Efficacy, mastery, and control over the environment are all markers of wellbeing in adults.

If you feel worthless, consider that it might not be the truth about you.

We all have beliefs about how we think and feel, why we think and feel, and what we should think and feel.

Second fear turns an anxiety state into an anxiety disorder because the fear of the fear creates resistance that creates more fear (and more resistance and more fear). Negative core beliefs turn a feeling into a depressive state because the interpretation of that feeling is that it means the person is helpless, hopeless, or worthless.