“The 'experts' will not change the world-- they will simply make a satisfactory living helping people to adjust to it; the world will only change when ordinary people realize what is making them unhappy, and do something about it.” DepressionAnxietyTraumaActivismSociologyPtsdPsychotherapy Book:Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety Source: Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety
“To stand for something, whether in child-rearing or any other sphere, is of course to risk error; it is also to become conspicuous under the gaze of the Other, to give away one's position and to invite rejection. But it is also the only way through which social evolution can take a truly moral direction; it is the inescapable consequence of recognizing and taking seriously the fact that it is we who make the world, not 'it' or 'them'.” SocialRiskMoralityAnxietyActivismSociology Book:Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety Source: Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety
“For there would be no point in painful struggle, in heroic battle against injustice, in the painstaking achievements of culture and learning, in courageous stance against cruelty or adversity, in loving self-sacrifice for others, if in fact the experience gained by just one tortured and despairing individual could simply be 'adjusted' or 'modified' by the appropriate expert.” DepressionAnxietyAdversityInjusticeTraumaActivismExpertsPsychiatryPsychotherapy Book:Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety Source: Illusion and Reality: The Meaning of Anxiety