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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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Illusions commend themselves to us because they save us pain and allow us to enjoy pleasure instead. We must therefore accept it without complaint when they sometimes collide with a bit of reality against which they are dashed to pieces. – Sigmund Freud

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A man who has been the indisputable favorite of his mother keeps for life the feeling of a conqueror. – Sigmund Freud

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Schizophrenia may be a necessary consequence of literacy. – Marshall McLuhan

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Schizophrenia cannot be understood without understanding despair. – R. D. Laing

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