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This isn’t about making mistakes — it’s about believing you are one.
When “I Am Broken” is running your system, it feels like no amount of insight, effort, or support will ever change what’s fundamentally wrong with you.
Even when things go well, there’s a quiet echo underneath: This won’t last — because something in me just doesn’t work right.
How It Manifests in Your Life:
How It Manifests in Your Life:
You feel like you’re fundamentally flawed — not just struggling, but defective
You explain away success or progress as accidental or undeserved
You often feel unfixable, even when people say otherwise
You avoid intimacy or support because you don’t want others to see “how bad it really is”
You feel ashamed of the parts of you that need help, rest, or repair
Common Emotional Triggers:
Common Emotional Triggers:
Feedback — even constructive — often lands as confirmation of your defectiveness
Watching others handle life with ease triggers internal comparison and collapse
Being seen while struggling feels dangerous or humiliating
Trying to improve and still struggling reinforces hopelessness
Hearing encouragement can feel frustrating or hollow
What Therapy Does to Break the Cycle:
What Therapy Does to Break the Cycle:
“I Am Broken” isn’t just an idea — it’s a state of collapse.
At ShiftGrit, we treat this as a patterned belief embedded in identity, reinforced by emotional experiences that were never metabolized.
Through Pattern Reconditioning, we:
Help you surface the early experiences that taught your system you were defective
Recondition your emotional responses so pain doesn’t equal identity
Build new neural pathways where struggle and support no longer trigger shame, but restoration
You’re not broken. You’re wired to believe that your pain defines you.
Let’s change the wiring.
Related Belief Expressions:
Related Belief Expressions:
“No matter what I do, something always feels wrong”
“I’m just not built right”
“I’ll never be okay like other people”
“Something in me is permanently off”
“It’s only a matter of time before people figure out what I am”
Develops Into:
Develops Into:
Chronic shame and emotional shutdown
Isolation masked as independence
Avoidance of vulnerability or visibility
Hopelessness around change or healing
Depression, disconnection, or internalized anger
Emotional Regulation: The Key to Rewiring the Loop
Emotional Regulation: The Key to Rewiring the Loop
When your nervous system collapses under the weight of “brokenness,” it stops seeking repair — and starts reinforcing the story.
We help disrupt that loop.
This isn’t about pretending you’re fine. It’s about teaching your system that you’re whole — even when you’re hurting.
Explore the Therapy Path for This Belief
Explore the Therapy Path for This Belief
Want to see how this belief shows up in real life — and how we treat it at ShiftGrit?
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Want to Break Free from “I Am Broken”?
Want to Break Free from “I Am Broken”?
Therapy can help you reclaim the parts of you that have been mislabelled as defects — and reconnect with your identity beyond survival mode.
There’s nothing wrong with you that safety, clarity, and healing can’t reach.
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