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Our minds, as amazing as they are, have this incredible ability to always keep this small amount of self-doubt festering in the back of our minds. And then, once we’re at our weakest, or at a moment of great indecision, that self-doubt bursts forth with the fury of a hundred Chuck Norris punches, smashing down the walls of our consciousness and flooding through our minds completely.
For some of us, this can happen more often than not. For others, it’s a rare occurrence, but when it finally does come along it can be fatal. The thing that we all need to know is how to accept it, deal with it, pick ourselves up, and move on.
One thing that I have noticed, is that it is often the best of us, the ones who could have no possible reason to doubt themselves, that get hit the hardest with self-doubt. It’s the ones that we’d all consider to be amazing and self-confident that are the ones who are usually festering thoughts of not being good enough.
And you know what? It’s because of these moments of self-doubt that these people are so great. Questioning whether or not you’re good enough has an unexpected side effect, it makes you want to be better.
All these humble, amazing people walking around filled with self-doubt, are always looking to improve themselves. They’re always looking to point out what they’re not good at and then get better at it, and that’s part of what makes them such amazing people.
Self-doubt, like sadness, is one of those things we just have to have. It creates balance, it pushes us forward, and it all works to mould and shape us. So we must not let our moments of self-doubt be our demise. It’s okay to fall down, it’s okay to feel trapped by your own imagined inability. Just don’t forget how to get back up.
I find grabbing a few friends and getting them to talk you up can always be a nice boost for your self-esteem. Just don’t go doing it too often, your ego really can inflate your head a little bit.
Jason O’Neil.
