5 Self-Sabotaging Thoughts that Keep You Stuck & Unhappy
There’s a saying that goes this way: Nothing can pull you down but yourself. We may deny it, but most of the time, we are our own worst enemies. It is ‘us’ who often mock and degrade ourselves, and block our own happiness. It’s funny how we get angry when someone tries to belittle or hurt us when a lot of times, we are doing the same thing to ourselves.
Your mind may be flooded with negative thoughts, some of which are actually sabotaging your happiness. Here are some of the most common self-sabotaging thoughts that most of us dwell in every time, and how we can counter them.
“It’s too difficult.”
When we are confronted with tasks or obligations that are too much for us to handle, we say these words. Such thought does have a powerful impact on our confidence, and prevents us from stepping outside of our comfort zones and really taking on the challenge. But the only way to grow is to continually allow life to challenge us. You will never know up to where you can get or how high you can reach when you don’t even try. Yes, it is difficult. But the next time you say it, don’t forget to add these words: “It is possible”.
“No one likes me.”
Just because your officemate didn’t smile at you doesn’t mean she doesn’t like you, or because your boss looks uninterested while you are presenting at a meeting doesn’t mean he dislikes what you are saying. We aren’t mind readers, so we can never know for sure whether people like us or not. It is also possible that they are going through some difficult things that they didn’t notice you, or couldn’t pay attention to you. We can counter this thought by simply being true to ourselves and loving the way we are. When you genuinely like the person you are, you would stop caring so much if other people like you or not.
“They are better than I am.”
Comparing ourselves to other people is one of the worst things we can do to ourselves. It isn’t also fair to the other person we compare ourselves with, because we never know what he or she went through in the first place. The thing is that everyone has skills, strengths and accomplishments, as well as failures, mistakes and weaknesses. Instead of thinking that some people are better, smarter or richer than you, make them your inspiration to do better, work harder, and persevere more.
“I’m not good enough.”
This is another self-sabotaging thought that most of us dwell to. The reality is that we are what we believe we are. If you keep thinking you can’t do it, you never will. But if you think you are capable of doing great things, so you are!
“I’m all alone”.
All of us go through that one point or another in our lifetime when we feel so alone, and like there’s no one to support or comfort us. What we don’t realise is that too often, through times of trials, we tend to isolate ourselves from others. And because of that, we fail to see the many helping hands willing to support us and walk along the lonely path with us. Confiding to a compassionate friend or a professional therapist can give you relief from loneliness. Allowing someone to help us makes it easier to survive every challenge we encounter in life.
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