self-doubt

Adjective modifier

• collective: Such changes stir up an insecurity rooted in collective self-doubt.
• much: You will also learn how much self-doubt, intellectual anguish, and hard work went into the writing of her books.
• own: Well, in his mind, he was challenging preconceptions, possibly the audiences, possibly his own self-doubt.

Converse of object

• have: First of all I had serious self-doubts about whether I would sell any copies of the book at all.
• overcome: Tough thinking included good decision making at critical moments in a match, honest self-appraisal, and overcoming self-doubts.
• experience: Much of the time, they'll experience self-doubt; they'll need diverting to what's happening around them.
• include: I am so often filled with doubt, doubt of every kind including self-doubt, as well as doubt about my faith.

Converse of subject

• plague: Or is it the original genius battling his own demons, struggling for truth and plagued by self-doubt.