“The so-called sensitivity of neurotics develops along with their egotism; they cannot bear for other people to flaunt the sufferings with which they are increasingly preoccupied themselves.” SufferingSensitivityEgotismNeurotics Book:The Guermantes Way Source: The Guermantes Way
“In his fight against the powers of the surrounding world his first weapon was magic, the first forerunner of our modern technology. We suppose that this confidence in magic is derived from the over-estimation of the individual’s own intellectual operations, from the belief in the ‘omnipotence of thoughts’, which, incidentally, we come across again in our obsessional neurotics.” ThinkingScienceHumanityTechnologyPowerMagicConfidenceIntellectObsessionNeurotics Book:New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis Source: New Introductory Lectures on Psychoanalysis
“Do you know the difference between neurotics and psychotics?” “Neurotics build castles in the sky; psychotics move into them.” PsychopathsNeuroticsPsychoticsNeurotics And Psychotics Book:Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade Source: Assuming Names: A Con Artist's Masquerade
“While writing is like a joyful release, editing is a prison where the bars are my former intentions and the abusive warden my own neuroticism.” WritingJoyAnxietyPrisonEditorsEditingWriting LifeNeurosisEditing HumorNeurotics Author:Tiffany Madison