The crisis of the periphery countries [such as Greece and Portugal] is a reflection of the deep inadequacies of the eurozone.
Is he one of those people whose mental problems are rooted in a feeling of deep moral inadequacy, and a drive to confess is a way to relieve anxiety rather than tell the truth?
For anyone who has gazed in wonder at the dizzying monument of Proust's Search and retreated from its grandeur with a sense of deep personal inadequacy, or perhaps a secret hankering for Monty Python's "All-England Summarise Proust Competition", Taylor's scintillating narrative is the perfect introduction to an intimidating prospect.
There was no success that couldn't be hollowed out by the revelation of some deep-seated inadequacy.
Arnett's Gob is an egomaniac, but his boastfulness is only a cover for his deep feelings of inadequacy and insecurity.
Powell gives plentiful examples, but sometimes defends Britten's behavior, writing that "those who accused him of callousness entirely failed to understand the paralyzing consequences of his own deep sense of inadequacy".
When Zach is performing for the cameras, he's hammy verging on pathetic, as if he's starring not in a reality show but a sketch-comedy show about someone with deep feelings of inadequacy.
From here, an admission that continues to shock, and having described his adolescent self as "an odious little snob", he confesses his deep sense of inadequacy: "I had not much grasp of what socialism meant, and no notion that the working class were human beings… I could agonise over their sufferings, but I hated them and despised them whenever I came anywhere near them".
Like a lot of important historical phenomena, the whole thing started with a deep sense of inadequacy: Europeans have been scratching their heads for decades trying (badly) to recreate the economic engine of Silicon Valley.
When failure is held as simply unfortunate, our failings are usually riddled with shame, guilt and deep feelings of inadequacy.
That pain is coming from a deep feeling of inadequacy and worthlessness which is fed from being separated from the real self.
