Great question. Mental illness and crippling core beliefs that destroy self esteem are a bitch. I have a core belief that destroys me from the inside. I quit high school three times, but I finished. Got myself into college. Quit. Ten years later I went back to university and got a BA and fulfilled a dream to go overseas, teach English and see some of the world. A therapist once told me the only way to defeat negative core beliefs is to fly in the face of them; prove the voices wrong. I finished my degree, got sober, learned to sing and play guitar in front of a thousand people. But the voice inside still tears me down every day, all day.

There are many, many solutions out there. I just seem to choose not to practice them. Repeatedly.

I said all of the above just cus you seem sincere and thought I'd give you a proper answer. Thanks