The Psychology of Alfred Adler: Superiority, Inferiority, and Courage
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In this video we provide an introduction to the psychology of Alfred Adler, specifically his thoughts on superiority as the fundamental drive of human behavior, and his insights on what creates inferiority complexes.
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do you realise all the images you choose in your videos have pretty much zero diversity, just a sea of white faces?
Why is this?
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I wish the person keeping me from using my CDLs could watch this.
I have just finished a book called "the courage to be disliked" which basically described Adler's theories. I think it was one of the most illuminating books I have ever read. I didn't know about Adler's theories and I think that everything that I've read about what he said seems so simple yet so true. It's very interesting, I'll definitely continue to read about him.
I had such a hard time reading that book in the beginning, but slowly I became convinced that it was more correct than any other theories I have read.
I had the opposite experience. I kinda found all the stuff at the beginning very basic and almost common knowledge today. Towards the end where he gets into it deeper he loses me a little bit. Still think it was fascinating@@okerror1451
same here. Indeed an illuminating book. It sort of solved most of my issues with anxiety.
I love that book, it’s been one of the most fundamentally life and mind changing for me. Still working to implement its teachings
Academy of ideas just roasted me for 9 mins
haha - if one believes that all souls are not created EQUAL. Inferior and superior are cultural constructs - or likely bad english translation - I would guess. We just want to do better . We want to learn, to grow and do as well as we would like to, or we do not very well at that. That doesn't mean it's something wrong - it's normal.
Wasn't expecting to burst out laughing when scrolling down. Thanks!
@John Hurley If you are a better hunter, but exist in a society and culture that does not value hunting as a useful skill, such as living in urban New York City, your superiority means nothing and is more considered a neat hobby. Culture is the context where superiority and inferiority are decided. If you were a better hunter way back in the day you weren't superior, you simply survived.
😂
@@MrBrindleStyle true. Some behaviors are healthier than others though
Honestly, this is one of the most valuable channels on youtube
@Peek- At -Ch'you it's your opinion that it's his opinion, by the way that's just my opinion! Or is it the truth? What is true?! What is opinion? WHAT ARE YOU OR I?...........😐
that and The Dodo
No doubt. God bless the guy who put these videos together.
@@Simon-pl2zi The Dodo fucking sucks
The inferiority complex, the playing the victim complex, the external locus of control syndrome, the family black sheep with the family scapegoat personality disorder. The identified patient - also called the “symptom-bearer” or “presenting problem” - may display unexplainable emotional or physical symptoms, and is often the first person to seek help, perhaps at the request of the family.
This is a hard video to digest for chronic procrastinators.
Adler had no conception of the internet, the most prolific way to procrastinate,...nice excuse ayy?
Just like the song «Time» by Pink Floyd
Eh, I’ll think about it later...
semih aras
I know...it took me all day to think about whether or not I can agree with you.
**zero sarcasm**
Especially because Adler is saying that when you procrastinate, you are not just lazy but you are a coward.
“The more often he feels without acting, the less he will be able ever to act, and, in the long run, the less he will be able to feel.” - C.S.Lewis
word
and thats the story of how i accidentally committed existential suicide
No sense , no feeling ! Sound practical ?
The inferiority complex, the playing the victim complex, the external locus of control syndrome, the family black sheep with the family scapegoat personality disorder. The identified patient - also called the “symptom-bearer” or “presenting problem” - may display unexplainable emotional or physical symptoms, and is often the first person to seek help, perhaps at the request of the family.
@@umchinagirard1800 Appears I actually was the last person to seek help. Figured pretty recently I suffer from Napoleon Syndrome / Short Men Syndrome an Inferiority Syndrome. If I don’t watch out, I’ll bitter hell out of life.
This is painfully relatable if you're about to graduate or leave college.
He Was Fuzzy Wuzzy jaja exactly where im at
He Was Fuzzy Wuzzy hahahahahahaha fucknnnnnn shit im excatly in that position
I know what I want to do I just have to do it
My position exactly. UA-cam is my comfort zone (and pubs).
Graduated with my B.S. 4 years ago... I currently work at a gas station. My life fell apart recently, rapidly disintegrating into the current shit show it is, encouraging me to research Adler again. But, I am past my rock-bottom, and am now enrolled to get my M.S. in a year...hopefully i will be gone from the gas station lol.
"Receiding further and further into the misery of our confort zone". This sentence let's you know how no matter how dark a place you are in right now, you can always fall further down if you DO nothing.
