What is doubt to you?

[Dynamic]

I’d love as many responses as possible!

 

[Lost in the Woods]

A constant state of being. I also think doubt is a sign of intelligence in many circumstances but not always. The margins of most “things” get a little fuzzy and believing such things are definite or clear can mislead us. I try to learn to thrive on uncertainty and make decisions based on perceived probability of the outcome. People like us crave certainty and clarity, that isn’t always available.

 

[AngelKeeperJ]

Doubt is lack of belief? That’s the first thing that comes to me

 

[arfie]

hmmmm. . . i've been chewing this seemingly simple question for an hour or three now and ? ? ? thank you for the high fiber chew. it doesn't seem possible i haven't pondered the question before, but it feels new to me.

i find myself wondering if trust and doubt are two sides of the same coin. if i trust, there is no doubt. if i doubt, there is no trust. but those are the polar extremes. in learning the level of trust required for effective healing, i have come to doubt that trust is an either/or proposition. i can trust a therapist to help me with my ptsd while i doubt their effectiveness in marriage counseling.

dunno, but i thank you again for the high fiber chew. chew chew. . .

 

[Rose White]

Sometimes doubt can be the whisper of sanity pulling me out of a fantasy.

 

[Dynamic]

Sometimes doubt can be the whisper of sanity pulling me out of a fantasy.

Please elaborate ?

 

[Dark.Green.Feathers]

doubt to me is being unsure. it’s natural even with trust. sometimes they’re projects to challenge (doubting my T will be kind, doubting close friends care about me) and sometimes they’re safety precautions (doubting i can do something safely on my own, doubting someone is telling the whole story).

i think doubts shouldn’t be buried. i like to find and show them facts to reassure them, and/or be curious about where they come from and why they’re there. (doubting T will understand, where does that come from without any proof? i’m feeling very vulnerable; scared; projecting past experience onto her)


i think doubts are often fear-based and i shouldn’t be too in-my-head about them. mine like when i'm pragmatic and pull up a full picture of what they’re worried about so i can weigh up the objective aspects of it myself, instead of doing too much guess-work. doubting my friend likes me? i could pick apart all our interactions in the past week and “what if” a lot of upsetting ideas with some anxiety injected in, or i can look at what’s true, what they’ve objectively done, and actually it doesn't look too bad after that.


sometimes they’re anxious dead ends, sometimes they should be kept an eye on or heeded, a lot of the time they want physical proof as reassurance.

 

[Friday]

Probability being elsewhere.

 

[Dynamic]

Probability being elsewhere.

I dont understand please explain?

 

[WinnieThePoohChris]

Doubt is not trusting or valuing your own opinion or view. If you did then the facts or details dont matter.

Probability being elsewhere, means you doubt as the probability of being correct is being associated with something else?

 

[Mach123]

I don’t think I can give an appropriate answer is it that? Or not knowing if I’m answering in the spirit of the original question. It could be that as well. But I doubt it .