[Jan 10, 97 - 12:51] Regina Finan of 1:2410/534 wrote to Jerry Schwartz:
JS>> I don't think low self-esteem is a medical condition, but rather a
JS>> consequence of something else which could be either medical or
JS>> environmental.  For that matter, I am convinced that personality is to
JS>> some degree inborn rather than learned. 
RF>  If it is inborn and not learned, than there would have to be some 
enetic
RF>  relationship or tendency for it associated with either a learning 
RF> disability
RF>  or other disorders such as ADD/ADHD or mental disposition.
Well, I said "to some degree."  I don't know that basic personality is 
related to AD(H)D: based upon the descriptions of kids posted here they range 
from cold to loving, happy-go-lucky to morbid, compliant to oppositional.
Jerry Schwartz
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