"Wither away in misery of your comfort zone" that was just harsh 😏
That line puched me right in my comfort zone.
but true, ouch.
You deliver knowledge in such an aesthetic manner I cant help but admire every sentence.
Most underrated psychologist ever.. wish we had his books translated in portuguese :(
Try, courage to be disliked.
@@frankypreglo1167 I'm reading it now.
I came here because of the book "The Courage to be Disliked"
Great book!,,
And I came because of the courage to be happy. The professor and the student.
I also think what Nietzsche said was very true pertaining to this video. If you want to achieve something then you must live dangerously.
Nietzsche is MSM....hes borrowed trash, put on a pedestal....
@D G what are you defining danger and illusion by?
amen
@D G yeah dangerous is actually just an subjective value… not exactly it is
I REALLY needed to hear this. I'm not happy with myself and I noticed that I safeguard around my problems and I project my inferior self onto others. It's a mess I'm trying to deal with. Thank you.
You described me😢 did you get through it? Anything you can share to help?
Am psychology major and this channel strengthens the love I have for psychology
The Academy of Ideas is one of the best channel as it gives food for thought.
I really like that one picture of the man in a cell with a pack of lions circling around him. 8:07
That's Daniel in the Lion's Den, an old biblical tale
FYI: A group of canines is a pack. A group of lions is a pride.
This is the first time I pause one of these videos just to admire this same painting.
That’s Daniel
@@tamarajessup1398 🙄
So what I have learned is that I am incredibly superior to others in regards to finding the best safeguarding behaviors and methods in life. Gotcha. Going to cry in a corner now and work on strengthening my inferiority complex.
It's like you've inverted the colors of Alfred Adler's philosophy.
This is life changing. Thank you for shedding light on Adler's theory and explaining it so beautifully.
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Hiii
Man i really appreciate this channel and the minutes, hours, weeks, months you spend on these video's!
I had heard of Adler - thank you! I love how he promoted being courageous. I believe we need to retreat to comfort zones and then go out to be courageous, it is an ebb and flow.
nice. i agree, other mammals do this too
@@sawtoothiandi We are no animals!
perfact
Courage is the mean state of recklessness and cowardice. Both extremes are to be avoided at all times
I love how even though you're covering different thinkers, the ideas of the channel all point towards something similar. An inspiring message :)
This is the most insanely accurate piece of information, I have ever come across in my life.
your videos are actually gold.
I've just recently subbed to this channel. This channel is a goldmine of knowledge!
Basically, if you want any chance at overcoming your fears, don't hide, just burn baby.
the art u guys choose is gorgeous
I can't express how much I love you guys! Please keep up the good work!!!
I learned so much about how I respond to certain problems by reflecting on the words from this video. It's always great to see youself from another point of view and be challenged to grow. Truly great work!
Amazing how Academy of Ideas paints a clear image of what I've played out and slightly rationalized on my every day life
Finding this superiorly unique channel is a fresh air in the entertaining atmosphere of youtube...
Today news channels are full of misery and ads are full of ideals. We are so bombarded by these conflicting images we seem to have internalised them. Despair vs Over ambition, swinging from extremes yet remaining stuck. But this video explains my life. Something I've struggled to make sense of has been told to me in 9 mins. My inferiority complex has gone up exponentially.
No one person has summed me up so succinctly. This video has blown my head off.
I loved the video, just discovered the channel! However I missed something; Adler's theory also confirms that all our problems have an interpersonal origin. Inferiority or superiority complexes both come from comparison and/or our relation with other people, and the vertical relationships we build.
Also he talks about how we can only find happiness when we are able to confirm our value in the society. "The courage to be happy" by Fumitake Koga really helps understanding Adler's legacy :)
dude, the artwork you use on your videos are always great quality! Renoir, Kroyer, Monet! Thanks for uploading such great content
Yes! i like 1:19 do you know who that is?
@@carrieeckermann8158
It's "Hip, Hip, Hurrah!" by Peder Severin Krøyer.
I think the video didnt emphasis an important point from Adler. That by doing safeguarding or distancing behaviour, you are doing it to achieve your goals. For example you are purposefully procrastinating to fulfil the idea that "I am smart" and it is this problem "procrastination" that draws me back, while the harsh reality is even if you tried your hardest you might still fail and perform worse than others.
6:00 really kicked my butt and told me to action... I recently retreated from a project due to multiple anxiety attacks that caused by fear. I really hate myself for lacking courage and constantly falling back to safeguarding behavior...
