Inferiority complex

India
November 26, 2006 12:01am CST
How many of you here have inferiority complex on something or other in you?
4 responses
@swarn47 (1706)
• India
26 Nov 06
I dont have any inferiority complex. An inferiority complex, in the fields of psychology and psychoanalysis, is a feeling that one is inferior to others in some way. It is often unconscious, and is thought to drive afflicted individuals to overcompensate, resulting either in spectacular achievement or extreme antisocial behaviour. Unlike a normal feeling of inferiority, which can act as an incentive for achievement, an inferiority complex is an advanced state of discouragement, often resulting in a retreat from difficulties. Early work in this field was pioneered by Alfred Adler, who used the example of Napoleon complexes to illustrate his theory. Some sociologists have proposed that an inferiority complex can also exist at a wider level, affecting entire cultures. This theory, which is controversial, is known as cultural cringe. Classical Adlerian psychology makes a distinction between primary and secondary inferiority feelings. A primary inferiority feeling is said to be rooted in the young child's original experience of weakness, helplessness and dependency. It can then be intensified by comparisons to older siblings and adults. A secondary inferiority feeling relates to an adult's experience of being unable to reach an unconscious, fictional final goal of subjective security and success to compensate for the inferiority feelings. The perceived distance from that goal would lead to a "minus" feeling that could then prompt the recall of the original inferiority feeling; this composite of inferiority feelings could be experienced as overwhelming. That the goal invented to relieve the original, primary feeling of inferiority, actually causes the secondary feeling of inferiority is the "catch-22" of this dilemma. This vicious circle is common in neurotic lifestyles. Source: http://www.answers.com/inferiority+complex?initiator=IE7:SearchBox
• Malaysia
28 Nov 06
hello friend i knew that infriority is something negative but i just cant control it sometimes
• Malaysia
28 Nov 06
hello friend i knew that infriority is something negative but i just cant control it sometimes
• Malaysia
28 Nov 06
hello friend i knew that infriority is something negative but i just cant control it sometimes
• India
28 Nov 06
i have a few. one of them in football. i know i am very good at it but still...it is because of this that i often make mistakes.
@sharon613 (2321)
• United States
28 Nov 06
I have a few
• India
28 Nov 06
i have a few. one of them in football. i know i am very good at it but still...it is because of this that i often make mistakes.