Fraud

How often do we feel like frauds in our own skin? How often do we feel like we are faking it to the world, while inside we are just sad, insecure little children? That voice that tells you that you are not good enough, that you are not doing enough, that you are not enough. I hear that voice a lot. Especially when I try to help others overcome their battles and teach people to cope with the skills I have learned myself, I feel like a fraud. Who am I to tell anyone else what to do or how to feel?

What gives me that right? No matter how much experience I have or how many years I have lived the life I am helping others reach, it does not matter. I still feel less than. I still feel that sense of false identity. I may be an expert in my life, but how does that make me an expert for others to come to for help?

When I experience these lows, it is difficult to reset my thinking and shift to a positive mindset. I struggle to see the cup half full sometimes, and I am teaching people exactly that. This is why I feel like a fraud. How can I preach something that I don't believe in myself all of the time? Is this a weakness or is this human? Either way, I have to work exceptionally hard to pull myself out of that sense of sabotage and self-doubt and remember that I worked hard to get where I am today. I worked ferociously to learn the skills and lessons that I now pass on to others. There is always room for growth, but I would say that I am an expert in overcoming obstacles in my life. I am a champion within my own battles, and that alone makes me worthy of the life I lead today.

I can help people, because that is all that is required to do so: the desire. The knowledge will be different for each individual based on the things they have learned or overcome, and that is fine. I am worthy of helping others overcome their trauma, abuse, addictions, and other obstacles because I myself have overcome trauma, abuse, addiction, and other obstacles. I know that I can make a difference because I made a difference in my own life. I do not have to be a doctor to make a difference. I just need to be myself.