jonah complex

The Jonah Complex is when someone has fear and doubt about their ability to succeed in life, or to do something important. It's called Jonah because it comes from the Bible story of Jonah. In that story, God tells Jonah to go preach in another city, but Jonah doesn't believe he can do it and he runs away. This is like the Jonah Complex, feeling like it's too hard to do something important, and so you don't even try.