job I was in. I didn’t have the confidence to look for another job or even one that I wanted or thought I could do. At this point in my life, I was suffering from anxiety and depression on a large scale. I’m sure you’ve been in the same situation, you know you need to change where you are, but you feel stuck because of your low levels of self-worth.

I had to remind myself of something that was key;

“There’s really no reason why I can’t do that if anyone else has done it.”

That moment was like a lightbulb going off in my brain.

This positive affirmation that had overridden my anxiety and depression for that split moment, allowed me to see things from a higher perspective. I had found a little strength within myself to start pursuing something else in my life. The point was, other people who were doing what I wanted to do were no different from me, the difference was – I couldn’t see and believe I could do it. 

That’s why I always talk about summoning strength from inside yourself instead of relying heavily on others to lift you up. If you allow yourself to believe in yourself, you’ll become more self-reliant. One of the best things about positive affirmations when it comes to anxiety and depression is, that you can eventually have a breakthrough like I did.

With that being said, here are my top 55 affirmations for anxiety and depression;

1. If they can do it, there’s no reason I can’t either
2. I am worthy
3. I can do this
4. Anxiety is a part of life and it holds no weight over me
5. Depression makes me sad, but it builds my reslience
6. I feel low now, but tomorrow is another day
7. Where there is life, there is hope
8. Nothing is permanent
9. I am brave and strong
10. I’m not limited to anything
11. I am not the first to deal with depression, and I won’t be the last
12. I embrace all of my human emotions
13. I am the arcitect of my own mind
14. My life is what I make it
15. I am not defined by anxiety or depression
16. I am not anxiety or depression, I simply experience them
17. Life is my opportunity
18. I experience depression like I experience joy too
19. I do not hold judgment over my anxiety or depression
20. There is nothing ‘wrong’ with me
21. This feeling is normal
22. This feeling is part of being a human being
23. One day I will experience pure joy again
24. I am taking control of my own mind
25. I am a calm person that sometimes feels other emotions
26. I do not need to feel fear
27. My future is good because I am designing it
28. I am just as good as anyone else
29. My worries are normal, but sometimes they run off a little when they don’t need to
30. I am safe
31. I know I let myself get down when I think too much, but that’s normal
32. I am relaxed and I do not pass judgment
33. I bring inner peace to myself and do not seek it from others
34. My life is rich and full
35. I know change is normal and so I embrace it
36. I do not wrestle my mind, I let it unfold
37. Smile and breathe
38. I create stories in my own head
39. Every cell in my body is relaxed and alive
40. I am growing stronger
41. My perspective over my life is big
42. I look forward to tomorrow
43. I think long term and don’t get wrapped up in the now
44. Life is just game, and I am player one
45. I ride any wave that comes my way
46. This feeling will pass just like the seasons
47. I’m okay right now
48. Really, there’s nothing to fear
49. I control my destiny
50. I may be sad now, but that’s fine
51. I work on myself everyday
52. I have gained strength every single day
53. The depression I experience isn’t ‘me’
54. Wake up and do the best you can, that’s what the whole world does
55. There is no ‘right way to have a day’ so I’m just going to enjoy it

I hope that you enjoy these positive affirmations for anxiety and depression and make some good use of them. These are all positive affirmations that I believe in and remind myself of on a daily basis.

As I said above, the key to getting the most out of positive affirmations when you have anxiety or are experiencing depression is consistency. You need to remind yourself of the above affirmations on a daily basis until they become part of your thought patterns. When worries or sadness comes around, you’ll know what to start telling yourself.

By doing so, you can override the dark emotions you feel over time. You might not believe the positive affirmations on this page at first, and you might feel awkward saying them yourself, but just remember, we all start somewhere.

The easy way to start using affirmations

So how do you use positive affirmations for your anxiety or depression? There’s no ‘set way’ to start using positive affirmations in your daily life. As a starting point, I would pick one of the above affirmations and practise saying it when you start to feel like you’re feeling down or you begin to worry about something. Remind yourself of it throughout the day, or even write it down somewhere that’s easy to see. Or download your own printable affirmation cards in my shop.

If the positive affirmation doesn’t resonate with you, pick another one. There’s a positive affirmation to suit most situations in my list above. It can take time for positive self-talk to sink in and feel like it’s working. The truth is, with practice, you can start to open your mind and gain a higher perspective on your current situation and your emotions.

I didn’t want to say positive affirmations to myself and then feel like crap for the rest of the day. I wanted them to truly sink into every fibre of my being and become normal practice.

I hope you take the opportunity for yourself to gain the higher perspective you so deserve in your experiences with anxiety and depression.

As always, here’s to your success.

Sean