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Quote by Sigmund Freud
We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and ther

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. – Sigmund Freud

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Opposition is not necessarily enmity; it is merely misused and made an occasion for enmity. – Sigmund Freud

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