As you succeed, your confidence will grow. The trick to this is, every time you reach what you believe is your limit, remind yourself that you can do more. Always assume that you can do more than you already have accomplished. By building the belief in your ability, you can accomplish anything in life. I do believe that there is a lot of innate goodness and balancing our minds do subconsciously to get us through hard times.
Energy follows thought.
Really appreciating what we DO have as opposed to what we would like to have, sometimes makes a signifcant difference. This is always an important element in healing that is often neglected. This means religion encompasses that to which most people are devoted and expect to get the most fundamental satisfaction in life. It is to have something that the heart trusts completely. Religion does not have to necessarily be involved in a shrine, church, synagogue, or temple, nor a complexed doctrine or clergy.