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Tom was a sickly child and always felt helpless. According to Adler, as an adult Tom will probably attempt to overcompensate.
What is compensation and overcompensation?
- Compensation is defined as excelling in one area to make up for real or perceived deficits in another area.
- It is often used anonymously with the term overcompensation, although overcompensation often suggests that a person is going far beyond what is necessary to make up for their deficiency.
- Overcompensation involves shadowing one's inadequacies by excelling in another field and feeling superior thus
- Example. A boy is never picked for any sports team at school, he overcompensates by becoming the editor of the school magazine.
- Overcompensation is undertaken at a subconscious level and leads to curbing the feelings of inadequacy and incompetence.
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