25 Powerful Affirmations to Combat Depression and Anxiety in Your Fight for Recovery

Anxiety and depression may be present as you battle sex addiction. Therefore, working with a therapist who can address and treat co-occurring issues is crucial to your success. Likewise, an important part of recovery will be identifying a variety of tools you can easily turn to. Of course the goal is to equip you with tools to withstand symptoms of depression and anxiety rather than turning back to your addiction.

Mental health issues such as depression and anxiety are common among those with addiction. Yet symptoms can drive you back to addictive behaviors in an attempt to escape your emotions. Therefore, an important part of your treatment plan will be discovering tools to help you when you're feeling triggered. For example, practicing positive affirmations every day can be both simple and powerful.

Saying positive affirmations aloud can be a valuable tool to help you in your recovery. Feelings such as depression, anxiety, shame, guilt, and hopelessness may hold you captive in your addiction. However, daily affirmations can help you begin to connect aspirations to reality. Likewise, they can help improve your self-esteem, and help you remember why you're fighting for your recovery.

25 Affirmations to Combat Depression and Anxiety as You Fight For Recovery

You may not know what to say to yourself in moments following a trigger. Suppose you're feeling overwhelmed by depression or anxiety. In that case, you may feel a strong desire to run back to your addiction. However, affirmations may help you overcome the symptoms that often fuel compulsive reactions.

Below you may find some of these affirmations strike a chord within that empowers you. Saying these aloud may help calm your mind and quiet your thoughts in a moment of discontentment. See what you think:

1. I am of infinite value and worth.
2. My past does not define who I am today.
3. I am worthy of love and respect.
4. I'm choosing to move forward with integrity.
5. I love myself and can also give and receive love.
6. I am letting go of shame because it only holds me back.
7. Happiness is a choice, and I choose happiness.
8. I am grateful for all that life offers me.
9. I am safe and loved.
10. I am at peace with my past.
11. I forgive myself.
12. I forgive others.
13. I am learning and growing stronger every day.
14. I respect and honor the boundaries my loved ones have set.
15. This moment will pass.
16. I have compassion for others and myself.
17. There is no shame in reaching out for help.
18. Talking about my thoughts and feelings is healthy.
19. My mistakes are not failures, rather opportunities for growth.
20. I am capable of change.
21. Today I am choosing recovery.
22. I'm choosing healthy relationships and connections over my addiction.
23. I deserve sobriety.
24. I am capable of finding a healthy solution to every problem.
25. I can trust myself, my progress, and my path to recovery.

Facing Depression and Anxiety and an Addiction, Oh My!

It's no secret that overcoming addiction, especially sex addiction, is a lifelong process. While there is no cure, the longer you maintain recovery, the stronger you become. As a result, triggers and compulsions to respond may drastically reduce or diminish altogether. If you're living with depression or anxiety, the internal struggle to stay present can be overwhelming.

Finding hope in the journey is critical and positive affirmations are one of many tools you may turn to. Depression and anxiety can leave you wanting to run back to the very behaviors you're fighting to avoid. Therefore, we work with you to identify any and all underlying issues, to help set you up for success.

At Paradise Creek Recovery Center, we treat those with addictions and co-occurring disorders such as anxiety or depression. We would love to talk to you and see how we can help you reach and maintain your recovery.

Contact us today.