Understanding Self-Sabotage

Working Through Self-Sabotage

Why do we self-sabotage? We self-sabotage for many reasons, which will look different for each individual. Here are just some of the many examples:

1. Patterns learned in childhood - connected to limiting beliefs

2. Fears. such as failure, success, intimacy, or rejection

3. Coping mechanisms of protection - parts battling themselves. Triggers

4. Lack of mental alignment - hidden agenda, secondary gain. Ants

5. Low self-worth. Self-esteem. Self-confidence

6. Imposter syndrome

7. Dopamine rush

8. Neurobiological impulses

When you think about all the different causes of self-sabotage, what are the ones that resonate the most with you?