Inferiority complex

An abnormal or pathological state which, due to the tendency of the complex to draw unrelated ideas into itself, leads the individual to depreciate himself, to become unduly sensitive, to be too eager for praise and flattery, and to adopt a derogatory attitude toward others. ers.

every human being is born with inferiority feelings.

For physical weakness and defects in some parts of body will contribute to emotional problems. I have undergone two times of liver transplant. One is when I was 13 and the second time is at 19. Since my first transplant, I had a big scar on my abdomen. I used to think that I was a weaker person because I had less energy and easier to get tired compared to other normal people. In this connection, I always think that I am weaker than others. I feel inferior and have low self-confidence. These are some feelings and personality arose from psychological inferiority.

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My life is always connected to these previous unpleasant experiences.

The parental attitudes are also important in shaping my personality. Since I was My parents seldom praise me when I behave well or get good academic results. They tend to think that it is my responsibility to be a good child. Their attitude makes me never feel proud of my achievements even I was viewed as a good student by others.
My mum disapprove me when my behavior didn’t meet their expectation. My mum scolded me and beat me. Because of this, I gradually develop stress about my study. Even when when I get older, my mum didn’t help me with my homework. I would care much about my marks and avoid from my classmates from knowing my results.

Psychological inferiority is also casued by mental limitations. ause feelings of inferiority when unfavorable comparisons are made with the superior achievements of others, and when satisfactory performance is expected

My parents also like to make comparisons between me and other children from other family. When the children of our uncles or aunties have good performance and behavior, they would praise them in front of us and ask us to learn from them. I dislike being compared by my parents. For example, I was the 2nd in the class durng primary education. My mum always compare my results with the student who got the 1st. This make me to develop a character that I always compare with others to evaluate my ability and performance. I always want to be the best. When I failed to do so, I will feel sad. All of nth? I tend to focus on my weaknesses and I always neglect my strengths.

The social disadvantages and discriminations arised from the family, race sex or economic status would also effect one’s feelings towards inferiority. When I was small, I may feel a little bit of inferiority as my father was a fit-out worker. In the society, the social status of a blue collar is lower social class than that white collar

Concerning mental limitations,
Organ inferiority no set of causes can be demonstrated conclusively as producing an inferiority complex. However, four external causes may be considered as aggravating

There are two typees for the symptons of inferior feelings.

The first type is withdrawal tactics

To adjust for the inferiority complex, one can have compensation. To compensate my organ inferiority and resulting psychological inferiority, I try to develop my talents in singing.
Symptoms of inferior feelings are of two general types: withdrawal tactics, including self-consciousness, sensitiveness, and withdrawal from social contacts; and aggressive tactics, including excessive seeking for attention, criticism of others, overly dutiful obedience, and worry. W

Since one feels that he/she lacks certain ability, he/she will try to develop strengths in other aspects.

Develop in singing. When I sing karaoke with my friends, they always praise me for singing well. This develops my confidence towards singing. I try to join the singing contests to further prove my ability in singing. Just like the theory, this makes me feel that I still process some other ability though I am inferior to others in terms of health and physical strength.

There are usually some fictional goals to compensate the feeling of inferiority, and to obtain future security and success. The height of the fictional goals is usually determined by the depth of inferior feelings. And the goals would also form the person’s behavior patterns and become subjective causation of psychological events.

The fictional goals are largely subconscious.

My fictional goal is become a singer. This ideal goal does not have relation to reality. It is to compensate my psychological inferiority. I imagined a singer can present and express

hemselves in form of singing. In reality, I am somehow shameful for my introvert personality that I am always not presentable and not confident in front of the public. However, being a singer can enjoy a lot of attention and I can make use of my talents to gain popularity. In reality, I used to feel inferior that I am not talkative and energetic to attract people to be friends with me.

I am a person who needs recognition to build up my own value and self. I started to realize that I am good at singing when I was praised by others. I

Therefore, the dream of being a singer makes me feel that I will be highly recognized by others and my talents can be realized. These proved that the fictional finalism forms a principle of self-consistency and unity of the personality structure.

Fictional goals form the basis for the orientation in the world that I tend to sing the songs of

seek myself from the music that I love. The style and the lyrics of the songs. ?? fictional goal of being a singer makes me to feel that it is still possible to strive towards an ideal goal of superiority, superiority and complete life.

Classical Adlerian Psychology assumes a central personality dynamic reflecting the growth and forward movement of life

Adler attributed emotional problems to the fact that that each of us has an "organ inferiority"--a weakness or defect in some part of the body. A complex forms to compensate for the weakness. For example, "Ted" had been small in stature as a boy, with arm muscles too weak to throw a baseball well enough for him to play in Little League. Consequently, he felt powerless. As an adult he became obsessed with the desire to be boss, to exert power. According to Adler's theory, this desire expresses Ted's need to compensate for his feeling of inferiority, a need that arises from his small stature and is aggravated by his weak throwing arm.

The style of life represents a person’s unique, repetitive and unconscious of responding to different aspects in life. It has been formed when we were children. For example , some children would develop a sociable style of life by getting their way by being nice. The strategies that the children adopt towards the adults or caregivers would be repeated when they work. I
The style of life is shown in the way of how individuals think, act and feel. It is to relieve the feelings of inferiority or to compensate the feelings with an unconscious fictional goal.

