“I’m Not Good Enough” Journal Prompts for Healing
Have you ever felt like you aren’t enough? These journal prompts are here to assist you in diving deep into your inner world, and connecting with why you feel that you are not good enough, where this belief may have originated, helping you connect with your feelings, and heal your heart, so you can remember that you’ve always been good enough!
This is a list of journal prompts to assist with episode 76: Why Do I Feel Like I’m Not Good Enough? How to Heal the Feelings of Low Self-Worth, Shame, and Inadequacy.
Journal Prompts:
When you think of “not being enough”, where do you feel it in your body? Is there an aching in your chest? A pit in your stomach? Does your body get tight? Spend some time reflecting on where you feel the feeling of not being enough in your body.
When you feel like you are not enough, what feelings do you feel? Shame? Inadequacy? Sadness? Anxiety? Write all the feelings that arise when thinking about this belief.
In what areas of your life do you feel like you are not good enough?
When was the last time you felt like you were not enough? Explore this memory and any feelings and beliefs that arise.
Explore a time where you felt compared to someone else (or where you compared yourself to someone else) and felt not good enough. What was the comparison? How did it make you feel? What words of encouragement can you offer yourself now?
Were any adults critical towards you in your childhood? If so, who were they? What did they criticize you for? How did this make you feel?
Were any of your peers, friends, or siblings critical of you in your childhood? If so, who were they? What did they criticize you for? How did this make you feel?
Think of a time in your childhood when you felt like you weren’t good enough. Allow yourself to free write about this memory and experience. Allow yourself to write all your thoughts and emotions.
Was there a time in your childhood when you felt really happy or joyful and then felt like someone took that away? If so, what happened? How did this make you feel? Did you create any beliefs from this event?
Have you ever felt unseen throughout your life?
Have you ever felt like a failure?
Write a letter to a version of yourself who didn’t feel like they were good enough. Write everything you wish someone said to you at this time. Be loving, supportive, and compassionate to yourself.
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