https://fearlessliving.org/overcoming-self-doubt-why-youre-stuck-and-how-to-get-unstuck/
What do you call a person who makes you doubt every bloody thing about yourself? What is wrong with them? I know who I am and they ALWAYS make me doubt myself.
They can be good people. Example: an anxious parent can always ask “Are you sure you can do this?” or believe that it is better not to try (if you don’t try, you never fail). The result is that you feel bad, but it is not what the parent is looking for: they are just sharing their anxiety about you. Just learn to live with it and don’t pay attention.
They can be dangerous people. The most frequent case is that of a narcissist: the narcissist is out to prove that he/she is superior to you, so whatever you do well, they diminish in order to self-aggrandize. It is worse than jealousy: it is a systematic work to belittle others. How do you recognize a narcissist? He/she is doing that to everybody, not just you. The solution is to avoid people like that as much as you can.
@Tully_Monster I am sharing this because of your reply to my post in the thread. If you know who you are and believe in yourself, NO ONE can make you doubt yourself. Stay strong.
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