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Inferiority complex and feelings of inferiority are different
The latter helps you in wanting to improve yourself and head towards your goals, hence it is a normal feeling.
Inferiority complex is an abnormal state of mind where you begin to use your weaknesses as an excuse to do or not do something.
A is the situation thus B cannot be done.
Truth is you don't have enough courage to change yourself because you are complacent with the way you are today.
Easier with things just as the way they are, even if you have some complaints.
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Intro
- The world that seems complicated and mysterious, is not so if you change the lens with which you see the world.
- People can change, people can find happiness and that is what requires courage, a lot of awareness , a lot of human understanding.
- Adler - Austrian...
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You are not controlled by the past
- We fabricate negative emotions and attribute them to past trauma or phenomenon. We determine our own present lives by what meaning we give to past experiences.
- People fabricate anger in order to fulfil the goal of something. Like you intentionally get angry so that y...
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What if you stayed alone?
- All our life problems would cease to exist if we started staying alone. It is all because of the interpersonal relations with one another that we are so bogged down by problems. Example - fear of being disliked by people or getting hurt by someone.
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