“Convinced myself, I seek not to convince.”
“I have to convince myself that this is not a pointless life, even the body is telling me so.”
“I want and need to like myself again; I have to convince myself that I’m capable of taking my own decision.”
“... I somehow convinced myself that she knew how I felt, and that she probably felt the same way.”
“I spend a lot of time trying to convince myself that nothing really matters except being alive.”
“I’m a logician. No matter how wrong I am, I can always convince myself I am right.”