More likely, they are limiting and self-sabotaging. In the worse case, they are completely debilitating. Collectively, they determine your viewpoint of life, but they are hidden from ordinary intellectual awareness. Both of these difficulties, as well as many other potential difficulties, are resolved by learning to use the Avatar tools skillfully. Freedoms replace limitations.
Opportunities replace problems.
Enemies turn into allies. More than you might think. Change your viewpoint and you change your life.