At three years old his younger brother died in the bed next his. Likewise, Alder suffered from rickets and at the age of four he almost died from pneumonia (Schultz, Duane P 2009). His childhood was filled with illness and envy toward his older brother and other kids physical abilities. As a result, this is where Alder says most of his theory develops from, his inferiority feelings toward others and trying to overcompensate his weakness. However, after many years of developing his theory, in 1937 while on tour in Europe, he suffered a heart attack and …show more content…
He describes three universal problems such as with occupation, with love, and the problems involving a person 's behavior towards others. Then he proposed four basic styles of life to cope with these issues, the dominant type (has no regard for others), the getting type (dependent of others), the avoiding type (neglects or hides from issues), and the socially useful type (follows typical order). However, Adler did oppose classifying people so rigidly. He often suggested that other therapist avoid classifying people to such an exclusive scale. Also Adler said “we are in control of our fate, not victims of it” (Schultz, Duane P 2009). He describes this as creative power of the self, the individual is capable of creating an appropriate style of life. Adler believed that individuals create themself, their personality, and their character (Schultz, Duane P