Towards Self-Confidence:
An Interview with Dr. Freund

by T Newfields

Dr. Frederick Freund is a minor psychologist trying to become more noted and author of a third-rate book about shyness. Spending his first eight years in a suburb near Vienna, he later lived in Venice, Italy and Visnagar, India. In 2011 he graduated with a degree in neuroscience from Pablo de Olavide University in Seville, Spain. He was interviewed in Rio de Janeiro recently while attending a conference on psycho-somology. This interview was completed in 2026.
Q: Let's start off with a simple question: how do you define self-confidence?
A: Self-acceptance, which gives us the wisdom to accept others.
Q: And how does self-confidence develop?
A: Vell, it has its roots in zie early experience. Parents kan do a lot to help zeir kinder feel worthwhile. I zink zie most important part of self-cunfidence is luving und being loved. People who feel loved und accepted kan overcum many difficulties. On zie other hand, if a person does not feel loved almost nothing will make up for it.
Q: So what you're saying is that childhood experiences are important?
A: Ja. . .
Q: Well, what hinders self-confidence?
A: Attempts to measure humans as if they were vegatables. No yardstick really fits when it comes to human dignity.