Emotions & feelings
second-guess yourself
keep doubting your decisions, actions, or judgment
To keep questioning your own decisions, actions, or judgment, often because you are unsure whether you handled something well.
Hear it in real life
Should I send the message again?
No, stop second-guessing yourself and wait for a reply.
I always second-guess myself after an important phone call.
The mistake everyone makes
Not: I keep second-guessing about whether I made the right choice.
Say: I keep second-guessing whether I made the right choice.
Use “second-guess” directly before the thing you are questioning; do not add “about.”
Build it
How it fits in a sentence.
second-guess yourself; second-guess a decision; stop second-guessing yourself
Your turn: say it out loud
I always second-guess myself after an important phone call.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
second-guess yourself
keep doubting your decisions, actions, or judgment
“I always second-guess myself after an important phone call.”
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