Your Mind Is Playing Tricks on You

Let’s start with something uncomfortable:

Your mind is not always your friend.

It whispers things that feel true but aren’t.
It convinces you that you’re safer where you are.
It tells you you’re not ready, not strong enough, not good enough.

Your mind builds a cage and convinces you that it’s shelter.

It calls fear “logic.”

It labels discomfort as “danger.”

It turns bad habits into comfort zones, and healing into a threat.

If you’ve ever caught yourself spiraling after a simple setback…
If you’ve ever avoided doing something you know is good for you…
If you’ve ever felt like you’re at war with yourself…

You’re not crazy.

You’re just dealing with a mind that learned survival, created a safe space for you to live in.

How Your Mind Plays Games With You

• It amplifies worst-case scenarios.

  You imagine one awkward moment and suddenly your whole future is ruined. But do you really know if the outcome will be positive or negative?

• It makes familiar pain feel “safe.”

  You stay in a cycle not because you love it, but because it’s predictable. Predictability is comforting; even when it’s not good for you.

• It creates false rules.

  “If I fail once, i’ll not be able to recover.”
  “People will hate me”

  “I’ll always be this way.”

  These aren’t facts. They’re mental scripts that you need to rewrite.

• It convinces you that progress isn’t real unless it’s perfect.

  You eat healthy for 5 days, then have one bad meal and spiral. One slip doesn’t stop improvement. But your mind tries to convince you it does.

• It turns self-doubt into self-sabotage.

  You want change. But the moment you feel a little low, your mind pulls you back toward old habits. That one drink. The puff… Escape.

So what do you do?

You start noticing the voice.

But you don’t have to obey it.
Don’t even have to argue with it.

Just noticing it and catching yourself is enough to turn it around. Let your sensible side do all the work.

You say:
“Thanks for the heads up. But I’m not living in fear anymore.”
“I see what my mind is doing.. and I’m choosing different this time.”

You build evidence against the lies:

• You did get through that dark day.

• You didn’t relapse when you had the urge.

• You can sit with discomfort and not self-destruct.

You make a habit of proving your mind wrong. Every. Single. Day.

And you do the thing that needs to be DONE.

You get outta bed and write a newsletter.
Get yourself that coffee you want then pump out 5 pieces of content.
Throw on that YouTube video and get started with client work.

YOU GET IT DONE.

That’s how you build trust with yourself.

That’s how you grow stronger than YOUR MIND.

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