Lies To Renounce
This list is a sample and not meant to be comprehensive
LIES
From UNBOUND, Appendix 3b, 4
LIES
- I’m never where I’m supposed to be – I shouldn’t be here – I should be dead – I don’t belong – I am always in the wrong place
- I’ll never amount to anything – I’ll never be a success – I am a failure
- I am of no significance.
- I have to do it all myself – No one will help me
- Nobody cares if I live or die
- I have to get it right – I have to be perfect/the best – I can’t make a mistake for something bad will happen
- My mother/father/sister/brother/spouse’s illness/death is my fault – I am responsible for their illness/death
- I do not have a voice – I am invisible
- It is always my fault
- Something’s wrong with me
- I am ugly
- I am unworthy
- I am a terrible mom
- I’m nothing – I don’t matter – I’m a mistake – I am worthless – I am not worthy
- God won’t/can’t help me – God doesn’t want to help me – God doesn’t care about me
- Mental illness – fear of mental illness
- Doubt, unbelief
- Religious pride, religiosity
- Shame, self-hatred, self-mutilation, sadomasochism
- Laziness, tiredness, weariness
- Perfectionism, pride, self-reliance, independence
- Specific areas of pride (i.e. intellectual pride)
- Grief, sorrow, sadness, crying
- Poverty, failure, hopelessness
- Addictions, alcoholism, nicotine, drugs, gluttony
- Lust, masturbation, fornication, adultery, rape, incest, homosexual encounters, beastiality, worthlessness
- Victim identity, powerlessness, helplessness, self-pity
- Homosexual identity or lifestyle
- Spirit of homosexuality or lesbianism
- Spiritism, spirit guide (“The spirit that came to me when I…”)
- False religions
- Occult: Ouija board, palm reading, fortunetelling, astrology, tarot cards (See Appendix 1 in Unbound)
From UNBOUND, Appendix 3b, 4