I Kicked Self-Doubt to the Curb!

Self-doubt has plagued my life, pulled me down, held me back and limited me in countless ways. I caught it from my parents who never held back when it came to shaming and belittling me. It’s been a pervasive disease, one so engrained in my psyche that it took me years to even see it.

Self-doubt creates fears, so many fears.

There is the common fear of failure, one of self-doubt’s favorites, but the main one, the big monster in my closet fear is that even if I succeeded, I’d know that I was a sham. And, it was only a matter of time before everyone else would know it too.

That monster fear no longer lives in my closet. I looked it directly in the face and then gave it a big hug to thank it for all the lessons it had given me. Then I told it that it was time to go.

I know it will still visit me once in awhile, peeking in to see if I really did get the lesson, if I really did let it go. And that’s okay. It was a part of me for so long that I might need those little reminders.

It’s time to believe in myself!

It’s time to look directly at myself and see who I really am, a strong and capable woman who has overcome a lot of heavy crap.

And, I’m a damned good writer.