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Think I can add you somewhere on social media?
yes, and its not so bad for a woman to lack courage, a man? now yhats a big problem,, my problem
If you had anxiety attacks then you should listen to your body. Not to some dead Austrian who probably never experienced anxiety.
It is so true, even my instructor in college said so many students even if not psychology major only knows Freud and Jung but no mention of Adler in which would help them better since it's more practical and easier to understand than the other two's almost metaphysical but also deeply helpful concepts.
Ok, I pause the video because I have to thank you for doing this.. I'm in an intense self improvement period (or personality rebirth as you call it in one of your videos) I've been watching your videos and every single one of them - if watched with engagement - are concetrated knowledge of finding oneself in this world. Priceless! Thank you internet, thank you UA-cam and most importantly thank you for putting all this effort to share priceless content to the world!
Alfred Adler is even better than I thought. Thanks for this, Academy of Ideas.
The paintings are perfectly chosen for these concepts. Well done.
Never thought this would be on the MCAT, but here we are. I have always watched your channel for personal enjoyment, but now I'm using it to study! Keep up the awesome work man.
This video made want to do something productive until my inferiority complex arose when Alfred Alder called me a bum which I was already conscious of.
The inferiority complex, the playing the victim complex, the external locus of control syndrome, the family black sheep with the family scapegoat personality disorder. The identified patient - also called the “symptom-bearer” or “presenting problem” - may display unexplainable emotional or physical symptoms, and is often the first person to seek help, perhaps at the request of the family.
I think this video just changed my life. I'll get back to you on that.
how
"You do not rise to the level of your goals. You fall to the level of your systems." -James Clear
Reading about Adler after reading The Power of Habit and Atomic Habits.
Man brother, your videos are kick ass. If I would of known about these topics I would have majored in psychology.
"...........the misery of our comfort zone."
it's one of the best videos I viewed about Inferiority. Thank you!
Jesus, I first read a wiki page on Adler. Couldn’t really comprehend his concepts. This video does not only explain the concepts very good, it also connects them, so you can understand Adler’s full theory. Thank You!
This is the best 9 minutes I've ever spent on youtube. Thank you so much.
Adler's psychology today would get dismissed as "victim blaming". Its a bitter truth pill to swallow, but it's the most useful psychological theory for anyone actually committed to change and taking responsibility for their own happiness.
Wow! You explained the gist of Adler so crisply and lucidly. Thanks a lot
I've been watching all your uploads from newest->oldest and this one is the most impactful yet....and that's saying something bc more than half these videos are illuminating
Well its official you earned a new subscriber❤. Love how simple it is
The man!!! Reading his story for school and hes one of my favourites. He walked his talk.
This perspective in Psychology is more in line and more practical with our modern life based on our profession and personal relationships.
Bravery is only courage in war: courage is doing the right thing even when it is hard.
I really resonate with this video even 2 years later
This channel is gold.
Thank you so much for these videos.
I think in losing God and religion many compensate with outlandish and bombastic self-ideals. I know I have.
Not knowing what to do with ones life or how to live it we look for some extreme that once achieved can put us above common human worry while simultaneously being so un-achievable that it saves us from actual real action and moral considerations.
billpfortuna EGO. Edging God Out
I'm an athiest as well and very fortunate to be an artist, my ideals are attainable and part of reaching those goals is exciting and therapeutic as well so when I'm not pushing myself to an action such as painting or drawing, the action is pulling itself towards me. Strangely enough, I didn't really consider morality until I went to prison, years later, I took two morals and ethics courses in college. Either way, I was always compelled to do what I felt was right, I only did the contrary because there was some other type of benefit, monetary or social, not because I didn't feel like I didn't need to, being an athiest.
When we lost God, we lost ourselves.
TheManWithNoName ALL ovrr the eorld people rediscovering god through 12 step programs
I never lost god, because I never had it, it was impressed upon me by adults who didn't even have god simply because they couldn't prove the existence of god. In ridding myself of those fantasies, I learned how to deal better with reality, I'm more sure of and know more about myself than ever, particularly without the crutch of religious beliefs or the belief in god, karma, astrology, spirituality, etc; I'm very comfortable living without any of it.
I'm starting today. Let's see how it will go the next 8month, I've impregnated my ideas with your words.
Procrastination comes from a lack of clarity.
Not sure who needed to hear this on a 5 year old video but you're welcome.
