neuroses
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The film’s merit is not simply in how it illustrates the structures that bind and confine, but in how Wilde propulsively peels them apart to create a picture of romantic neuroses anyone can relate to.
From Salon ● Jul. 5, 2026
And amid all the sturm und drang, each character projects onto the other a pent-up spleen of parent-child neuroses and unmet expectations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 28, 2026
“I can’t control where in one’s toilet scrolling one is finding my interview about neuroses and vulnerability, right?”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 9, 2025
For Mathew Horne, having played Gavin for 17 years is throwing up all sorts of existential questions: "I'm putting to one side all my neuroses about that and to the ageing process."
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024
Ouija boards and black cats are way down the list of neuroses I suffer from.
From "How I Live Now" by Meg Rosoff
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