No matter how confident we may feel, there are moments when we start to doubt our abilities. They can be fleeting moments, but they happen all the same, and they can both damage our mental health and our self-esteem.
Sometimes, we just need to take a wee moment to address these feelings of self-doubt and deal with them before they make us feel bad.
Let’s have a look at a few simple ways you can kick self-doubt out of your mind and get on being your usual positive and creative self!!
Here are Five Ways To Overcome Self-Doubt
1. Remind yourself of your goals.
Next time you feel a wee bit low and lacking confidence, look at one of your projects or a goal that you have set.
- Consider the short-term impact of your goal, the mid-term impact, and then the result.
- By breaking down your goals, you can take a moment to look at what you have achieved and what you are continuing to achieve.
- If you see real, tangible progress, you will be less likely to doubt yourself and more likely to shift toward the next opportunity.
2. Make a list of your achievements.
Lists are healthy because they allow our brains to organize and condense our thoughts, rather than getting muddled and spinning around in our heads.
- Sit down and grab a warm beverage if you would like. Write down everything you are proud of. Be specific, or be generic, it is completely up to you.
- Your achievements can be significant ones or small wins that allow you to take control and smile.
- Even if one of them is getting out of bed, it is an achievement, all the same, so make sure you write it down.
- This can remind you of your self-worth and just what you are capable of!!
3. Do something you love.
If you are having moments of self-doubt, do something fun and creative, or take yourself to the theater, or an art gallery, and revisit a passion of yours.
- By allowing yourself to explore your interests, you can remove self-doubt. You will appreciate that you are wise and knowledgeable about something.
- By recognizing that you have interests, you will generate some enthusiasm, revitalize some passion, and realize that you are an interesting and valuable person to be around.
4. Ask yourself what is creating the feeling of self-doubt.
Give yourself some space and time to contemplate. Sit down and consider what it actually is that you are feeling doubtful about.
- Which part of your personality or which part of your life is causing you to feel this self-doubt?
- By writing it down, you can then offer yourself solutions. Before you know it, problems can become fixable goals to work toward.
5. Surround yourself with supportive people.
If you are experiencing a lot of self-doubt, surround yourself with friends and family to remind you how much you are loved, and how people value you.
- Remember, your friends and family take time out of their schedule when they visit you, so remind yourself that they must appreciate you and recognize your worth.
- Just recognizing the friends and family you have will make you appreciate your support network and, hopefully, make you feel wanted.
Self-doubt is very common. But it doesn’t have to overcome you. All you must do is remind yourself that you deserve happiness, success, and inner peace!!
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