tertiary · Worthlessness

Something Wrong with Me

Part of the Shame & Guilt Wheel

What is Something Wrong with Me?

A core belief that something is fundamentally wrong with you. Not what you did — what you are.

When you might feel something wrong with me

Something Wrong with Me is a specific form of i-am-bad, which itself is a type of worthlessness. You might experience this feeling in situations where worthlessness is present, particularly when the circumstances align with the nuances that define something wrong with me.

Emotional Hierarchy

WorthlessnessI-Am-BadSomething Wrong with Me

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Related Emotions

Broken

Feeling damaged in a way that can't be fixed. As if you came incomplete....

Flawed

A pervasive sense of not being as whole, good, or whole as others seem to be....

Fraud

Convinced your competence or success is accidental. That you've fooled people an...

Not-Good-Enough

Chronic sense of inadequacy. Achievements don't touch this belief — it runs deep...

Faking-It

Performing a version of yourself that doesn't match how you feel inside....

Undeserving

Believing that love, care, or good things are not meant for you specifically....

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