Self-sabotage at work, how is it manifested?

How is self-sabotage or self-boycott manifested in the workplace? What we sometimes think of as "bad luck" may be an unconscious mechanism. If the frustrations are recurrent and you frequently fall into vicious circles, we can think of certain self-sabotaging behaviors that could be coming into play.

As we know from Psychology, there are certain positions that are assumed unconsciously. Failure repeatedly can be one of them. In the workplace, this can be seen in people who either try very hard but finally "something happens" that does not allow them to show it, or in those people who directly sabotage their work (arriving late or breaking the rules repeatedly). This can happen even if they consciously say they enjoy or value their work.

Self-sabotage can be a defensive mode to not commit, or a response to a feeling of worthlessness or low self-esteem, among others. There are many transgenerational factors that can influence here. Family history in relation to work and recognition or vocational usually manifests itself if it is not worked.

Work, if chosen by the subject, is an extremely important space for expression and development. Because it is an important space, it can be sabotaged. Thus, the person can manifest two impulses simultaneously. One, that makes him yearn to grow in his work, and another, that drives him to hinder this path in different ways. Forgetfulness, delays, confusion in tasks, low motivation, procrastination, impulses, fears can, among other possible causes, be due to the latter.

Self-sabotage corresponds to those movements that somehow prevent the achievement of something that is desired. Like two forces operating at once. The issue is to be able to detect, become aware that what is really wanted is being hindered, and work on it, in order to prevent the self-boycott from definitively ending up causing the person to lose their job, which is what happens in many cases.

Many times, the individual does not believe he deserves either that position or the economic stability that it can bring. That feeling of inferiority can lead him to perform actions that convince him that he is not good enough, that he cannot do it. If the consequence is the challenge of a superior, the loss of a job, or the loss of economic income in the case of independent workers, this fact confirms the previous speech: "I can't do it", generating at the same time based on this unmotivated actions that continue to cooperate in the same direction.

In other cases, self-sabotage comes to mark that deep down the subject does not really want that job. As much as you consciously say you are very happy or convinced. Observing this present duality is very important to recognize actions that often do not correspond to what is said or thought consciously.

But in many other cases, self-sabotage appears precisely when the person is growing and achieving their goals. Even sometimes at key moments that would define promotions or achievements, very marked obstacles appear that prevent this from happening.

Self-sabotage in the workplace can generate such frustration and confusion that the person can be immobile, with very little self-confidence. It is interesting to work on it to raise awareness of its mechanism, associate it and dismantle it. Otherwise, it can lead someone to abandon a vocation with great potential.

 

 

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