“People change, but there really are limits. One thing you discover in psychoanalytic treatment is the limits of what you can change about yourself or your life. We are children for a very long time.” PeopleChildrenLongOne ThingLimitsLong TimeTreatmentAbout YourselfPsychoanalytic Book:In Writing Source: In Writing
“The child..will try to make himself..independent of other people. .. Excesses of appetite are self-cures for feelings of hopelessness. ..The child [uses] ‘doubt about food to hide doubt about love.’” PeopleTryingChildrenSelfUseFeelingsDoubtIndependentCuresAppetiteExcessHopelessness Author:Adam Phillips