According to Osho, hesitation in enjoying experiences comes from lifelong conditioning that brands joy as wrong, childish, or uncivilized. From childhood, parents and society suppress spontaneous cheerfulness and reward seriousness, so we internalize guilt and fear others’ envy or disapproval. This repression of natural energy makes us hold back, doubt delight, and mistrust happiness.
We were taught growing up that being happy is bad, so we feel guilty and scared to enjoy things.