This is certainly one of the best channels on UA-cam. Thank you!
I 100% agree to the message in this video. If you work long and hard enough, you can leave your old self back in your own dust.
Holy crap that was just what I needed
Sometimes people who used the excuse, I haven't achieved more because something outside my control is preventing me from doing so, are not lying. For example, if a politician with power doesn't want you to get a job in the city, where the politician lobbies and have power, you will never get a job. The amazing thing will emerge, if a person with hurdles in all directions, achieves what they said he can't. And they will wonder, there are millions of people in this city, freed from our hurdles, they can't even do half of what he has accomplished. Impressive.
Adler thoughts are my therapy
Looks like people are Waking up. Great Video. Just what I needed to hear.
The more I watch these videos the more I'm convinced that there's one fundamental choice in life.
Boredom or Sufferring
Cowardice or Courage
Happiness is for the fortunate.
Happiness as most people understand it don`t exist. Human emotions are constantly changeing. And alot of things that gives us joy will also give us alot of suffering. We can choose to some degree to not exaggerate to pain/suffering that is a part of life. But to avoid it is impossible. And life is highly unfair in the amount of pain it inflicts on it`s individuals. This insight can give some comfort, even in extreme suffering. I talk from experience, i have lost my entire family to addiction ( both my parents where addicts). And all my grand parents are dead ( im only 39). We can learn to adapt, and to choose to learn courage in the face of adversity. The default mode is to choose " status quo". But when life changes, and the " storms" come. We can use our knowledge as a form of " Anker" to protect us from beeing dragd at sea... But we can`t stop the " storm". And when we see that the storm goes over, we get some relief.
But the brutal truth is that we are made to survive. Not to be happy. The " Art" is to cultivate a mindset that is not shameing us for our own nature. And to accept human nature "as it is".
This sounds like an AI comment lol
Your video are so helpful! I'm taking notes while watching them over and over again. Thank you for making these. You should be proud👏
wow, Alfred is a genius. I wish I knew him and read his books earlier.
This video is an Eye-opener
7:29 Our self ideal may be overly perfectionist or too reliant on the things mentioned in the video.
However I feel we don't have a consistent well articulated, unambiguous and measurable self ideal. For eg if we want to be rich but we never take the little step and answer questions as to how much should you be saving or earing in the coming month, year in order to reach a level of income, neither do we take the necessary steps or look back and audit the activity over time
Adler “every lifestyle is adequate until life presents it with a task it is not prepare for”
Wouldn’t the best lifestyle be the one that reduces the number of unprepared tasks closer to zero?
Mohamed Orayith thing is, you can’t know that until the challenge for which you’re unprepared emerges. It is almost by definition an unforeseen problem.
This would give a great debate. And caspar also makes a very good point
This channel is knowledge of antiquity, distilled by wisdom, given word by a modern day aesthete.
So i consider myself courageous. I always take courage/ seek fulfilment in completing tasks. I am a lazy person so I like to give my all to make my rest worry free. I think I have anxiety in not getting my rest properly. I also fear how I would behave should I be a father. How busy can I manage and still be optimal in all endeavours
The inferiority complex, the playing the victim complex, the external locus of control syndrome, the family black sheep with the family scapegoat personality disorder. The identified patient - also called the “symptom-bearer” or “presenting problem” - may display unexplainable emotional or physical symptoms, and is often the first person to seek help, perhaps at the request of the family.
Neglect and abuse from living in a dysfunctional family dynamic creates not just trauma in the brain, but is also psychosomatic. That is the trauma creates real damage in the body. So it is explainable. The problem is often that the victim of the abuse is so brainwashed that they don`t even know that what they have experienced is abuse. So they think that there is some other form of dissorder. And as you say if the family even want`s them to seek help this can be the ressult of gaslighting. That is they are brainwashed to think that they`re " reaction" to the " actions" of the toxic family is the problem. When the reality and the truth is that the narcissist and their enablers is the problem.
The hard part is to not just see the truth. But also that the next step useing the " locus of control", is a break with the toxic family. But most often the victim ( scapegoat), is to brainwashed and manipulated into the role of the " inferior complex". That the damage on the brain is so hard that they can`t see the truth " as it is". That is that the narcissist is to blame. And that the scapegoat do have the power to change their own life. And can take accountability for their own future. And accept that they can`t change the past. Or the narcissist or their "servants"
A remix from the film " The Matrix". See the truth, that there " is no family". That is the persons in the toxic family dynamic are only actors. Who have never done their tasks as they should. Because they where consumed by their own " fake self image". That is consumed by their own superiority complex and inferiority complexes.
where there is a will, there's a way.
