Title: Limiting Beliefs
Headings: Limiting Beliefs
Limiting Beliefs
What are limiting beliefs?
I do/don't
I can't
I must/mustn't
I am/am not
Others are/will
How the world works
Why do we limit our beliefs?
Experience
Education
Faulty logic
Excuse
Fear
So what?
See also

Content: Fear
Limiting beliefs are often fear -driven. Locking the belief in place is the fear that, if we go against the beliefs, deep needs will be harmed. There is often a strong social component to our decisions and the thought of criticism, ridicule or rejection by others is enough to powerfully inhibit us. We also fear that we may be harmed in some way by others, and so avoid them or seek to appease them. So what? There is also the question of whether limiting beliefs are actually good for us and whether they keep us from harm. In practice some beliefs which limit us are actually valid beliefs which are worth keeping. The problem is telling the difference. The reality is that many of us err on the side of perceived (and not necessarily real) safety. Limiting beliefs are erroneous, being based on wrong 'facts' and so prompt us to treat things with undue caution.