MENTAL BLOCKS TO SELF-DEVELOPMENT

Olena Andriyenko

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The article is devoted to the issue of personal self-development and blocks which a person has to overcomein order to achieve the desired results.The accent has been made on definition of the categories of development and self-development. Personal self-development has been defined as a process of self-governed formation, development and improvement of the qualities, properties and functions of a person related to the physical, social and spiritual aspects of its being under the influence of biological and social, and internal (individual) factors. It has been stressed that in psychology there are two approaches to the problem of self-development – the subject-activity approach, and cultural-historical approach.It has been concluded thatawareness of mental blocks and conflicts allows us to understand that self-development is hard, difficult, and risky work with an unpredictable result. There are seven main mental blocks to personal self-development: loss of connection with the Self; inadequate self-esteem; fear of possible negative consequences of self-development; lack of a subjective position in development; experiencing semantic conflicts in relation to changing features or personality traits; fear of the unknown; lack of focus on the result.

Key words: Person, Personal development, Self-development, Self, Self-esteem, Conflict.


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DOI: https://doi.org/10.26886/2520-7474.2(52)2022.2

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