The Reason It Feels Like Life Is Working Against You
And how to change that.
Have you ever felt like you’re broken? That the people around you have everything figured out, but you didn’t get the memo for whatever reason?
Same. That’s probably what exacerbated my depression and anxiety. But I don’t want to focus on mental illness in this article. Because, for many people, feeling like life works against you is much more simple yet complex than that.
The source of why life is more challenging than it has to be is what we tell ourselves. Every day. Over and over inside our minds.
Now you might be thinking, what the hell does that even mean? In which case, I want you to hear the voice that talks inside your head while you’re reading this article, the narrator that exists without you even trying.
That voice you hear is your inner dialogue, and the words it says are called self-talk.
One of people’s most significant obstacles ends up being their inner dialogue, and many of those people never even pay attention to the words it says. They’ve heard that self-talk so much, it feels like a part of them.
But it’s not.
“There is nothing more important to true growth than realizing that you…
