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Neurosis Quotes

It could be ventured to understand obsessive compulsive neurosis as the pathological counterpart of religious development, to define neurosis as an individual religiosity; to define religion as a universal obsessive compulsive neurosis Picture Quote #1

We carry our past with us, to wit, the primitive and inferior man with his desires and emotions, and it is only with an enormous effort that we can detach ourselves from this burden. If it comes to a neurosis, we invariably have to deal with a considerably intensified shadow. And if such a person wants to be cured it is necessary to find a way in which his conscious personality and his shadow can live together Picture Quote #1

People who are extremely inside their head, like he was, are caught in a neurosis that goes round and round. Then something will hook them and take them to their end and they can’t control it Picture Quote #1

I was always admiring people who seemed to conduct themselves with ease in the world. Maybe that’s a great gift to give your kids if you can do that. Because they can move through the world without neurosis, this anxiety about everything, which our own parents gave us Picture Quote #1

Neurosis can be understood best as the battle between tendencies within an individual; deep character analysis leads, if successful, to the progressive solution Picture Quote #1

The scars left from the child’s defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at the bottom of every neurosis Picture Quote #1

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Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that’s just in the suitcase when you’re an actor Picture Quote #1

In all of our society, but especially in Hollywood, there is an obsession with perfection that can lead to self-loathing and neurosis and all that kind of stuff Picture Quote #1

I have never felt that the primary use of these things was to cure what is called in modern parlance neurosis, what I call unhappiness. It isn’t for that Picture Quote #1

I swim in a pool of my own neurosis. I carry love, grief deeply, like an Irishman Picture Quote #1

In Les Mots I explain the origin of my madness, of my neurosis. This analysis may help the young who dream of writing Picture Quote #1

With the world as it now presents itself, there is something perverse, and probably dysfunctional, about a person who stays in the same house for 40 years. What about the expanding family syndrome, the school-lottery migration, the property portfolio neurosis? Have you no imagination? Picture Quote #1

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The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone’s neurosis, and we’d have a mighty dull literature if all the writers that came along were a bunch of happy chuckleheads Picture Quote #1

Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made man feel small by showing him that the Earth was not the center of the universe Picture Quote #1

In building a path through the self to the far shore of awareness, we have to carefully pick our way through our own wilderness. If we can put our minds into a place of surrender, we will have an easier time feeling the contours of the land. We do not have to break our way through as much as we have to find our way around the major obstacles. We do not have to cure every neurosis, we just have to learn how not to be caught by them Picture Quote #1

Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure Picture Quote #1

About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their lives. This can be defined as the general neurosis of our times Picture Quote #1

For in that city [New York] there is neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy Picture Quote #1

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The weakling and the neurotic attached to his neurosis are not anxious to turn such a powerful searchlight upon the dark corners of their psychology Picture Quote #1

A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a psychologist Picture Quote #1

We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose, of forcing the patient out of real life, of alienating him from actuality Picture Quote #1

The true believer is in a high degree protected against the danger of certain neurotic afflictions, by accepting the universal neorosis he is spared the task of forming a personal neurosis Picture Quote #1

We may say that hysteria is a caricature of an artistic creation, a compulsion neurosis a caricature of a religion, and a paranoiac delusion a caricature of a philosophic system Picture Quote #1

Neurosis is the result of a conflict between the ego and its id, whereas psychosis is the analogous outcome of a similar disturbance in the relation between the ego and its environment (outer world) Picture Quote #1

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Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which the accused carries on the prosecution, imposes judgment and executes the sentence: all to the end that someone else should not perform the same process Picture Quote #1

It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction Picture Quote #1

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone’s neurosis, and we’d have a mighty dull literature if all the writers that came along were a bunch of happy chuckleheads Picture Quote #1

Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and makes claims about them. In short, the neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions Picture Quote #1

Religious creeds encourage some of the craziest kinds of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors and favor severe manifestations of neurosis, borderline personality states, and sometimes even psychosis Picture Quote #1

The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone’s neurosis Picture Quote #1

