Your ‘Core Beliefs’ are the things you believe about yourself, others or the world around you that affect how you perceive your reality. They are deeply ingrained into you and are difficult (but not impossible) to change. They are rigid and often inflexible.
Usually these beliefs have been given lots of proof throughout your life and solidified them. For example, if you perceived people as abandoning you often, you would gain the core belief that everyone will abandon you eventually.
Positive examples:
- “I am worthy of love”
- “I am trustworthy”
- “My needs are important”
- “My opinions matter”
- “The world is full of nice people”
Negative examples:
- “the world is scary and is full of people who want to hurt me”
- “My relationships never work out”
- “I am weak”
- “Everyone will leave me in the end”
- “There is no hope that things will get better in this world”
Your core beliefs tie in a lot with your 🍃 Locus of Control.
You can use core beliefs as a writing tool to make characters in stories more interesting. See 🍃 How to write a good character.