Fear of responsibility is a real misfortune of a modern person. In psychology, this is called hyphengiophobia - the tendency of a person to try to avoid responsibility for life decisions in all possible ways. As a rule, the reason is that people are simply afraid to make a mistake, but also they may not have a sufficiently pronounced will.
If you make a mistake, you will have to answer for the consequences. At least in front of himself. This is precisely what causes fear in many people before making a decision, fear of taking at least some serious responsibility. A situation in which the result of the taken step will be negative seems to a person, and his hands drop. Psychologists believe that such people lack basic trust in the world around them. This is called hyphengiophobia. As soon as a situation occurs, or even just begins to occur, in which there is a risk of causing a negative impression of oneself, being subjected to condemnation or criticism, a person tries in every possible way to avoid this. He previously unconsciously considers himself guilty and loser, and is afraid that this will not happen in reality. It may happen that too strict upbringing, when the parents forbade the child to do anything and everything, did not allow him to decide for himself and led to such a consequence. A person thinks that he is not worthy to make decisions, that he will not be able to take the position of an adult. This problem is purely social. The reason does not lie in biological fear of survival, but a person fears being “expelled” from a society that may not approve of something. In addition to public disapproval, a person is afraid to “earn” his own disapproval, because if something goes wrong, he can reproach himself for the rest of his life. Fear of responsibility can manifest itself in anything: in the unwillingness to answer for the family, the child, his own business, finances or subordinates at work. In addition to confusion in the head, the fear of responsibility also causes malfunctions in the body, the most common are metabolic problems. A person can become fussy, exponentially active, but it can also take a waiting position, behaving inhibited and inactive. Psychologists have noticed that women are more likely to suffer from this problem than men. With age, the fear of responsibility weakens. As a result of research, it turned out that people who are afraid of responsibility often suffer from diseases of the cardiovascular system, atherosclerosis, gastric ulcer, as well as hypertension. If you understand that you are afraid to make serious decisions, then you can try to solve this problem yourself or consult a psychologist. First, take on a small load, for example, make sure that the kitchen is always clean, or that your child does his homework on time. Gradually add things to yourself, but do not take over other people's worries, otherwise an exorbitant burden of responsibility will put pressure on you. Psychological work on the fear of responsibility takes place in two stages. First you need to change a person’s attitude to himself and his abilities. Then he must already learn to behave differently in the world around him.