My extremely ineloquantly written idea

[joel_j]

I think low self esteem is actually an inequality between yourself and the people around you both in the positive and negative sense. There are many ways that people make themselves feel superior to others, but then the subconscious compensates by intensifying the other extreme, so you feel both more superior and inferior

Comments

[currente_calamo]

I liked that :) True, too, both ideas.