Freedom From Self-Sabotage

Self-Sabotage has been called the enemy within, the shadow, and the inner saboteur. It has been referred to in clinical manuals as Self-Defeating Personality Disorder. It is widespread, and is a problem for just about every one of us-at different levels of dysfunction.

Self-sabotage comes in many guises, stalking us in the form of self-denial, self-doubt, self-disapproval, and self-condemnation. At its worst, it constitutes not just self-defeat but self-destruction and self-hatred. It refers to a mysterious configuration that hides inside us and toils against our best interests. If we don't succeed in identifying and owning this sinister part, we can never be free.