Have you ever met a person with an arrogant attitude and who seems to want to convey a high false security with her attitude? Just as there are people who have a totally opposite attitude and who feel inferior, there are also those who do everything possible to attract attention and show a "safe" attitude, always wanting to be superior to the the rest. The superiority complex It is an unconscious defense mechanism in which people who suffer from it try to hide their feelings of inferiority by adopting an attitude of arrogance and arrogance. This type of people treat others as if they were inferior to them continuously to show them and, above all, to show themselves that they are very confident and have great self-confidence when in reality it is everything contrary.
In this Psychology-Online article about superiority complex: symptoms and treatment, we are going to learn more about this complex in detail, as well as what are its causes, most common symptoms and what treatment people who suffer from it should follow to overcome it.
Actually behind a superiority complex there is a marked inferiority complex that is intended to hide at all costs. People who feel superior to others are actually trying to protect themselves from everyone, let's say who try to defend themselves irrationally and try to be the first to attack so they don't mess with they.
There are various causes by which a person can develop a superiority complex, among them is the having been humiliated and criticized since childhood, where the person was not taught to face this situation assertively and did not adopt a submission posture, but on the contrary adopted another equally dysfunctional posture, such as an attitude of superiority to fend.
Another possible cause is that this same complex has been passed down from parent to child, the son learns to adopt the same behaviors as the father and, in this case, he also adopted this type of defense mechanism.
People who have a superiority complex really have a huge self esteem problem and self-confidence have probably been constantly rejected because of their personality, physical characteristics, among other things, by people closest to them and therefore began to take an attitude of contempt and resentment towards others, showing themselves to be great and confident.
Actually, it is very difficult for people who suffer from this type of complex to accept it and be willing to receive help to overcome it, since as mentioned above, they always think they are rightThey are very proud and are not able to see their own weaknesses and flaws.
When a person with an inferiority complex asks for help it is because he is really having a bad time, either because thanks to her attitude he has many problems with others or because, deep down, she simply feels too inferior and feels exhausted from pretending to others all the time that she is feeling another thing.
The psychological treatment To overcome the superiority complex is aimed at the person recognizing that the type of attitudes that are taking are caused by how bad she feels about herself and the obvious inferiority complex behind it. It is about the person realize how valuable it is without giving so much importance to the internal or external factors that surround you. He is also taught to modify those dysfunctional behaviors that have only brought him more problems and to know that despite not adopting this type of behavior, he is a valuable person, it is not necessary that he have to be demonstrating.
It also works in the increased self-esteem so that you stop having the need to be arrogant and / or aggressive with others or with yourself.
This article is merely informative, in Psychology-Online we do not have the power to make a diagnosis or recommend a treatment. We invite you to go to a psychologist to treat your particular case.
