Changing the Self-Sabotaging Impulse

By Deah Curry PhD

Did you know there are at least 8 ways that even normal people sabotage our best intentions?

Self-sabotage can affect any area of life, and even masquerade as a smart way to be. It could be a possible diagnostic sign of generalized anxiety or neurosis, a particular kind of mood or personality or dissociative disorder, or some other condition classified as a mental illness.

Or, in an otherwise healthy individual, self-sabotage can be viewed as a tension between explicit goals and implicit beliefs. That is, it’s seen as a repeated and ineffective action sourced in the discrepancy between what we say we want, and what we unconsciously believe we can have.

This article gives a brief explanation of 8 typical types of self-sabotage and shows how they involve hidden beliefs and the seduction of fast payoffs that keep us from getting what we really want. A holistic process for shifting self-sabotage into sustainable change is provided.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Liminal Realities
• Release date: Jul 4, 2012
• ISBN: 9781476432373

Deah Curry PhD

Deah Curry PhD is a retired psychotherapist, business coach, and educator who specialized in helping women and solopreneurs in the healing arts. As a worrytamer, she worked to empower others with her solid knowledge, proven skills, and creative alternative approaches to contentment and success.Dr Deah earned a multidisciplinary masters degree combining teaching, counseling, and health systems at Antioch University Seattle, and a doctorate in psychology at Saybrook University in California. She was given the Jourard Award for research in humanistic psychology by the American Psychological Association. She has lived and traveled in Asia, Europe, and the US.

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