What Are Insecurities?

Most of us have heard of insecurities but I think some of us are confused as to what our insecurities are and how they can show up in our lives.

So, here are my thoughts on insecurities to help you get to know yours more and hopefully begin to tackle them.

In a nutshell, insecurities are just fear. Many of the uncomfortable things in life can be reduced down to being fear. Our insecurities stem from one or more fears that we have.

The fear of not being smart enough.

The fear of failure.

The fear of letting others down.

The fear of being inadequate.

One of my biggest insecurities is my intelligence. This, when broken down, is just a fear that I’m not as smart as those around me. That I’m not clever enough to be a successful writer. That I’m an imposter in my industry.

Our insecurities are usually around a limit or weakness that we have about ourselves or our lives, whether they are true or not.

You can feel insecure about money because you’ve never made a lot. You can be insecure about your intelligence (like me) because you don’t have a university degree which is a “limit” or “lack” that you feel you have in yourself and your life.

If you’re not good at something (or think you’re not) you feel insecure about that thing. You feel like you’re stacked up for failure and so you’re afraid of that thing and what it means about you to even try.

“I’m fat and always will be.”

“I’m just not as smart as other people, I don’t take in information.”

“I can never make as much money as I’d like to because of XYZ.”

It’s this narrative that we hold on to and believe more than we should, allowing it to manifest as this big fear, this big limit, this…

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