Psychologist Alfred Adled developed the idea of compensating for "organ deficiencies" which are any qualities about ourselves we perceive as inferior. If I am not good at physical activity I will make up for it by excelling at mental activity. If I am shy and introverted I will make up for this shyness by developing skills that are more internal in nature.
Everyone does this. Why is it that many "beautiful" people are not usually the most brilliant? Could it be that they focus on their beauty and diminish their intellectual side? I think so. It's rare to find anyone who is the "total package."
Blind people are another, even more striking, example. People born blind often develop their other senses to unimagineable levels. Hearing, touch, smell and taste become their only means of sensation and they use them better than any person with normal sight. The same is true of anyone else that has a serious disability. That's not to say it's not a tragedy to have handicaps, but often it's not as "bad" as we might believe.
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