{"id":401,"date":"2011-12-07T16:51:34","date_gmt":"2011-12-07T16:51:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.brianmashburn.net\/?p=401"},"modified":"2011-12-07T16:51:34","modified_gmt":"2011-12-07T16:51:34","slug":"doubts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.brianmashburn.net\/?p=401","title":{"rendered":"Doubts"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u201cWhen doubts come, and they will, beware of taking them too seriously.\u201d<\/em> \u2013 Your Truly<\/font><\/p>\n

Doubt is probably not usually listed as one of your primary villains in life, but it should be. This little demon is so subtle that I don\u2019t even know what to categorize it as. A feeling? A thought? An instinct? <\/p>\n

Is it emotional or rational? Be careful answering too quickly. I\u2019ve seen it come initially as an emotion, and then quickly rationalized in order to justify feeling it. And I\u2019ve seen it come initially through a logical thought process, only to be defended quite emotionally when challenged with more logic.<\/p>\n

Have you heard of homeostasis? It is something in your brain and body that is constantly at work to keep things the way they are. I sometimes wonder if doubt is as much physical as anything else.<\/p>\n

Whatever it is, it is potentially insidious, and is certainly responsible for gazillions of hours of people\u2019s attention every single day.<\/p>\n

People have a love-hate relationship with doubt, too, so it is very difficult to want it to just go away forever. Add to that the legitimate role that doubt can play in life when properly utilized and you have the perfect backdrop for a conspiracy to sabotage the potential of your life and freeze you in your tracks (at least in any meaningful way).<\/p>\n

Here are some of the spirit-killing ways in which doubt merges with otherwise good people:\"image\"<\/a><\/p>\n