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The Inferiority Complex

When in a group, have you ever felt that you are somehow inferior to your peers? That you are somehow inadequate and maybe a loser in life?   That feeling of inferiority is what we are going to address in this blog. Since we cannot be perfect in all the fields and succeed in all our endeavors, we are obviously going to be bad at many things. These inadequacies can bring in us a sense of inferiority, especially when surrounded by people superior to us in that field.   But most of us can cope with that feeling. For some, it acts as a source of motivation to work harder in life. But many a time, people cannot cope with that feeling, and hence, they ignore that painful feeling. When this sense of scarcity is not dealt with rightly, it becomes a psychological problem, namely, the "Inferiority complex."   Introduction   The founder of the school of individual psychology, Alfred Adler, defines inferiority complex as "a combination of an erroneous belief of an ...