You’re so vain you think you’re nobody.
This is probably as old as dirt. No, wait, this is an original thought. Yeah. Very original.
Couple of things. One is that to think you are inferior you must have ego. Two is that to think you are superior you must have ego. To think you are nothing you must have vision.
Back to the point, both inferiority complexes and superiority complexes are two sides of the same affliction, vanity. Some see this as an asset, a plus, a positive attribute. What do I think? All evolutions lead to the same place. Truth. Holism. Big picture thinking. What do I think of the above metaphor about being up or down on oneself? I think that vanity is not good, and not bad, only not true. I prefer truth. So I prefer not being vain. So I am not.
To think oneself is anything at all other than a human is to enter the realm of vanity. The truth is, you are who you are, and once you become honest and true to yourself, you can let go of all preconceived expectations of yourself and you are now able to pilot your ship, dang that is dumb, how about begin to make real decisions based on real truths you know about yourself? So see the truth and get over it. We are all velvet, harsh velvet. OED 1980.
Funny to liken big picture thinking to finding the answer within. There it is.
I’m so vain Carly Simon wrote a song about me. So which do I have, an inferiority or superiority complex? And is the cure rock n roll?
Neither. Yes.