Five Fatalistic Beliefs That Paralyze You

Many people are not aware of their deep-seated fatalistic beliefs. At some point, these beliefs somehow filter into your consciousness and stay there for years. You believe that the way you see the world is normal.

Rarely do you question your ideas. However, you must realize that these ideas are unrealistic and unfounded. You notice that when you take a closer look at them.

The biggest problem with fatalistic beliefs is that they limit your horizons in a significant way. They are false ideas camouflaged with truths.

That way they can mislead you with wrong conclusions about your reality. The worst part about this is that she wants to kill you to change and live your life in a different way.

One by one, these false beliefs are planting themselves in your collective unconscious. And that’s not all that’s happening. Society also upholds these false ideas because they seem to explain some of life’s challenges. Let’s look at the five most common fatalistic beliefs.

Five fatalistic beliefs

1. I must blame and punish the people who hurt me

This is one of the fatalistic beliefs that causes us to behave in a childish way in our relationships. It makes us think that in many situations we are passive victims of the actions of others. The reason is that the role of victim is much more attractive than taking responsibility.

In this context, many conflicts end in increasing violence. All those involved harm each other over time. It’s also common for one or all of the parties involved in the conflict to be more concerned about “winning” or playing the victim than about actually solving the problem.

2. My adversity comes from external causes, so I can’t help it

This happens when you believe that negative experiences come from unseen forces that you do not understand or have no control over. For some reason this misfortune attaches itself to you.

Blaming an outside force over things actually makes it possible to avoid responsibility. It makes you a victim of random chance or fate. If you can’t control what happens to you, why try?

In this situation, you again assume that you are not the subject. On the contrary, you are the object of bad luck. You reject any responsibility for your actions and at the same time the freedom to direct your own life.

If you believe this, then you will attribute everything that happens to external forces. That way you don’t have to examine your own actions and mistakes.

3. It is easier to avoid problems than to confront them

Looking for problems is as stupid as trying to avoid them. You constantly hear and see messages telling you to keep things simple, not to get involved in problems.

They tell you to leave things as they are and avoid shaking the tree. Often these messages lead to passivity and conformism.

The worst part, though, is that by avoiding your problems, you often make them worse. Temporarily and maturely addressing things can help ensure they don’t cause permanent damage.

Burying your head in the sand and waiting for something to pass can be an expensive decision. You might want to stop looking at the problem for a while. However, the consequences of this could be disastrous.

4. People don’t do what they’re supposed to do

Some people choose to talk away the evil in the world with all sorts of explanations. After all, according to them, it is the logical consequence of the actions of others.

So other people don’t do what they’re supposed to do. That’s why things don’t work. This fatalistic belief does not help. On the contrary, it seriously distorts the interpretation of reality.

This conviction also helps you to avoid responsibility. Of course it is possible that you are right about “other” people. They may not be doing what they should. However, you cannot explain every evil on the basis of the mistakes of others or of actions with bad intentions.

5. It’s terrible when things don’t go the way I want

Fatalistic beliefs are often rooted in the hearts of self-centered people. It is their egocentrism that prevents them from dissecting their own beliefs.

This makes it difficult, if not impossible, for them to accept the possibility that they are wrong. That’s why it’s easy to find people who get frustrated when things don’t happen exactly the way they want them to.

The reason is that they believe there is only one way to see and do things: their way. When reality goes against their desires, they don’t broaden their horizons and accept it. Instead, they fight against reality and cannot move on.

We would like to close with this comment. All these fatalistic beliefs are harmful. They contribute to the idea that you are not in control of your life. Rather, they erase the freedom and autonomy we can all possess.