{"id":10342,"date":"2025-10-10T19:04:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-10T19:04:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/797020359941570560-2\/"},"modified":"2026-02-01T04:54:29","modified_gmt":"2026-01-31T21:54:29","slug":"797020359941570560-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.donotdestroy.com\/index\/797020359941570560-2\/","title":{"rendered":"797020359941570560"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1><\/h1>\n<p><a class=\"tumblr_blog\" href=\"https:\/\/donotdestroy.tumblr.com\/post\/792365992504410112\/why-an-inferiority-complex-can-still-mean-a-big\">donotdestroy<\/a>:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p class=\"npf_link\" data-npf='{\"type\":\"link\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/contemplative-psychology\/202008\/why-an-inferiority-complex-can-still-mean-a-big-ego\",\"display_url\":\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/contemplative-psychology\/202008\/why-an-inferiority-complex-can-still-mean-a-big-ego\",\"title\":\"Why an Inferiority Complex Can Still Mean a Big Ego\",\"description\":\"A big ego is typically associated with narcissistic and superiority tendencies, but people with an inferiority complex can still be egotisti\",\"site_name\":\"Psychology Today\",\"poster\":[{\"media_key\":\"6b0f9300aaa63cab2a59891d9116d96c:ac2340ece4e9abec-bc\",\"type\":\"image\/jpeg\",\"width\":1528,\"height\":800}]}'><a href=\"https:\/\/www.psychologytoday.com\/us\/blog\/contemplative-psychology\/202008\/why-an-inferiority-complex-can-still-mean-a-big-ego\" target=\"_blank\">Why an Inferiority Complex Can Still Mean a Big Ego<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u201cA key premise of ontological addiction theory is that regardless of how the ego manifests or how visible a person\u2019s egotism might be, having a big ego is invariably not in the interests of fostering health and well-being. This applies to the health and well-being of the individual as well as to that of everyone they encounter. 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