Reframe a Demoralising Plateau as a Diagnostic Signal

When you've been stuck for ages the story in your head turns to whether you've simply hit your ceiling. Share that narrative and this reframes the plateau using skill-acquisition research: what a plateau usually says about the process rather than your aptitude, and what to read it as instead of a verdict on what you can become.

I have been stuck at the same level in {SKILL} for {STUCK_DURATION} and I'm starting to question whether I have the capacity to improve. My internal narrative is: "{NEGATIVE_NARRATIVE}".

Reframe this plateau for me using principles from skill acquisition science and expert performance research. Specifically:
1. Explain what a plateau usually signals about the learning process (not about my aptitude)
2. Identify what the plateau is likely telling me I need to change about my practice
3. Give me 2-3 examples of how elite performers in adjacent domains have interpreted and broken through similar stalls
4. Offer a reframed internal narrative I can adopt: one that is both honest and motivating

Do not offer false reassurance. Ground every point in how skill learning actually works.