How I Overcame Inferiority Complex.

Hello hive learners community and wonderful readers of my blog, it's another week and a new edition of the hive learners prompt. This week's prompt is to write about our inferiority complex. We all have moments when we feel like we are not good enough, but it is important to remember that we are all unique and special in our own way. It is important to have self-belief and confidence in our own abilities, and to not compare ourselves to others. Just remember to be kind to yourself and focus on your strengths.

An inferiority complex is a psychological condition in which a person experiences a continuous sense of self-doubt, inadequacy, and inferiority in contrast to others. It can cause emotions of worthlessness, self-esteem, and anxiety.

This takes me to this account that happened while I was still teaching at a school. A teacher who I had met there at the school, we decided to be friends due to our classes were far from each other, from the beginning this girl started making it known that she wanted to talk to me than just be more than colleagues I had already started thinking less of myself, there was a way she carried hersel.

I initially thought she was from a very rich home and the way she frequently made reference to her family, I had thought she had it all and I had nothing , how would she want to be friends with me, sometimes I avoided her on my way home from work, she might send a pupil to tell me we were going home together, but would always come up with an excuse to go home alone, aside from the way she talks, the way she dressed too was always so sophisticated, she always looked good ,though I always admired her and I always did compare myself to her which even made the matter more worse, I was dark skinned and she was light skinned and beautiful ,i was always conscious of myself whenever I was around her, I had belittled myself and felt so low of myself anytime she was around me.

But the day I had summoned courage to go to her house, I was glad I did that I did, a lot became clear and I think she also noticed I was always feeling down when I was around her and that was the reason she had been telling me to come visit her at home and I had been refusing, that day she sat me down and talked sense into my head , she said never allow people to define you by your appearance, and she said that was the reason why she took extra care of herself whenever she was outside.

From then on I had to change the way I had belittled myself and start building a more positive self-image. I recognized that my worth did not depend on my accomplishments and that I was capable of great things. I began to focus on my strengths and treat myself with kindness and respect.

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