Why is personality development important?

Learning to know oneself helps to have a focus on the actions that a person carries out day by day.

Thousands of people come to consultation without knowing who they are or why and why they do things; when a person knows who he is he knows where he is going.

The most important thing about a person is her personality, since it provides references on what to do in life, although it is true that there are some things that can prevent a person from developing their personality. Here we will see what they are.

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Obstacles in personality development

These are the main elements that prevent the proper development of an individual's personality.

1. Overprotection

When people live in a home where there is overprotection, there is no space for the person's being, there is no limit between a person and the one who overprotects, so you can not differentiate who is who.

2. Home without promotion on decision making

There are households in which the members of these

they are unable to make their own decisions; One or the other gives their opinion or orders about what the other should do, which causes the vast majority of obstacles and low self-esteem.

3. Members of the father or mother family who do not have a structured personality

When the father or the mother do not have their personality structured, it happens that it is complicated for the son to be able to develop his own, since in the first place the development of the personality is not a priority for said family and in the second place there is no exemplary model to follow.

4. about involvement

There are other relatives, grandparents, uncles... that they do not allow the members of a nuclear family to develop, since they tend to have an opinion on the life of the person. There is a lack of boundaries with such external members; the limits are not clear and anyone enters to give an opinion about someone from the other family.

5. Knowledge

Personality development is rarely promoted as such at home.; Perhaps many have heard about the subject, but they do not really know all the benefits that this includes.

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Advantages of developing personality

Among the benefits of developing the personality properly, the following should be highlighted.

1. have motivation

A person who knows himself has more motivation for life.

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2. Focus

When someone knows who he is he knows what he wants and where he is going. Therefore, there is a greater probability of success in the things that are proposed.

3. Discipline

People who have already taken their personalities seriously tend to engage in discipline-based behaviors that leads them to achieve goals.

4. transgenerational

When at least one family member has developed her personality, other family members also develop their own.

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Possible psychological consequences of not progressing in personality development

When a person does not develop his personality, he experiences failure more frequently, since his actions are not based on a coherent livelihood. Low self-esteem appears, which generates a series of complications: it may be that said person becomes subdued by others or may suffer ridicule, which could generate lower self-esteem. Thus it is advisable not to wait long and go to psychological therapy so that the problem does not progress.

There are also some disorders that develop when you do not have a good personal structure.

It is important to know that It is within the family that such development should be encouraged.. Each member occupies a place or rather called "role"; however, if said role is not clear and one is not differentiated from the other, that is where it is not clear what place each person occupies.

For example, in a family it helps a lot to know who the father is (because of the actions carried out by the father) as well as the mother and the children; however, it is very common to find homes where the role of the father or mother is not fully defined and a son takes the place of the father. That son must always play the role of his son so that his development is optimal, as well as each member of the family. Most of the crises that occur in a family are precisely due to a problem in the differentiation of who is who.