2007-06-30 14:50:45 · 5 answers · asked by Kelly 3 in Social Science ➔ Psychology
A fear of success can be rooted in a lot of things.
One of the major issues is the fear of the expectation of continued excellence. Because people who fear success lack confidence in themselves, they don't see that they can continue the success beyond the initial plateau.
It's an interesting fear because in order to experience the reality of the fear one has to attain some level of success, whereas someone who fears spiders generally goes out of their way not to experience the fear
This makes this fear even more tragic because people cannot realize their potential/dreams without trying. A person who fears success often sabotages their own success or simply drops out.
The overall lack of confidence that afflicts people in this position is certainly a major factor in causing the behavior - however - as with all states of mind, there are plenty of causes that we are only just beginning to understand.
2007-06-30 15:09:08 · answer #1 · answered by tonkatruk_2001 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps the fear of living up to being successful.
2007-06-30 14:59:11 · answer #2 · answered by Goldenrain 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the fear of even more responsibility when you get up there. There's more pressure of keeping your success, rather than building up on it. It may also be a decision people make. some want to stay in their comfort zone, they stay away from the risks whether the benefit out weigh the consequence, because they have a greater fear of failing rather than succeeding.
2007-06-30 16:07:18 · answer #3 · answered by Sasha 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The fear of being torn down from that success by some manner or other.
Or in some cases, the fear of exposure due to that success.
2007-06-30 14:53:46 · answer #4 · answered by special-chemical-x 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
the cause is actually the fear of failure..
2007-06-30 15:09:39 · answer #5 · answered by St.Jeb 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