3 Causes For Your Limiting Beliefs
Who remembers when they were a child? There was nothing to hold you back because you did not know what fear was.
As you grew up, people put rules and limitations on you, and your fearlessness went out of the window.
Those limitations that were put on you by others have contributed to the limiting beliefs you currently hold.
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Before We Can Discuss The Causes of Limiting Beliefs, We Need To Know What Limiting Beliefs Are.
Limiting beliefs are beliefs that you believe to be true that limit you in one way or another. Limiting beliefs are not just about you; they can be about someone else, the world, or anything.
Here is why limiting beliefs are not reasonable:
Limiting beliefs harm people. Limiting beliefs keep you from making the best decisions, exploring the world, and reaching your full potential.
Limiting beliefs will keep you from finding your life purpose and living the life you know you deserve.
Causes For Limiting Beliefs
Family Beliefs Is One Cause For Limiting Beliefs:
Most of our parents instilled morals and values in us that their parents instilled in them.
These morals and values can be about you and how you should view the world or anything.
Because these morals and values come from family, most of us do not bother to question them.
These beliefs can result in the religion we observe, our political views, and more.
The limiting beliefs that come from family have the hardest to break away from for me personally.
I found this the hardest because there is always a reminder of those beliefs lurking around the corner.
I have found family beliefs can keep you from living up to your full potential. You will find yourself doubting yourself simply because you do not measure up to your family's expectations.
Education Is Another Cause For Limiting Beliefs:
We all learn from different sources. Each source has an impact on the things we value and hold as truths.
Each source has its own limiting beliefs that are a part of the way they live, translating into how they teach.
We learn from individuals deemed authority figures for several reasons, making it hard for us to ignore the beliefs they instill in us.
The best example I can use is a teacher and student because we all encounter teachers at one point or another.
My son was in the second grade when he encountered a first-year teacher. This teacher had never engaged with African American students or families. She also did not know or understand much about living in an urban area.
She came into the school year with many limiting beliefs that held her back from reaching the children and building relationships with them.
She treated the second graders as college students when most of them were struggling to keep up.
Yes, there were some other deeper issues here. Still, the limiting beliefs lead some of the students to believe they could learn like everyone else.
I was lucky in this situation because I was able to see what was happening and moved my child to another class. Once in the other class, my son could flourish and restore the confidence that he lost because of the other teacher.
Everyone is not always so lucky to have involved parents or people who will stand up for them.
Sometimes teachers are the only authority figures children have in their lives.
Experience Is Also A Cause For Limiting Beliefs:
We all have experienced things, and they have shaped our beliefs for both good and bad.
It is mostly the negative experiences that contribute to limiting beliefs because we always associate these experiences with negative things.
An example I know everyone can relate to is that associate with relationships.
We all have different experiences in relationships, some good and some bad. Still, bad experiences lead us to develop some limiting beliefs.
It is those bad experiences that lead us to make permanent decisions based on temporary emotions.
One of the most popular limiting beliefs from experiences is believing you are incapable of being loved.
While some of the experiences you and I may have created this belief, there is no validation.
These are not the only place limiting beliefs can come from, but these are the most common.