What is something that is stopping you from following your dream, and why are you letting it?

I used to dream about competing in mixed martial arts.

But I have had a couple sports hernias since then and have come to the conclusion that getting involved in a sport where I would most likely be routinely struck in the groin/abdomen area would not be a wise choice.

However, if they could reinforce my stomach with admantium.... Hrrrmmmm!

Money and the economy, and I'm not letting it. If I could get a mechanic gig either here or another state, money will come easier, and things will start fitting.

money for one. not really something i can do a whole lot about right now. and my daughter. i love her to death, but the rest of her family is here. i would move in a heartbeat if i could.

fear, the one and only thing - it underlies all these answers ( humbly)

indecision...because it's so hard to follow your dream when you don't know what dream you want to follow...

Money. I don't have enough of it. I don't have enough to go back to school and get credentials for new career. I'm in limbo right now.

i am stopping myself from following my dream because at the moment i don't know what my dream is.

My body, my genes, having Endometriosis Stage 4, and a hysterectomy stopped me from being a mother as I will never be able to conceive or have babies. Yes I no I could adopt but it wouldn't be the same to me in my heart of hearts.

Creating music even if just for myself.

Lack of money. Not talking about just a guitar and a keyboard. Synths, drums, recording material with a new Mac.

It will come true, just gotta situate myself better.

my low self esteem =/ i compare myself to others who are much better than me and it brings me down

I have decided not to follow my dream because it would mean abandoning my husband- which I vowed to God never to do. Therefore by following my dream I would be betraying my vow and my sense of self worth.

I dream about having lots of money, being healthy, athletic, intelligent, sexually popular and in love. Money comes fairly easily. Physique does, too. Intelligence -- I've been very intelligent since early childhood, and always liked reading, paying attention, and thinking about life.

Sex and romance are a constant source of frustration and sometimes depression. For whatever reasons (I think I know some of them) I don't attract the really sexy women I want to date and sleep with. But many girls still like me, and I've had a lot of sex partners (from compensating for my frustrations and insecurities).

I guess on the face of it what's stopping me is not having very sexy eye-candy girlfriends that will inspire me to do even more, faster and better. But the real reason is probably my own inaction -- I don't go out and talk to them, and when I do I often get dates, sex, and love.

So I guess what's stopping me are my own defensiveness, insecurities, anger, frustration and depression, being uptight at first (sometimes), being or appearing kind of arrogant, fear of failure, fear of never being good enough (intrinsically), fear of WINNING and losing my pet depression, and similar. So I bet these are some of the more important underlying reasons.

Money. I don't think I am letting it but then I guess you could argue that I could maybe work another job to save some money or live cheaper. I am going to live cheaper but I just don't have the engery or the will to work two jobs. So you could say that I am holding myself back as I am lazy...