How do you know if you have an inferiority complex? I am often pissed, when ever I start some thing new and I see some one doing better no matter if they just started or they been doing it for year I instantly lose interest and hate my self for not being able to do the same. I have homicidal and suicidal tendencies and for some reason when I took out my clip from my .22 and pulled the bolt back and pulled the trigger like 10 times I felt better for a few days. Some times, I can sit in my care and I see every person as against me. If I go to the person and there is a lot of people I lose interest cause all the other people are bigger and stronger and I can’t be as big and strong as them. Of course that dosent make me want to kill them I just give up. I want to kill them when I see then doing mean stuff to others or doing dumb immature things in general.
2006-06-26 17:30:16 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Health ➔ Mental Health
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.
2006-06-26 17:36:46 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
You sound like you have a LOT of anger - and fear - inside you .. maybe posting here is your way of making a start to do something positive about it, you probably realise it's potentially dangerous.
I think getting professional help from a therapist would be a good idea but if that's not possible try doing some self-work with things like anger management, self esteem, approval addiction .. if you search the internet for these terms you'll get a lot of info.
2006-06-27 02:38:41 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
It is good that you're reaching out instead of acting on the anger. You should go to a psychiatrist as soon as possible, or you may cause a lot of harm to others and yourself. But it's an illness, and there is help.
2006-06-26 17:36:05 · answer #3 · answered by Thom Thumb 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
well i don't hate you. i had troubles with the same sort of thing awhile back and got some help. it changed my life for the better.hang in there. life is worth living. great things will happen to you if you let them:D
2006-06-26 17:35:21 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
well i think 50% inferiority complex...
i had a quite similliar but may be different problem with you... i have trouble facing people... i become somehow nervous.... totally unconfidence... it's like i become 'small'... sometimes hard for me to say no...
well i think we both suffer with depression....
could be we both have 'hard' childhood... could be emotionally abused.. you can examine yourself by examine your relationship in family.. you to to your parents, your father to your mother, etc..
but we couldn't blame them.. they're both victims too... we have to overcome it... if not, we will continue it to our childs..
i hope we can get well.. live normal.. live happy...
2006-06-26 18:04:25 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
if ytou want help dealing with it just pick out all the bad qualities of everyone else. but don't make it so you feel above them. and dont' point them out to them either.
2006-06-26 18:00:00 · answer #6 · answered by Rosie 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
U need a psychiatrist very badly..go for it..
2006-06-26 17:35:40 · answer #7 · answered by Deep 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You need a counselor. You may have something that is treatable.
2006-06-26 17:34:32 · answer #8 · answered by simplyfabulous 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Try counseling?
2006-06-26 17:34:03 · answer #9 · answered by ☼Jims Brain☼ 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I feel that way too
2015-06-08 10:37:22 · answer #10 · answered by ? 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