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Why You Keep Second-Guessing Every Decision You Make
It's not that you're bad at deciding. It's that some part of you doesn't trust your own decisions to stay decided.
You decide. Then, almost immediately, some part of you starts building the case for the other option.
It's not that you're bad at deciding. It's that you don't trust your own decisions to stay decided.
That usually comes from somewhere: a time being confident cost you, or a habit of outsourcing decisions until your own judgment never got the practice it needed.
More research won't fix it. More information just gives the doubt more material to work with. What actually helps is finding where the mistrust started in the first place.
This article is educational, not a diagnosis or a substitute for therapy. Within uses AI, not a human, and isn't medical or mental health care. If you're in crisis, call or text 988 (US) or reach out to a trusted person.