This video is amazing. All of this channel's contents is extremely useful and enlightening. I greatly appreciate the hard work you put into these.
It's nuts how good this channel is.
There is too much safeguarding to the extent that inferiority complex has become cultural and commercial. Virtual, superficial self-ideals.
botox/steroids
I’m grateful to be able to watch your video 🙏
The misery of our comfort zone. Quite an observation.
my first inferiority was my weight and now a days i look back and it amazes me how i could think i was fat
Points are valid but not all can apply today. The dynamic of life has changed a bit since his time.
You don't get the privilege to be judged by only your village or city, but judgement from a planet.
Having the space, and time to reflect. I mean besides locking yourself inside a closet for 10 min.
Most of existence is "pitiful", period. Few of us are unremarkable until death, when our names are carved into stone.
The degree of the kneeling before these old timers is a bit excessive. Most of them lived in a time where the average person could not read, and write. I would have been the fastest swimmer in my class if my pesky peers didn't have legs
Wow! It is hard to focus on the lecture with all those pictures. What a nice job, thank you very much
I want to ask the presenter,
Have you been skydiving?
For me that is a very dreadful thought, and I chose it as I feel it would be one of the most magnificent things to do, but the sense of terror I imagine when even thinking of it really makes me almost repulsed. One day I want to turn the terror I would experience, into excitement and thrill, through courage
I can only imagine the courage it would take for some men, and for some no courage at all, just pure instinct to dive into a pure perception-bending experience (people of this kind change our world)
My fear of heights is intense, I work at heights installing high rise glass panels, and am okay with it, but roller coasters and huge slides at water parks I cannot do. As a man. The sensation of falling at high speed restricts me from thinking clearly at all and I’m consumed by fear
I need to rid myself of this, the benefit to my life would be of such a grand scale... I’m trying exposure therapy very soon, indoor 20m rock climbing, with upside down rock climbing on the ceiling, going to climb up and just let go and fall, to let myself see it’s not bad to risk. To teach myself that and rewire my fucked up brain. And get into high speed rides that stay relatively low.. I’m hoping it helps me learn to live
Sorry for this long message, I feel like I may be able to reboot myself and stop my regrets, and LIVE marching forward! Thank you and wish me luck haha
Maybe something is warning you. Or maybe you died in a past life that way. Or maybe you'll just do it and it will be a big depressing letdown. That's what happened to me!
I was just checking out skydiving before I clicked on this video! I feel the same way although I've been wanting to skydive for so long now I think it might be a rather short-lived exhilaration.
Hey I just wanted to tell you, I felt the same way 14 years ago. Continuously forcing myself to exposure of heights (and many other things) led me to skydiving, rock climbing and now I fly gliders for a hobby (19750 ft above sea level is my record). Flying is fun. Although I still get scared of bungy jumping. So the fear never goes away, but the sense of control increases.
What an absolute genius.
Awesome video! Thank you very much.
Didn't know much about Alfred Adler but hopefully you guys are here =)
Very interesting and inspiring.
Valuable information, thanks a lot! Loved the presentation style with the images - very well done!
What a brilliant man! Thanks for explaining it all!
Thanks.youtubes algorithms hiding your videos from me.it makes finding your latest post for me that much more interesting for me.thanks for your video essays,it helps with an insight on what I would think before as a pickle I'm in.inspires another way to look at it for the lack of a better term.
Watts said something along the lines of, how willing you are to turn into dust is a measure of how alive you are.
He also said a secure mind is in a state of decay
thank you times 10000000000000000000000000 for your work you are seriously the man
Wow! Safeguarding distance-seeker here. And no, you can do it for a long time and people won’t notice. Especially if it manifests in physical illness, or at least the appearance of it. I wish someone would’ve taught me this in maybe seventh grade? I wouldn’t have wasted so many years in bed. Definitely going to read more Adler. Thank you.
These hit hard.
P.S if you ever need an alternate Voice Over for these, I'll happily help out.
Cheers. That filled in a blank for me.
Wonderfully crafted and presented. I wish the pauses are longer for the complex topics, so we can have a moment to absorb them. We can pause on UA-cam, but it’s different.
Absolutely stunning presentation, the concise content and the art works! Beautiful! thank you soo much!!!