Psychology Today Sept Oct 1995. Over-achievement is often a sign of low self esteem, next to under achievement. Victims of crime suffer low self-esteem, because they worry that their victimization may lead others to reject them. Loss of self-esteem increases the motivation to be liked by others. The victim will engage in antisocial behavior that just was not part of their person, because of the importance of being part of a group.
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There are many more obscure, miserable and impoverished geniuses in the world than under appreciated beauties. Intelligence, for all it's power, manifests itself only through the transforming medium of work. Nov 1994 p. 56. An over-protective environment or unreliable relationships cause insecurity. Shyness genetically originated wherein an animal would not become habituated to a new location, until fully acquainted with those new surroundings, and thus danger was avoided, and survival was enhanced.