Dealing with Shattered Illusions, Beliefs and Self-Concepts

When everything you hold dear turns out to be a sham, when what you believe is a lie and how you view yourself crumbles, life can be empty, painful, and without joy. How can you come back from such personal deficits? It isn’t easy or quick, yet there is a way of dealing with shattered illusion, beliefs and self-concepts. Why do you feel this way? Take some time to examine why you feel so disillusioned. Were you harshly criticized as a child and were subsequently reluctant to trust your own feelings or beliefs? Were you confused by the disconnect between what your parents taught/demanded and what you actually believed? This kind of dysfunction is often the root cause of a lifelong insecurity, low self-esteem and lack of self-confidence. Maybe you’ve suffered a string of defeats in your career, school or home life. This could have created a perfect storm of an inability to trust in your decisions and confusion about everything you thought you believed. You might be so disheartened that you slip into depression or begin to experience a mood disorder. Therapy Helps Getting past the bleakness and hopelessness that often accompanies shattered illusions, beliefs and self-concepts is immensely helped with psychoanalysis or psychotherapy. In fact, there’s nothing like talking with a professional one-on-one to help you sort out what’s real and what you’ve mistakenly come to believe is true. For example, if you think you can’t make any good decisions, your therapist can di...
Source: World of Psychology - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Grief and Loss Self-Esteem Self-Help Source Type: blogs