being the middle child

today i read from newspaper, stating your position among siblings will actually bring an effect to your personality. i personally really agree to that. in my first year psychology major, under personality subject. there is once a psychologist name Alfred Adler also state the difference personality based on your position among siblings.

from the newspaper, it is written: being the second or the middle child

• being the middle child, they dun have the expectation from parents like the first child nor the pamper love from parents like the youngest child. they faced a complicated relationships between the elder siblings and the younger siblings. these has lead them to 2 different areas

1. they develop the rebellion character, hoping to get parents attention
2. they have been trained to have a better relationship with others and able to adapt environment better because they has been dealing with the elder and younger siblings
3. because they are in the middle, their personality will be more sensitive, easy to have anger and dissatisfaction in the heart.
4. though they feel neglected at home, they are good at interpersonal skills at the outside world.
5. they have more obvious sign of depression

i feel is quite true describing me being the typical second child. as i had mentioned earlier, i suffered from second child syndrome when i was small.. now im getting better but sometimes i do feel it again..i need a lot of assurance from people around... i need to reconfirm my value..is very easy to feel low self esteem again... at times like this, i will start to control and divert my attention to God again.. i believe it is a long process to completely overcome it, but i will persevere through:)