Teen Chat: 7 Ways To Believe In Yourself Part 1
Hi Teens:
“I could never do that, Vicky replied when her friend Tara told her that she was going to run for Student Council President.
Steve said to Derek, “I am going to try out for the school volleyball team, are you?”
Derek had been practicing for several weeks, and he had a good chance of making the team, but he was thinking, What if I don’t make it? I would feel awful. Cory even said just the other day that I am no good at volleyball.
Have you ever said or thought, “I’m not smart enough to do that,” or “I’m not good enough to do that?”
The reason you think and say things like that is because of the beliefs you have about yourself, which are most likely based on comments that have been made by others at some point in your life. You end up believing not in yourself, but instead in what other people thought instead.
Here are a few samples of limiting beliefs that may sound familiar to you. Do you ever say or think:
I am unlovable.
I am undeserving.
I am unwanted.
I don’t matter.
I...