“I Am Worthless” — A Core Limiting Belief

“I am worthless” doesn’t always sound like a loud internal voice.
Sometimes it’s just the heavy silence behind every apology, the impulse to shrink in relationships, or the reason success never feels earned.

This belief doesn’t come from truth — it comes from patterned survival logic.

What It Sounds Like Internally:

• “I’m not as valuable as other people.”
• “They’re just being nice — they don’t really mean it.”
• “I don’t deserve love, attention, or good things.”
• “I should be invisible.”
• “I make everything worse.”

Where It Shows Up:

• Minimizing your needs in relationships
• Feeling unworthy of rest, praise, or softness
• Sabotaging opportunities because failure feels familiar
• Apologizing constantly — even when you’ve done nothing wrong
• Emotionally numbing out in moments that should feel good

What It Can Lead To:

Unchecked, this belief often develops into:

• “I Don’t Belong Anywhere”
• “I Always Mess It Up Anyway”
• “If I’m Too Much, I’ll Be Abandoned”
• “If I Ask for Help, I’m a Burden”

What Therapy Targets:

Worthlessness isn’t just painful — it’s convincing.
It shows up in your nervous system like it’s keeping you safe from judgment, rejection, or disappointment. At ShiftGrit, we help recondition that internal script — not by arguing with it, but by helping your brain stop flagging worthiness as a threat.

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