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Why Do Dreamers Self-Sabotage?

A Look Into the Mind of Daydreamers

SodaKite
3 min readDec 17, 2021
Photo by Harold Wijnholds on Unsplash

It doesn’t matter what path a dreamer follows or how wonderful life is, their head will be in the clouds. There is always something better, some greater aspiration knocking at their door. It pulls them in a hundred directions — making it hard to focus on a one dream.

Am I A Dreamer?

If you are a dreamer, you may often find yourself fantasizing about multiple futures, both realistic and non-realistic. You often space out, sometimes in public. You dream about how your life could be improved.

What is Self-Sabotage?

Self-sabotage is defined as behaviors or thought patterns that hold you back and prevent you from doing what you want to do.

5 Reasons Dreamers Self-Sabotage

“What is required for many of us, paradoxical though it may sound, is the courage to tolerate happiness without self-sabotage.”

Nathaniel Branden

1. Control

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