It’s barely a convoluted argument that comparisons to others is one of the most detrimental influencer to our confidence. They are also amongst the top things, which every self-help book or article on self-esteem will prescribe to abstain from, because they are believed to impose a rather heavy social taxation on our self-image. And nothing …
Without doubt, the feeling of being of “lower quality” than others can be rather daunting and frustrating. To be able to successfully address them, we can start by understanding the concept itself — or what’s referred to in psychology as the “inferiority complex (IC).” It’s a term that originated by Sigmund Freud, Carl Jung and Alfred Alder —the most prominent psychologists of all time–who describe it …
Confidence is…smiling when you are down; walking tall when all you want is to hide under the table; keeping calm despite feeling the storm inside. Because you are stronger than you often believe.
Don’t confuse my introversion with lack of self-esteem. I know how much I am worth, even though I choose to not flaunt it to the world.