I am the avoiding type. I always escape from problems. For example, I am not adaprative to new environment that I feel unsecured when I meet a group of new people. When I was chosen to become a committee of a certain society, I found that the other members were already friends with each other. I feel difficult to be friends with them and I feel like I am not part of the group. This kind of uncomfortable feeling forced myself to quit the committee. I chose to escape from the sitautaion that I need to spend much longer time to be familiar with them. Also, I have joined a guitar course. But I found that other students have already learnt some basics of the guitar but I am a new learner. I am not a quick learner so my fall-behind learning progress makes me escape from continuing learning it. Finally I stopped attending the class.

Also, I did not like taking so much responsibility. It is due to my lack of confidence. For instance, when we do group project, I will never be the group leader to lead the discussion or do the integration of different parts. For me, it is a great responsibility and I don’t want to bear the risk of being blamed by members in case of any mistakes made.

Therefore, I always choose to escape
They are likely to have low social contact in fear of rejection or defeat in any way.

In terms of relationship issues, I tend to be passive when I like someone. I will wait for the boy to approach me as I am fear of rejection and look stupid.

This avoiding character may be developed since I was in primary school. When I was in primary 1, the class teacher intended to present gifts to reward ents getting good results. But she said that I was not given since I talked too much during class. What she said in front of the whole class made me feel shameful and made me develop a perception that talking in class will lead to punishment. Since that I became less talkative and behaved quietly to avoid risk of being punished. This constituted to the low social contact of my character.

Hated of being defeated: I wont put 100 percent effott in my study or anything I do I am scared that I get poor results after putting all efforts. It may prove that I have poor capability and ability. I love to avoid risks especially those that I may be devalue?? Not recognized.

Social interest: social with people who share common characteristics with me
Less active
But can be talkative if we have common interests matched personality.
Family constellation:

Adler stressed that birth order is very influential to one’s personality. Even we were born and raised in a same family by the same parents, siblings differ in their personality.

I am the oldest child in my family and I have a younger sister and a younger brother. My parents had very high expectation on me since I was very small. When I was small, I hate the fact that I always need to 讓 ?? my si….compared wif my sis

My sis is always ignored
Reponsbility: form a model…no own opinions…obedient…
Concerned about the schools I choose
Concern my academic results
Form my own expectation
Insecured…no one to follow
Most intelligent
Many decisions were made by

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The first-born is given a great deal of attention until the second child is born and then the first is dethroned from the favored position. This dethroning experience may cause him to protect himself against reversals, be conservative and insecure or it may cause him to strive to protect others and be a helper. If the parents have allowed the first-born to feel sure of their affection, if he knows that his position is secure, and above all, if he is prepared for the arrival of the younger child and has been trained to cooperate in its care, the crisis will pass without ill effects.

Adler stressed that the birth order was an important determiner of personality. In spite of common heritage, siblings are usually very different from each other. It is not the child’s position in the birth order that influences character, but the situation into which one is born and the way one interprets it. For instance: if two siblings are born much later than the earlier children, the older of the two may develop like a first-born and the younger one as a second child.

Other children learn to manipulate their caregivers by whining and complaining. If parents give in, this strategy works and will be repeated until it constitutes a style of life. The result is a so-called spoiled child. Adler thought this was a common problem and could be carried through to adulthood
It reflects the individual's unique, unconscious, and repetitive way of responding to (or avoiding) the main tasks of living: friendship, love, and work. This style, rooted in a childhood prototype, remains consistent throughout life, unless it is changed through depth psychotherapy.
Classical Adlerian psychotherapy attempts to dissolve the archaic style of life and stimulate a more creative approach to living.
Adler felt he could distinguish four primary types of style. Three of them he said to be "mistaken styles."
These include the ruling type: aggressive, dominating people who don't have much social interest or cultural perception; the getting type: dependent people who take rather than give; and the avoiding type: people who try to escape life's problems and take part in not much socially constructive activity. The fourth life style by Adler is the socially useful type: people with a great deal of social interest and activity.[1]

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Paul Popenoe, “Your Inferiority Complex,” Scientific American, 160 (May, 1939), 289. 2 inborn inferior feelings: parental attitudes, physical defects, mental limitations, and social disadvantages. Parental attitudes manifested by disapproving negative remarks and evaluations of behavior emphasizing mistakes and shortcomings determine the attitude of the child before the age of six.

Adler believed that the firstborn child would be loved and nurtured by the family until the arrival of a second child. This second child would cause the first born to suffer feelings of dethronement, no longer being the center of attention. Adler (1908) believed that in a three-child family, the oldest child would be the most likely to suffer from neuroticism and substance addiction which he reasoned was a compensation for the feelings of excessive responsibility "the weight of the world on one's shoulders" (e.g. having to look after the younger ones) and the melancholic loss of that once supremely pampered position. As a result, he predicted that this child was the most likely to end up in jail or an asylum.

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Paul Popenoe, “Your Inferiority Complex,” Scientific American, 160 (May, 1939), 289.