--- In classicaladlerianpsychology@yahoogroups.com, "Dustin"
<duey882001@y...> wrote:
>
> Paulina,
> I believe there is a technique that can be used to
determine
> if one feels inferior.You ask a person 5 questions on a scale of 1
to
> 100 and they are as follows: 1. Rate yourself as a total person in
> comparison with other people of your own group; 2. Rate yourself in
> terms of where you think others see you overall; 3. Rate yourself in
> terms of what you think your absolute potential could be, if you had
> all the opportunities in life and all the means needed to achieve
your
> goals; 4. Rate yourself in terms of your future expectations, where
> you think you may be overall in 5 years from now; 5. Rate where you
> would want to be right now, what you think you should be at this
time.
> Now, if you wish you may draw 5 vertical lines on a sheet
of
> paper and actually mark these 5 ratings. Inferiority feelings as
well
> as the inferiority complex are indicated by the extent of the
> difference between the rating on line 1 and line 5. The higher the
> difference, the higher the feeling of inferiority. I hope this
> response isn't too late and I hope it helps.
>
> -Dustin

I would like to say that I "misinterpeted" the way the messages were
arranged from newest to oldest. lol so that last post of mine will be
quite late, but maybe someone else will get use out of it. Sorry for
the confusion.

-Dustin