Shari B. Kaplan, a licensed clinical social worker, explains how children internalize messages like "I'm not good enough" or "I'm defective" through repeated dismissal by caregivers. These beliefs operate unconsciously and shape how you see yourself and feel.
Once you have done their strengths and their deficits, you might hear like, I'm not good enough. I'm not wanted. I'm powerless. I'm bad, which is one that most people don't think they believe. And so many people have. And it's one of those nonverbal messages that I think have gotten massaged into people, especially if you had processing problems as a child and someone was always redirecting you. Somehow you feel I'm defective in some way. And sometimes that's not a conscious thing. It's an unconscious thing.
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