Contemporary Adlerian Dictionary

Boredom: The experience of waiting for life to provide the stimulation you should be seeking on your own.

Confusion: The state of mind in which you have all the information you need to make a decision you don't want to make for fear of chosing wrong or losing something.

Guilt: A demonstration of the good intentions you don't really have.

Irritability: Anger you don't want to take responsibility for due to the belief that you would then have to do something about it.

Suffering: The substitution of "nobility" for "no ability".

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