5 Ways to Banish Feelings of Inadequacy
You can kick that bad habit out of your brain and realize your worth.
Most of us have struggled with feelings of inadequacy at some time or other in our lives. Maybe we were nervous about being a good parent or down about making a mistake or not getting the job we wanted. For some people, however, that inadequate feeling is pervasive and becomes their default feeling, only retreating temporarily when something great happens to overshadow it. No one should have to live on that roller-coaster, and it’s possible to get off of it.
Psychologists have long attributed persistent or recurring feelings of inadequacy to childhood experiences. We’re not born feeling inadequate, but children who are told they are at a young age start thinking “There must be something wrong with me”, and as they grow older those feelings become ingrained in their self-image.
Another, less mentioned, way feelings of inadequacy can manifest themselves is when neurodiverse people, for example people on the Autism spectrum, slip through the cracks and don’t get diagnosed or supported. They can spend their childhoods feeling “weird” or “wrong” because they don’t fit in and the feeling follows them into adulthood.
Whichever the source, it’s important to get a handle on these insidious feelings before they take up too much more of your…
