How to Disprove Your Negative Self-Beliefs

What you believe to be true about yourself will encourage your habits and behaviours, which will only continue to convince you of any negative beliefs.

The negative beliefs you have about yourself might have been conditioned into you throughout your childhood, but as you grow older, it’s up to you to understand and change them if they don’t serve you. What you believe to be true about yourself will encourage your habits and behaviours, which will only continue to convince you of any negative beliefs. It becomes a self-fulfilling prophecy that can be incredibly difficult to break out of if you aren’t mindful of these beliefs and their effects.

Below are a few tried-and-true methods I’ve used throughout my own personal development journey to change the way I see myself. These methods have allowed me to develop a more compassionate perspective and the necessary emotional tools to continue to adjust the way I show up for myself within my circumstances. No one is perfect; it’s okay to sometimes be upset with or ashamed of yourself. What’s important is how willing you are to gather enough evidence to disprove the negative beliefs you have about yourself in moments of shame and disappointment so that your inherent self-worth remains intact.

• Stop going back on your word. When you say you’re going to do something and then don’t follow through, you’re showing yourself that you aren’t trustworthy. When you lack self-trust, you lack self-worth.

• Start implementing all the things you know you need to do to get to where you want to be. While this is much easier said than done, even seeing yourself attempt these new habits or goals can help boost self-trust and change the beliefs you have about yourself.