Self-sabotage, also known as self-destructive behavior, is a pattern of habits and actions that are innately harmful. At their core, these behaviors are driven by things like unresolved emotional pain or low self-esteem. It really zones in on the belief that we can be our own biggest saboteur when it comes to not just our major goals, but also our everyday life.
Sometimes our biggest enemy isn't others, it's ourselves. Self sabotage is a complicated psychological experience whereby we unconsciously undermine our own goals and wellbeing because of an implicit belief that we don't deserve our success, are afraid of failure, or cannot allow ourselves to be happy. From dating people we shouldn't, to procrastination, indecision, doom scrolling and self destructive behaviours, it all comes down to our unconscious beliefs about our self worth. Today we explore the origins and causes of self sabotage, from Freud's ideas of the 'death drive' and 'anti-self', coping mechanisms, to the impact of unresolved emotional trauma and self punishment to understand why it is we self sabotage, and how we can get out of our own way. Listen now.
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