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Suggest Therapy To Overcome Inferiority Complex

Hi,my name is Hriata,i'm from the north eastern part of India from a small tribal city.Im 25years of age,5ft 7inchand 73kgs.Ive just finish my post graduate in Sociology recently in this year through correspondance course.I have a very strong inferiority complex ever since from my early teenage.Im a very shy and quite person.So many people around me talk bad of me like I'm stupid,little bit backward,99%,boring,narrow minded,etc specially from the girls I think.this really puts me down,sometimes I used to think Im little bit crack and this really really hurt my feelings many times.I used to wonder why am I born this way.I tried to get rid of my timidness and overcome all of this feelings I have tried to get rid of this from along time.Please help me Doctor,Am I really 99%??
Mon, 5 Jan 2015
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Hello thanks for choosing HCM for your health related queries

You are a young male have have complaints of inferiority complex. You have feelings that people call you boring, backward, narrow minded and this causes you to feel bad. You have negative views about your self. See, from available history you have mentioned detailed reason for your symptoms can be ascertained and proper evaluation by a psychiatrist is required to make proper diagnosis. The symptoms appears to be occurring because of underlying depression. The poor social functioning can be due to depression or it can be the poor social functioning that is causing depressive symptoms.

In such case medicines like SSRIs can be use to improve the symptoms of depression like negative views about yourself. For improvement of self confidence you can take help of a psychologist. Personality grooming by a good counsellor will also help in reduction of symptoms.

Hope this helps you. Take Care
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Suggest Therapy To Overcome Inferiority Complex

Hello thanks for choosing HCM for your health related queries You are a young male have have complaints of inferiority complex. You have feelings that people call you boring, backward, narrow minded and this causes you to feel bad. You have negative views about your self. See, from available history you have mentioned detailed reason for your symptoms can be ascertained and proper evaluation by a psychiatrist is required to make proper diagnosis. The symptoms appears to be occurring because of underlying depression. The poor social functioning can be due to depression or it can be the poor social functioning that is causing depressive symptoms. In such case medicines like SSRIs can be use to improve the symptoms of depression like negative views about yourself. For improvement of self confidence you can take help of a psychologist. Personality grooming by a good counsellor will also help in reduction of symptoms. Hope this helps you. Take Care