Affirmations for toxic parents (35+)
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Affirmations for toxic parents
- All human beings make mistakes. What matters is that I learn from mine.
- Any guilt I feel regarding my toxic mother was planted, watered and tended by my mother.
- Any mother who could be cruel to a child is not going to apologize to that child when they’ve grown up.
- Asking for help is a sign of strength.
- Family secrets instill guilt and shame. Are you being paid to keep family secrets? It’s not my job to keep family secrets.
- Feelings are never right or wrong. They just are.
- Honor thy mother and father? I can choose to honor them by respecting myself first.
- I am a likable and lovable person.
- I am a valid human being with feelings and needs.
- I am angry at my parents for a reason. They failed me in a very important way.
- I am open to considering that my toxic mother may have been treated even more badly as a child than I was.
- I am proud to be a deeply feeling person.
- I am the only person responsible for getting my own needs met.
- I am worth getting to know.
- I can laugh or I can cry. I will laugh. It’ll annoy the hell out of my toxic mother.
- I can spend time with my emotionally neglectful parents. My boundaries will protect me.
- I can tell my toxic mother that as I’ve grown into a woman (or man) I’ve developed a better understanding of the choices she made.
- I deserve to be cared for.
- I did not choose to grow up emotionally neglected.
- I dont have to be validated by my parents. I validate myself.
- I know that a toxic mother is an unnatural disaster.
- I know there is no dishonor in retreat. I know that refusing to join in battle is a small victory when it comes to toxic mothers.
- I will amuse myself to avoid getting sucked into her games. I will keep an egg timer, a pad, and paper by the phone. I will tally the lies, the guilt trips and the demands she can make in 3 minutes. Then I will hang up.
- I will give my toxic mother the one gift she never gave me: the truth.
- I will never fight crazy with crazy. Crazy is my toxic mother’s “hood.
- I will never hand my toxic “mom bomb” the match.
- I will not let my toxic mother rob me of rich friendships with women who on the surface remind me of her.
- I will participate in mother-daughter time only if it’s positive.
- I will stare down my toxic mom fears until they fear me more.
- I will take everything negative about my mother and flip it in my life: I will create a welcoming and warm home life; I will express love and encourage others daily; I will extend myself to those in need and I will remember: a life well-lived is the best revenge.
- If I hear my mother’s voice in my head belittling me, I will tell her out loud that she’s wrong. It’s okay.
- If my parents are not able to see me, I will see myself.
- If my toxic mother were a co-worker or neighbor and I moved away, I’d never visit her again.
- It is not selfish, but responsible, to put my own needs first.
- Its my responsibility to give myself what my parents couldnt give me. And I will.
- Keeping my children away from my toxic mother is a no-brainer. I choose to introduce them to kind, responsible elders instead.
- My feelings are important messages from my body.
- My feelings matter.
- My parents are not capable of seeing or knowing the real me.
- My parents could not give me what they did not have.
- My toxic mother can only intimidate me if I let her. While she’s busy trying to bully the child me, the adult me can reject her, ignore her, correct her, or report her to authorities.
- My toxic mother does not live in my head. She lives in her head.
- My toxic mother won’t kill me. If she could, she would have already.
- My wants and needs are just as important as anyone elses.
- No, don’t count on my being there.
- No, I choose not to accept the stress.
- No, I have more positive things to do.
- No, I won’t be doing that.
- No, I’m done subjecting myself to your drama.
- On Mother’s Day and other family holidays, I will focus on the positive women (and men) in my life. I will thank them for their caring, kindness and encouragement.
- Remember what my dad said: nobody can resist a joyous woman. I chose to remain joyous in spite of my mother.
- That which is most personal is most universal. I know people will understand if I simply say, “My mother is not a nice person, but I am.”
- The cruel rule of RSVP is that the one person you hope will decline always comes. I promise to never actually extend an invitation to an event at which I’d hate to see my toxic mother.
- When relatives and friends say they can’t understand how I can treat my mother the way I do, I’ll consider telling them the truth.
- Whose little girl am I? I can be my own little girl. I can care for and nurture her myself.
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