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It could be ventured to understand obsessive compulsive neurosis as the pathological counterpart of religious development, to define neurosis as an individual religiosity; to define religion as a universal obsessive compulsive neurosis (Neurosis Quotes) We carry our past with us, to wit, the primitive and inferior man with his desires and emotions, and it is only with an enormous effort that we can detach ourselves from this burden. If it comes to a neurosis, we invariably have to deal with a considerably intensified shadow. And if such a person wants to be cured it is necessary to find a way in which his conscious personality and his shadow can live together (Neurosis Quotes) People who are extremely inside their head, like he was, are caught in a neurosis that goes round and round. Then something will hook them and take them to their end and they can’t control it (Neurosis Quotes) I was always admiring people who seemed to conduct themselves with ease in the world. Maybe that’s a great gift to give your kids if you can do that. Because they can move through the world without neurosis, this anxiety about everything, which our own parents gave us. (Neurosis Quotes) Neurosis can be understood best as the battle between tendencies within an individual; deep character analysis leads, if successful, to the progressive solution (Neurosis Quotes) The scars left from the child’s defeat in the fight against irrational authority are to be found at the bottom of every neurosis (Neurosis Quotes) Fear, anxiety and neurosis: that’s just in the suitcase when you’re an actor (Neurosis Quotes) In all of our society, but especially in Hollywood, there is an obsession with perfection that can lead to self-loathing and neurosis and all that kind of stuff (Neurosis Quotes) I have never felt that the primary use of these things was to cure what is called in modern parlance neurosis, what I call unhappiness. It isn’t for that (Neurosis Quotes) I swim in a pool of my own neurosis. I carry love, grief deeply, like an Irishman. (Neurosis Quotes) In Les Mots I explain the origin of my madness, of my neurosis. This analysis may help the young who dream of writing. (Neurosis Quotes) With the world as it now presents itself, there is something perverse, and probably dysfunctional, about a person who stays in the same house for 40 years. What about the expanding family syndrome, the school-lottery migration, the property portfolio neurosis? Have you no imagination? (Neurosis Quotes) The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone’s neurosis, and we’d have a mighty dull literature if all the writers that came along were a bunch of happy chuckleheads. (Neurosis Quotes) Modern neurosis began with the discoveries of Copernicus. Science made man feel small by showing him that the Earth was not the center of the universe (Neurosis Quotes) In building a path through the self to the far shore of awareness, we have to carefully pick our way through our own wilderness. If we can put our minds into a place of surrender, we will have an easier time feeling the contours of the land. We do not have to break our way through as much as we have to find our way around the major obstacles. We do not have to cure every neurosis, we just have to learn how not to be caught by them (Neurosis Quotes) Success and failure are both difficult to endure. Along with success come drugs, divorce, fornication, bullying, travel, meditation, medication, depression, neurosis and suicide. With failure comes failure (Neurosis Quotes) About a third of my cases are suffering from no clinically definable neurosis, but from the senselessness and emptiness of their lives. This can be defined as the general neurosis of our times (Neurosis Quotes) For in that city [New York] there is neurosis in the air which the inhabitants mistake for energy (Neurosis Quotes) The weakling and the neurotic attached to his neurosis are not anxious to turn such a powerful searchlight upon the dark corners of their psychology (Neurosis Quotes) A certain degree of neurosis is of inestimable value as a drive, especially to a psychologist (Neurosis Quotes) We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose, of forcing the patient out of real life, of alienating him from actuality (Neurosis Quotes) The true believer is in a high degree protected against the danger of certain neurotic afflictions, by accepting the universal neorosis he is spared the task of forming a personal neurosis (Neurosis Quotes) We may say that hysteria is a caricature of an artistic creation, a compulsion neurosis a caricature of a religion, and a paranoiac delusion a caricature of a philosophic system (Neurosis Quotes) Neurosis is the result of a conflict between the ego and its id, whereas psychosis is the analogous outcome of a similar disturbance in the relation between the ego and its environment (outer world) (Neurosis Quotes) Every neurosis is a primitive form of legal proceeding in which the accused carries on the prosecution, imposes judgment and executes the sentence: all to the end that someone else should not perform the same process (Neurosis Quotes) It is said that those whom the gods wish to destroy they first make mad. It may well be that a war neurosis stirred up by propaganda of fear and hatred is the prelude to destruction (Neurosis Quotes) The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone’s neurosis, and we’d have a mighty dull literature if all the writers that came along were a bunch of happy chuckleheads (Neurosis Quotes) Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and makes claims about them. In short, the neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions (Neurosis Quotes) Religious creeds encourage some of the craziest kinds of thoughts, emotions, and behaviors and favor severe manifestations of neurosis, borderline personality states, and sometimes even psychosis (Neurosis Quotes) The good writing of any age has always been the product of someone’s neurosis (Neurosis Quotes)

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