Quest for power
The search for self-esteem can become neurotic as the result of brutal parents or a hostile milieu.
There can be over-compensation as well as a closing in on oneself.
Over-compensation can result in a quest for power.
Striving for self-esteem and power is a natural process, but with over-compensation, the search for power can become the dominant aspect of the personality.
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Alfred Adler was an Austrian physician and psychiatrist who is best-known for forming the school of thought known as individual psychology. He is also remembered for his concepts of the inferiority feeling and inferiority complex, which he believed played a major part in the formation of personality.
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