Specific Limiting Statements

Adequacy; Enough

No matter what I do or accomplish, I am just not enough.

I believe that no matter my demonstrated abilities, I do not have enough to accomplish my own dreams.

I am inadequate and unloveable.

You're not good enough; you don't belong.

I am not attractive enough.

I'm not good enough.

I am not enough.

I am not good enough to have what I truly desire or to keep it if it does come to me.

I am incompetent.

Happiness

You have no right to be happy.

I have failed in my life and am now doomed to a lesser happiness.

Health and Well-being

I can't beat this cancer.

I will always have to battle this weight problem.

I will never weigh less than 145 pounds again.

I stop myself from being physically healthy.

Letting Go; Holding On

I am a packrat.

Let go of (thing/idea)? Yes, but I might need that later to keep me (safe, fed, warm, sheltered, solvent).

Money; Finances

I feel like we are swimming against the tide as far as finances and security, and it seems we are losing ground the harder we try.

If you're not careful about how you spend your money, you'll die in the Poor House or end up a Bag Lady.

Finances restrict me from moving on from a bad marriage.

I can never get out of debt.

It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to get into heaven.

I am too agoraphobic for money success in this world.

Work; Career; Success

I've always had to work hard for everything I got (material things).

My limitations (education/hearing loss) keep me from getting a job that I love and that pays me very well.

I cannot take risks; I must work in a job that I hate and I must not do anything rash or which endangers my security even though I can feel my self and my energy field being vacuumed up by my unfulfilling job and personal life.

I will never find/experience the "fulfilling/abundant work/career beyond my wildest dreams" that I desire. I have sought and sought only to find closed/unfertile opportunities.

You can have all the fun, and I will do all the work.

I believe the past conditioning of lower middle class "just making it".

Worthiness

I deserve punishment and am unworthy of love.

I am worthless and will never amount to anything the way I am.

I am unworthy of a joyously fulfilling abundant life.

Other

I'm not creative.

My husband will never resolve his emotional problems and I will lose him.

I just can't get this finished.

Links to Other Sections of this Article

• Introduction to the Process of Rescinding Outdated Vows
  
  
• Personal Exercises for Empowerment
  
  
• Examples of 36 Obsolete Vows and Limiting Statements
  
  
• The Twelve DailyAffirm Themes and Affirmations