Signs Of Self-Sabotage

Self-sabotaging means a behavior, or thought that stops or prevents you from doing what you want to do. It creates problems in daily life and interferes with long-standing goals. When positive self-talk is the key to success, self-sabotage is often driven by negative self-talk. When you say to yourself that you are less, you don’t deserve it, you can’t do it, you are not capable of it, that means you are feeding negative talks to yourself leading to self-sabotaging. Utopia Life Coach has come up with some signs of self-sabotaging.

Self Criticism:

Self-criticism does have positive effects as it may help you to be better but when this self-criticism leads to demotivation it is known as self-sabotage. When you criticize yourself for even a small failure or mistake to an extent that you fear trying again, it is self-sabotaging.

Procrastinate:

Whenever you are about to do an important thing and you procrastinate. You may feel stuck whenever you decide to start a new project. You may prepare yourself but as soon as you try to start suddenly you may feel like your motivation has disappeared. And you may start ignoring it by doing something different.

Using alcohol or drugs:

In order to escape the current situation, you may take the help of alcohol and drugs, despite knowing the fact that their long-term use can stand in the way of your goals.

Intimacy or commitment issue:

After some painful experience, many people find themselves running away from healthy relationships or friendships. They may abandon it in the fear of getting hurt.

Comparison:

You often compare yourself with others and feel like you are less than them. There is an inferiority complex that often holds you back. The unrealistic expectations with perfectionism can make you feel like less.

Putting yourself down:

When you set high expectations for yourself and you fail to meet them, you use harsh statements for yourself like “I am not capable of this,” “I can’t do this.”

Lack of focus:

You may have the skills and even the will but a lack of focus can stop you from growing or achieving your goal.

These are some of the signs showing that you self-sabotage. To take any kind of help or seek advice contact a psychologist.

Recommending Psychologists and Therapists are:

1. Life Coach Steffi Prasad - Psychologist & Therapists - Utopia Life Coach in Siliguri, West Bengal, India.

www.steffiprasad.com

2. Khusboo Tomar - Psychologist: Centre for Forensic & Clinical Psychology