What do you people of TheOT do when you start to doubt yourself?

I just look in the mirror

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Overcompensate with arrogance

When I catch myself doubting that I can do something, I ask myself why am I afraid? Once I get to the core of what I am afraid of, I break that goal down into smaller more manageable goals. Overcompensating with arrogance will help too.

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Overcompensate with arrogance

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This seems to be a common thing. I'm not sure as to what degree of arrogance you assume, but I think of the gym-rat sorts who overcompensate for their doubt in their masculinity by accumulating massive muscle size, even though it's not a necessity when their largely non-athletes, some are even downright awful at sports.

I'm not saying this is you, just made me think of that.

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Remember in middle school when everyone bragged about getting laid that was obviously bullshite. It was so obvious to me at the time. Most people never grow out of it, overcompensating for their insecurities. It's not bad, it works. If you wanna be confident, be confident. Fake it til you make it.

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Agree, but to a healthy extent . Also, I would keep those things confined in my own mind instead of telling them out loud.

Agreed. Just do it.

i basically work harder at everything (that i can control) when i doubt myself. i start cancelling other activities in order to get the affected area of my life back up to par, and i get much more rigid in terms of making sure i'm getting enough exercise, eating right, and getting enough sleep, at the expense of hobbies and other extracurriculars.

i do have anxiety/ruminate about whatever is wrong, which is productive in some cases and counterproductive in others. if i feel like i can't control my anxiety about something and that it's not a productive sort of anxiety, i'll go talk to a therapist (it has very rarely come to that, almost never, but it's been very helpful in a few cases to me).

so essentially, i focus all of my energy on whatever i'm having trouble with/doubting myself about. i read about it, think about it, and work on it. i also mentally prepare myself for the possibility that i am incapable of whatever it is, and that if that's the case, life will go on.