7 Signs Of Self Sabotage
Channel: Psych2Go
Date: 2020-10-11

Wrecking your own potential success is not just a harmless byproduct of low self-esteem. Self-sabotage can take a huge toll on your relationships, health, finances, and career. Are you curious if you or someone you know may be self-sabotaging themselves? If so, we made this video to help identify with some of those signs. To solve anything, you must get to the root or a problem. 

If you relate to this video and want to learn more about the habits of a destructive person, we have a video on that too: https://youtu.be/3u-ImON16rs

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Script Editor: Rida Batool 
Script Manager: Kelly Soong 
VO: Amanda Silvera 
Animator: Sam Rain 
YouTube Manager: Cindy Cheong 

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