Seven Simple Things You Can Do to Overcome Self-Doubt

Self-doubt is the trap several brilliant people fall into, which many never recover from. They do not realize that "the greater the artist, the greater the doubt," as the art critic Robert Hughes said beautifully.

“The perfect trust is bestowed on the less gifted as a consolation prize,” the author Luminita D. Saviuc said.

The Trap of Self-Doubt:

If you ever experience doubt and insecurity, know you are not alone.

In a world trying so hard to get you into something you don't want to go through, many people start to doubt themselves and believe something is wrong with them because they are not what the world wants them to be. However, there is nothing wrong with them. Instead, what is wrong is with our world and the many incorrect expectations we must make.

The poet William Shakespeare said: “Our doubts are treacherous and make us lose the good that we might often gain through fear of trying.” So, whatever the reason for your self-doubt, know that you are not alone and that there are simple things you can do to overcome your self-doubt and live life with more courage and confidence.

Seven Easy Tips You Can Do to Overcome Self-Doubt:

1. Take a deep breath, and pause:

Whenever you feel doubt creeping into your heart and sorry for yourself, stop whatever you're doing - no matter how impossible it may seem - and just breathe.

2. Come back to yourself:

For a few minutes, allow yourself to close your eyes to the world around you and everything that causes you panic and self-doubt, and focus all your attention back on your true self.

3. Practice breathing with a focus on the heart:

With your eyes closed and your hands gently placed on your chest, breathe in slowly and deeply. Imagine your breath flowing in and out through this sacred center called your heart, calming you and bringing your body's organs back to a state of coherence, inner harmony, peace, and security.

4. Love yourself again:

Put your arms around you and whisper these words to yourself: I love you. I am here for you. You are safe. Do not heed these harmful thoughts because they are unreal and cannot hurt you. Do not be afraid. I love you, and I will always protect you.

5. Look for the truth:

From this space of inner peace and security, look deep inside yourself and see if you can identify the thing you know with the utmost certainty that speaks genuinely of you for your actual value and fundamental importance.

6. Affirm the truth to yourself:

Now that you have found the truth, say it to yourself silently, loud, or while looking at yourself in the mirror. Also, say it as often as possible until all your self-doubt is erased: I am worthy of success, valuable, and sufficient. Nothing I say or do can change that.

Always remember that your truth - your true value and your actual importance - is not determined by your words and actions but rather by the authenticity of your metal and the purity of your heart. As it is said: "Jewelry is precious in its essence, so mud does not diminish its value, nor does luster increase it."

7. Be kind and gentle with yourself:

No matter how often you have negative feelings that pull you toward self-doubt and insecurity, don't allow yourself to get sucked in by putting yourself down and judging yourself harshly for being human and for feeling the way you do.

Just say to yourself: I fell in the mud again, but that's okay. Also, say: “Jewelry is precious in its own right; neither mud diminishes nor luster increases.” And so it is with my real value and my fundamental importance. My value is always the same.

Your worth is always the same, and if you can remember that, even when you're thrown into the mud with self-doubt, you will be fine.