What causes some people to be fearful and have negative feelings
towards the concept of the self? Why do some people feel that to have a high sense of self, individuation, and self-regard is considered to be selfish in the most negative sense? Why some people always place the needs and desires of others and theirs last, if it all? How does birth order and/or family size have an influence as to whether a person has a high, low, or no sense of self and individuation?
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