Unhealthy patterns can arise from human nature. Human nature in itself is not negative but the unhealthy patterns that can arise from human nature can be. Certain behavioral, psychological and emotional patterns we may have are very relevant to impeding openness.
Being overly concerned with obtaining or keeping something material, or status, or power, or even a relationship, is a hallmark of the Tormented by Loss and Gain pattern. This is a pattern that is quite prevalent in humanity. For example: how many people do you know who worry excessively about money - either to make a lot of it, often neglecting other parts of their lives to obsessively concentrate their efforts on getting rich, (or richer), or by hoarding it and in so doing living a miserly life?
