#achievement-anxiety

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Psychology
fromSilicon Canals
2 days ago

Psychologists explain that the urge to downplay your own accomplishments immediately after stating them is almost never humility. It's a learned safety behavior from environments where visibility invited either correction or competition. - Silicon Canals

Self-deprecation following accomplishments stems from fear-based psychological defense mechanisms rather than genuine humility, learned through childhood experiences that punished visible success.
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