[Celyn]

I would say that my personal biggest challenge in my life is doubting myself. It sounds quite 'simple' but actually it's affected me in big ways.

Because of my self-doubt, I have missed out on opportunities which were few and far between to begin with. I've wasted time too by not being able to make decisions due to self-doubt. I've also unintentionally caused problems for others by doubting myself whereas maybe things could've turned out differently for them, if I had been able to take charge of a situation and make decisions rather than doubt and worry.

Doubting myself has also made it hard to open up about things as well as I tend to doubt that others will understand me let alone be able to help. On the flip side, doubting myself has lead me to place what other people say far above my own thoughts and has lead to me nearly taking their advice (it was good advice in their mind, but it was actually quite poor advice and I'm glad that I only partly, not fully, took their advice).

Since I've wasted time doubting myself, now that I have actually started to make decisions about my life and what I want to do....we are in and out of lockdowns due to the pandemic, making it difficult to actually do much. Which is frustrating.

But even then, when I think I've made a decision, I still end up questioning whether it's the right one or whether things are going to get worse, what if I don't like the result of the decision that I make etc.