I am sure you have come across...

• miraculous affirmations on the internet,

• the slogan of “Fake it till you make it” and

• thousands of written exercises

...claiming to be able to solve all your problems by talking to yourself in the mirror, pretending to be someone you are not, and wasting your ink, writing them down repeatedly.

If you stumbled upon those and are still here, the effect was not as promised. I know I am at a point of being allergic to seeing those false ads repeatedly. Seeing others repeat something a self-proclaimed guru has said without practical experience in following this advice.