8 Signs You Don't Trust Yourself

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Published 2020-09-29
Learning how to trust yourself is the key to creating a healthy relationship with yourself, as it fosters a deeper sense of self-love, self-compassion, and self-confidence within us. But for a lot of us, self-trust doesn’t always come so easily. Many people often struggle with issues of self-doubt that can lead them to sabotage their own chances of happiness and success. So, how do you know when you don’t trust yourself? In this video, we've listed out a few signs that can help you figure it out before it’s too late!

If you relate to this video and want to learn how to trust your gut again, we have a video on the gut instincts you shouldn't ignore:    • 7 Gut Instincts You Should Not Ignore  

Writer: Chloe Avenasa
Script Editor: Morgan Franz
Script Manager: Kelly Soong
VO: Amanda Silvera
Music & Sound Design: Urban Goose Studios
Animator: Ceechan
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Hermann, A. D., Leonardelli, G. J., & Arkin, R. M. (2002). Self-doubt and self-esteem: A threat from within. Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, 28(3), 395-408.

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All Comments (21)
  • @Psych2go
    Do you struggle with self doubt?
  • @PlanetPsych
    :_PSIPsi:1. You always 2nd guess yourself 1:00 :_PSIPsi:2. You overthink everything 1:34 :_PSIPsi:3. You trust other opinions more than your own 2:10 :_PSIPsi:4. You don't validate your own experiences 2:40 :_PSIPsi:5. You're afraid to speak up 3:23 :_PSIPsi:6. You try to control everything 4:00 :_PSIPsi:7. You struggle to recognize your worth 4:28 :_PSIPsi:8. You're overly self critical 4:59 Have a gr8 day every1.
  • @ray0co486
    Here we are sitting on a couch thinking about how horrible was my tone in a conversation with a girl that I talked 4 years ago.
  • @Ashley-gw9jh
    Honestly psy2go really be knowing how I feel and it's starting to get to me 😭
  • I imagine a lot of people with self-trust issues probably learned it from someone else growing up. When you get treated as if everything you do is wrong and you can't make decisions on your own for a long time, you come to believe it's the truth, when the truth is the person telling you those things was likely either using it to manipulate and control you or was projecting their own insecurities onto you.
  • @kroolan974
    Me clicking on this video knowing damn well I don’t trust myself but just wanna confirm anyway
  • @FuzzyRedVelvet
    I experience this everyday, I'm glad others can relate. Even if I get any answer right, I always check it on the web.
  • @-k1ts0-97
    I lack self-love and self-confidence, I just feel that I'm just a terrible human being and I'm just a burden to everyone. And because of that I feel like I NEED to help people around me, but at the same time I feel that I'm going to mess up and everyone will judge me, cause I'm not good enough. It's just, painful when people say good things about me, because I just feel like they're lying or/and making fun of me, and that just makes everything worse.
  • Summary: (Update added timestamp :D) 1. You always second guess yourself 1:00 2. You overthink everything 1:34 3. You trust other peoples opinion more than your own 2:10 4. You dont validate your own experiences 2:40 5. You're afraid to speak up 3:23 6. You try to control everything 4:00 7. You struggle to recognise your worth 4:28 8. You're overlycritical of yourself 4:59 There you go :)
  • @varianzero7469
    Oh yeah, I definitely don’t trust myself. Or most people for that matter.
  • When you don't trust yourself, you might feel uncomfortable spending time looking inward. You might try to keep busy all day by constantly getting involved in activities or thinking about small things outside of yourself. Break the habit of looking away from yourself by patiently looking inward👍
  • I thought being an indecisive, insecure, closed perfectionist, pessimist and overthinker were part of my character... i guess there's a real reason why i've been like this for these past few years, the weird nightmares furtherly explain it as well
  • @Th1nA1r
    Can we get a video on tips to build self-trust? It would be super super helpful! Thank you for all the work you guys put into these by the way!
  • @zarastar8460
    everyone relates to the problem but why isn’t anybody talking on how to solve it?
  • I found your channel while i trying to find what me, an introvert is. And after that i become proud of being just me. 😊
  • waw it's a bit hard when you state things clearly in front of you, specially when it comes down to describing yourself! i go through all these 8 things everyday, I try to pep talk myself sometimes, but in the end I always feel I'm not good enough! or I'm not worthy! Somehow I feel the opposite, but at times my actions just seem to take me back to these assumptions! I know I'm good, I just find it hard to prove to myself that I am good, before proving to others that I am!
  • @cloub_gacha9135
    Video: "Do you relate to this video?" Me: Every. Single. One.