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This Week’s Parasite: The Self-Sabotage Spider 🕷️
It weaves tiny, invisible webs, behaviors so subtle you don’t notice until you’re stuck in them.
Procrastination.
Avoidance.
Overcomplication.
Picking fights.
Delaying the obvious step.
Spider behaviors look personal, but they’re actually parasitic.
How This Parasite Hooks In
The Spider attaches whenever you're on the edge of a breakthrough:
A new opportunity
A healthier relationship
A career leap
A new level of confidence
A behavior change
Right when you're about to rise, the Spider whispers:
“Not yet.”
“You’re not ready.”
“This is too much.”
“Play it safe.”
“Sabotage now so it hurts less later.”
It tries to “pre-fail” for protection.
Symptoms of Infection
Feeling frozen before big steps
Ruining a good moment because it feels overwhelming
Being inconsistent with things you know help you
Pushing away people you actually want close
Creating drama to avoid vulnerability
Feeling like you’re watching yourself make the wrong choice in real-time
Self-sabotage isn’t weakness.
It’s a parasite hijacking your survival patterns.
Why It Shows Up
Because your nervous system equates “familiar” with “safe.”
So when you're stepping into something better…
A healthier relationship
A more powerful version of you
A higher standard
A new identity
…your old wiring panics.
The Spider appears to pull you back into environments your system knows how to survive — even if they’re not good for you.
The Antidote: Micro-Alignment
You don’t kill this parasite by doing something big.
You starve it by doing one aligned micro-action the moment you feel resistance.
Send the text.
Do the workout.
Write the email.
Say the truth.
Choose the calmer response.
Just 1 micro-action breaks the web.
Because alignment — even small alignment — is toxic to self-sabotage.
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Reflection of the Week
Where in your life do you say you want something,
but your actions quietly pull in the opposite direction?
And what is the smallest action that would realign you today?
—Gabi & Bea