How To Eradicate This Belief

The Story

I grew up in a family where the philosophy was preached that when you want something in life, you are almost greedy and you should be ashamed of yourself. You have to be modest, the sufferers are somehow portrayed as righteous and good and people we have to admire for their will and unwillingness to achieve anything. And this is especially true for money. It is hardly a sin to want money. And the successful have always been portrayed as greedy, bad, stingy, sinful, exploiters, swindlers, living on the backs of other people's suffering, etc. My ambitions as a child have always been viewed with ridicule, contempt and ridicule, and even as almost greed. The greatest virtue is to be content with a little and be happy just because you have something to eat, for example. Now I realize that perhaps my parents on a subconscious level wanted to escape responsibility for their poverty and inability to cope with life. Apparently it was more convenient for them to worship poverty in a cult and an opportunity to grow, and to demonize wealth. You may have realized that I grew up in my poorest years - the 90's, when for most people even basic things like good food, clothes, shoes were a real luxury and were not just bought. Then it was an event to buy you new clothes or new shoes, and for such pampering as toys, bicycles, there was no question. I guess most of you understood what I was talking about, because these are more or less the opinions of many Bulgarian families, especially in the poorer areas and in the villages. The problem is, now as an adult, it's so cramped in my head that it stops my development, though I realize it. Whenever I express a desire to achieve something, instead of being motivated, I experience some internal conflict. It is as if I know subconsciously that my parents will not approve of my ambitions and I cannot get rid of the need for their approval, even though I have been living alone for 16 years. And as a result, I have a sense of guilt, a feeling that I'm a bad person when I want development, that my ambitions are frivolous and funny, and things like that. Eventually, instead of gathering courage, motivation and action, I become indecisive and waste my energy with my internal conflicts and convince myself that this is nonsense and that there is nothing wrong with striving for development. that my parents will not approve of my ambitions and I cannot get rid of the need for their approval, even though I have been living alone for 16 years. And as a result, I have a sense of guilt, a feeling that I'm a bad person when I want development, that my ambitions are frivolous and funny, and things like that. Eventually, instead of gathering courage, motivation and action, I become indecisive and waste my energy with my internal conflicts and convince myself that this is nonsense and that there is nothing wrong with striving for development. that my parents will not approve of my ambitions and I cannot get rid of the need for their approval, even though I have been living alone for 16 years. And as a result, I have a sense of guilt, a feeling that I'm a bad person when I want development, that my ambitions are frivolous and funny, and things like that. Eventually, instead of gathering courage, motivation and action, I become indecisive and waste my energy with my internal conflicts and convince myself that this is nonsense and that there is nothing wrong with striving for development.

Last Updated
September 13, 2020
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