Originally Posted by
RECF 
Strange as it may be, I doubt myself occasionally.
Not strange at all. It sounds as if you were raised in an environment where you were taught to doubt yourself. You should feel great that you are taking action to break out of that!
I personally believe it takes a heavy dose of self-doubt to be able to grow and strengthen as a person. If we didn't doubt ourselves, we wouldn't be testing our new "design" in a safe way. Think about it...when you re-engineer a car, you road test it. When you develop new software, you beta test it. Testing a new concept, plan, or design in a controlled environment better guarantees a seamless roll-out to the public. So test the your skills when self-doubt creeps in...affirm your focus on self, run through your gratitude list, meditate, measure your progress, talk it out with AlAnon or SR friends.