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How do you work through doubt in your life?

Sometimes in life I struggle with my very identity. I lose sight of who I am. This forces me to examine the parts of me that I don't like and the parts of me that I do like in order to affirm who I am to myself. This process has no standard length of time and usually doesn't care about what is happening in my schedule. I am interested in how others work their way through this process, what affirms you in your identity?

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Talk to God .

I work through doubt by looking at the situation to see what has already taken place in my frame of reference that I can look to, as well learn from, to gauge my skeptical outlook. Doubt is a way that my mind either "protects" me or " controls" me. I am a free spirit, which means I hate to be told what to do. So, when doubt creeps in I examine before I leap and then I do what I do, which is go into the experience with my eyes wide open:)

I just get up everyday and continue, if the doubt is too strong, it holds me back but only for a while because then I get bored so have to just keep going as if there is no doubt until it goes away.

I try to make my assumptions explicit, determine a course of action (which I connot be certain will be right) act. Reflect on my actions. Alter my assumptions accordingly. It is my belief that this will result in progress that wards off doubt.

doubt is good. It keeps us never satisfied and always searching for truth. Yet what you have is a feeling of selflessness. I question who i am as well yet it never bothers me that much. Do you just feel you dont know where you are or who you are? There is many things you can question. This is really brought. You could ask who am i in a sense as what am i really made out of am i really in this universe or is this illusion. You can ask who am i in a sense of the personality what kind of person am i do i really know myself. You can also ask who am i as a question to what is my purpose. all questions are worth asking yet its really hard to talk about if question is not specified. Does this doubting makes you depressed? Bothers you and wont let you spend time in the way you want too? Or does it just fascinates you and thats why you posted this question

faith... I look at a road map that shows me the route to London, I set of with some faith that it will help me get there - however, I have my doubts because its an old road map... things have changed. Does this doubt make me a better or worse driver in terms of my likelihood or arriving at my destination?

Some people sound as if the were always sure. I take all these folks opinions with a grain or two of salt. Having confidence in confidence does not make you more right. In fact, it signals that you are not in the habit of scrubbing your own opinions.

By doubting the doubts, that is.

By doubting them.

You are not your thoughts...or doubts for that matter. If defining yourself through your thoughts, doubts, desires, car, house, etc...you might miss an opportunity to become a better expression of the life that inhabits you. Self analysis will make you crazy. Just maybe your mind can't comprehend the meaning of becoming a human...being.

Just accept yourself "as is". You don't get so picky on others why do it on yourself? We tend to cut everyone else some slack, why are we then so hard on ourselves? Stop! just love who you are, start by doing so today. We all have good and not so good parts, but it makes us interesting.............you are you, and that's who you are meant to be. Do things that keep you busy and happy. So your mind wont have all this time to be confused.

Sounds like you are struggling for the controls. Don't confuse your identity with what you think other people would want you to be. This is your world; claim it.

doubt is not identity damaging to me... living with doubt is just real - living with certainty is the silly mistake...accepting probabilities instead, ones that encompass doubt, and accepting your parts (likable and not so likable) that's life.

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