Even though he was relly evil, did Hitler have good self-esteem?

Answer 1

Hitler was what psychologists call a malignant narcissist. To the world, a narcissist appears to have too much self-esteem, and even seems to be in love with himself. Indeed, Hitler once asked a visitor if he realized that he was in the presence of the greatest German who had ever lived.

But what a narcissist loves is actually his image, which overcompensates for what lies beneath -- a perilously low self-esteem, even self-hatred. A narcissist play-acts being perfect to win the admiration from others that, for whatever reason, he didn't get in childhood. Without parental support, his developing personality was left weak and permanently in need of external bolstering. Those who do not reward his make-believe identity with attention and adulation (his pain-killing drug) he considers "bad," and may try to punish or eliminate them, proving M. Scott Peck's definition of evil: "to kill life or liveliness in defense of a self-image of perfection."

Answer 2

Early on, absolutely. Please remember, however, unlike the simplistic theories of today, we must remember that self-esteem is a manifestation of accomplishment, not just something where someone pats you on the back all of the time.

In his early career, let's be honest, he brought Germany out of the Great Depression ten years before FDR brought the USA out of it here. I mean, if we love FDR we ought to, at the very least, worship what Hitler was able to accomplish. He provided a working car for average people (it's still around today, the VW - the "people's car"), built trains and freeways, put people back to work, ended runaway inflation, and built a country from the ruins of what it had been.

Yes, early on. But, ultimately, suicide is done only by those who have no self-esteem. At the end, his accomplishments were all a dream, and he ended his life.

Answer 3

During his early years, before his rise to power, Hitler failed at a lot of things. He was a failed painter, and had a lot of family troubles.
When he began his rise to power in the early 1930's he was really showing himself that he was better than everyone, and that he had a place in society. He told lies, to get into power, and started wars to make good on those promises. Because of his early life, he would do anything to keep his power.
So yeah, I guess he had good self-esteem later in his life, after he took power.

Answer 4

To my knowledge, he was most likely quite confident in what he did, with evidence derived from his speeches and leadership during the reign of the nazis. However, in his early life, he was just a young artist who failed over and over again, and with no luck in that, came to be one of the most pursuasive rulers of our time, not ruling out his evil tendancies of course.

Answer 5

I really wish people would leave my past life uncle alone he didn't do these things; think of a puppet and a hypnotized person at the same time. Does it hurt you if someone kicks your mother? Only if you care, right?