sentence: Compensation can hide real or imagined problems and personal or physical inferiority.
sentences_before: In psychology, 'compensation' is a way people hide something that they cannot do well, by doing something else really well. They may not even be aware that they are doing it.
sentences_after: However it does not really solve the cause of the problem. Positive compensations may help a person overcome difficulties. But negative compensations do not, and can even make the problems worse.
concept_name: compensation
headings: Compensation (psychology)
categories: Psychology