What to say when you talk to your self!

When I went to see the therapist he advised a book to read called What to say when you talk to your self! by Shad Helmstetter. I stated to him that I have a hard time seeing myself in a good way. I put myself down and I dont have much faith in myself. The book has helped so far. It has helped me see that everything that happens day to day really does have an effect on you, if you realize it or not. That things go into our subconcious and it quitely gets repeated and effects us and we dont even remember where it came from.

A quote from the book that I really liked " if you give your mental computer (brain) the wrong directions it will act on those wrong directions. it will continue to respond to the negative programming that you and the rest of the world have been giving it without even being aware of it."
The brain doenst know the difference between negative and positive thinking it takes whatever it hears and if you keep telling yourself that you are bad with names for example you will be and the brain thinks its doing a good job. If you start telling yourself positive things and keep saying them to yourself it will naturally take the place of the negative thought.

Since I started reading this boook every day I tell myself that I am happy person. Several times a day I say this to myself and it does help. Telling myself this helps with getting past the negative and not letting me dwell on things I cant change now. I can only have an effect on the future now not the past. I am only half way through the book but it has helped so far hopefully it helps me get the kind of life I want and deserve.