1. You will never truly be at peace
You know how when you tell a lie to someone else you are always worried they will find out your lying? Say you had a late night out with friends drinking and dancing the night away. You are having the best time of your life and then you remember tomorrow is Monday. Fast forward to the next morning and you are so hungover that you have to call out of work. This is where panic sets in cause you have to think of a lie to get out of work! You text your boss that youâre sick and you canât make it in and now your heart is beating fast as you wait for their response. Now, why is your heart racing???? Because you know you are lying!!!
This is the same way it feels when you lie to yourself. You live in a state of anxiety without peace because you know you arenât being truthful with yourself. Come on now. You knew you had that exam coming up, but YOU chose not to study, so I donât want to hear any excuses when you fail lol. Keep it real with yourself. Donât depend on others to do it for you.
2. You will have inauthentic relationships
I believe this point is pretty self-explanatory. How can you build strong bonds based on trust when you arenât even honest with yourself? You have to figure yourself out before you go trying to build bonds with others. This can prevent a lot of your relationships from becoming unhealthy and toxic.
3. You wonât reach your full potential
This is the most important reason why lying to yourself is unhealthy. Think about all the dreams and goals you have for yourself. Are you doing everything you can to meet these goals? Be honest, donât just say yes because you want to be âpositiveâ keep it real with yourself. I will tell you I have had dreams of having abs of steel for so long and guess what I donât have them! You know why? Because I havenât been in the gym lol itâs okay to admit when we are falling short.
4. Dangerous
Now you guys may think this example is crazy, but we are keeping it real. Imagine you go out to the club and your looking cute. This hater starts looking at you crazy, talking slick at the lips, and instead of you ignoring her negative energy you decide to confront her smh knowing you cant fight. What are you doing??? Are you crazy? Now you have a busted lip because you were trying to front in public like youâre a fighter when youâre not. Lying to yourself is absolutely dangerous so stop.
I promise you, if you stop lying to yourself today you will start to feel much better and notice you are way more at peace and productive. I hope you enjoyed my advice until next time friends.
