Self-Sabotage or Self-Protection? The Truth Might Surprise You
Short Answer:
What we call self-sabotage is often an intelligent survival strategy.
Somewhere inside you may exist an older pattern that learned visibility wasn’t safe, joy didn’t last or success came with consequences.
Your nervous system doesn’t always protect your dreams. Sometimes it protects your history.
Self-sabotage is rarely a sign that something is wrong with you. Many spiritually aware women discover that when things begin going well, old reactions, fears and behaviors suddenly appear.
This can happen when deeper emotional programming becomes activated. In families shaped by stress, loss, survival, silence, criticism, addiction, abandonment or emotional suppression, patterns can be passed from generation to generation.
So, sometimes what appears to be self-sabotage may actually be a protective strategy connected to inherited trauma and generational patterns that once helped someone survive.
Detailed Answer:
In my free Guide, The 3 Generational Trauma Patterns Running In The Background And Why Nothing Else Has Fixed Them I name the generational trauma patterns, offer strategies and answer clearly why nothing seems to fully heal:
