It's a Trap #6 Is Feelings of unworthiness another Trap?
- Ed Green
- Mar 8, 2022
- 2 min read
Updated: Jan 29
Trap #6: Feelings of Unworthiness
If blaming others is a crowded cell, unworthiness is the one with bunk beds stacked three high.
Telling yourself you’re not smart enough, young enough, educated enough, talented enough—or any other version of not enough—is a sure way to trap yourself in a very busy jail. The irony? You’ll find plenty of company there. This is Trap #6 as we continue working our way toward number one.
What’s almost funny—if it weren’t so painful—is that many of these beliefs didn’t even start with you. Often it was peers, family members, teachers, or authority figures who first questioned your worth. Over time, their voices became your own. Eventually, you became harder on yourself than anyone else ever was.
Mistakes that could be corrected quietly turn into personal flaws. Errors become character defects. And before long, simple missteps that can be corrected are treated like unforgivable sins. This is where belief steps in and seals the cell door. Not because it’s true—but because it feels true.
From a psychospiritual perspective, this is the moment when identity gets confused with experience. You don’t just have a setback—you become the setback. The mind labels it. The body carries it. And the soul waits, wondering when it’s allowed back into the conversation.
Here’s the uncomfortable truth: belief is powerful. In fact, it’s so powerful that if people who felt unworthy truly understood how much it shapes their reality, they could change the direction of their lives almost instantly
Start here: believe you’re better than you think you are. Believe there’s more to you than you’ve been told. Believe that who you are becoming matters more than who you once were.
And then do something radical—but practical. Every day, take one small action that moves you closer to who you want to be. One step. One choice. One follow-through. There is no greater enemy of unworthiness than achievement, because action quietly dismantles the lie.
This also means resisting the urge to make decisions based on what you assume others think of you—especially when those assumptions sound suspiciously like your own inner critic. When you don’t choose yes, I can or yes, I will, you deny others the chance to prove you wrong.
Every one of us has value. Every one of us deserves a life of well-being. And each of us is worthy of living the quality of life we were meant to live—not someday, but now.
Some of you may be thinking, That’s easier said than done. But is it really? Or is there something standing in the way?
Another trap? Or perhaps… just fear. Try asking yourself - What belief about myself have I accepted as fact without ever questioning—and what small action today would challenge that belief?
And that brings us to Trap #5…
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