Self-sabotage and its causes

Studies revealed two main causes of self-sabotage:

• modeling: individuals tend to self-sabotage as they grew up seeing this in their parents' behavior
• power: persons may tend to self-sabotage by entering into relationships with people who are, one way or another, inferior to them

Self-sabotage can be defined as the action through which you undermine your worth and goals. Even though you want something, you do actions that are contrary to achieving your target. There are mainly two types of self-sabotaging behaviors, as follows:

• consci...