De-identifying from Siblings: Leading to the End of Cain Complex

Siblings are the one who remains together throughout the lives and their relationship is a mixture of love, hate, jealousy, affection and every other emotion. An individual is usually like to imitate or idolize their elder siblings however too much similarities between them sometimes leads to societal comparisons of who done it better. This could create animosity between siblings which leads to estrangement in their adult lives or in some cases it can result in harmful and deadly doings as evident in the story of Cain and Abel. The former sibling murdered the latter one due to jealousy ascended between them, since then this feeling is known as Cain Complex. However with time, people started to not let this feeling of jealousy and rivalry prevail between them and their siblings by using a defensive technique termed as de-identification. This term was coined by Alfred Adler which suggests that an individual strive to be different from others and allow oneself to find their own niche ultimately leading to less rivalrous feeling with siblings. The present article throws light on the development of Cain complex and how the process of de-identification help an individual to develop a different personality.