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How do you get rid of self-doubt and inferiority complex

What is self-doubt & inferiority complex?

By Santanu GhoshPublished 2 years ago 5 min read
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How do you get rid of self-doubt and inferiority complex
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TABLE OF CONTENT

  1. Self-doubt psychology
  2. What is self-doubt & inferiority complex?
  3. Reasons for suffering from inferiority complex and self-doubt.
  4. How we can overcome from self-doubt?
  5. How to get rid of the inferiority complex?

Self-doubt means the person is not confident about his/ her abilities, actions. If you doubt yourself no one in the world will believe you. The toxic effects of self-doubt will gradually shatter anyone's self-confidence, lowering self-esteem. Such intense feelings, inadequacies, weaknesses, and insecurities can lead to inferiority complex. Both inferiority complex and self-doubt are unresourceful state of mind, If you can't get out of here and reach the resourceful state, success will not come. Self-doubt is a heavy burden on us, and it is really difficult to move forward on the path of success without getting rid of this burden.

Everybody doubts himself at some points or another. The question 'can I do it'? or 'am I on the right track'? etc arises at that moment. Extremely successful people also suffer from such self-doubt, but at this point they say such things in such a way to themselves that take them to the next level.

There are many more important reasons for suffering from inferiority complex and self-doubt, such as past experience, afraid of failure or loss, giving more importance on other people's words, seeking advice from wrong person, comparing oneself with others.

Past experience: Anytime, for any reason, once someone has failed, he/she keeps recalling it in his mind. As a result, whenever they want to move forward, they have doubts in their mind, 'So I will not fail again?' This kind of experience is not only a personal experience but also a sight to behold. Later these become their drawback. Without taking the real lessons from the past experience they make their weakness by repeatedly thinking those negatively. Which raises questions about their qualifications, qualities and abilities, builds self-doubt and suffers from deep inferiority complex.

Fear of failing or losing: This is a serious disorder, the onset of which may be an past experience. Also, before we do anything, we seriously focus on what will happen if we fail or lose. We rarely focus on what we will achieve if I succeed or win. This is bound to be flow our energy where the focus is. The more you think about failing or losing, the more you suffer from inferiority complex and the more you doubt yourself. Continuously thinking that you are not good enough or you are not capable of to do something that can herm your mental and social life.

Giving importance to the words of others: Everyone, relatives, friends, well-wishers, society want to see the results, that is you produce on the external world. But this is not always happens, in all cases external results are not immediately produce at the end of the work. Naturally, there is no doubt that others will raise a storm of critical discussion in front or back of you, some may also ridicule. If you give importance to all those things, you will have doubts about yourself and you will suffer from inferiority complex.

Taking advice from the wrong person: Everyone is not proficient in all subjects or possesses proper knowledge. Moreover most people are more accustomed to giving negative advice. If you take advice from all these persons, you will lose confidence in your own ability and you will become discouraged. Lose confidence in yourself, weaken you mentally, make you more uninspired instead of motivation.

Comparing yourself with others: Whenever you compare yourself to others you will suffer from either inferiority complex or the superiority complex, there are complexity in both of them. Whenever you compare yourself to someone who is more successful than you, you will feel inferior, and when you compare yourself to someone who is less successful, you will feel superior. A line is to whether it is small or large can be compared only when another line is drawn beside it. Especially when personal understanding is not developed then our mind starts to form our self-image based on what others think and what others are looking at. Then our self-doubt develop and we feel inferiority.

Let's discuss how we can overcome this self-doubt and get out of the inferiority complex.

Make yourself your own standard: Become your own judge, standard and mirror. Never try to judge yourself in the eyes of others because the more pairs of eyes look at you, the more you will find your appearance, your strengths, your weaknesses. You will be caught with so many faults. Different people will give different opinions. All these opinions will raise questions about your qualifications, your abilities and your self-doubt will start, you will start suffering from inferiority complex.

Better yet, observe for yourself how much you have grown each day, each month, in a year, how far you have moved towards your goal, how much success you have achieved. You will surely find out the direction you need to improve, what knowledge you need to acquire and keep moving forward accordingly. You will see that you will regain a lot of confidence, your doubts will disappear and at the same time you will be able to come out of inferiority.

Conquer fear: Suppose you are planning to move to a new place, if you are thinking if the car breaks down on the road or you are thinking any kind of danger, your strong mind will automatically avoid these pains, there will be fear in your mind. The ghost of fear will be your main obstacle to go there, whether you go or not, you will fall into this dilemma. This fear is very much but only your imagination, to overcome this fear you need mind set, mental strength, strong decision making and talking to yourself in a positive way. If you think of something good instead of a bad thought, think constructively, then you will regain your mental strength and the ghost of fear will disappear from your head. In the place of self-doubt, faith will grow and you will be able to come out of inferiority.

Only seek advice from the right person: In order to reach your goal, choose the person who is skilled in the subject to take all the knowledges and advices you need. Connect with such people who will inspire you, encourage you, rarely say negative things. Contacting all these people will change the programming of your mind. All of these people can help you to overcome your self-doubt and overcome your inferiority complex. The wrong person will demotivate you more, will make you mentally weaker.

Stop comparing yourself to others: One thing is to remember that every human being in this world is born with his or her own chareteristics. No one is comparable to anyone and you are not exception. Maybe more than one person's path is one, goal is same, so not all of them will be able to reach the same place, at the same time, in the same way, some will reach first and some will reach behind.

A lot of good batsmen have come in the world cricket, bowlers have come, have you found any exact matching between one and the other? There may be some similarities, but they are the best in their place with their unique qualities. You have also the same type of uniqueness. Take care of that uniqueness, find those qualities, make it sharper. You will see that strength of mind will come and at the same time you will be able to come out of the unresourceful state like inferiority complex and self-doubt.

How do you get rid of self-doubt and inferiority complex

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Santanu Ghosh

I am life success coach and Relationship counselor, Neuro Linguistic Programming Expert

My mission is to help you to come out any challenges and create success in each and every areas of life.Welcome to the Program your Mind

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