neurosis
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I keep coming back to psychoanalyst Karen Horney’s 1950 discussion of neurosis and the professions—how they can attract exactly the wrong people, masquerading ideals they don’t possess.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 9, 2026
I've just worked on developing better skills to keep myself from talking myself into a place of neurosis.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2025
In a way we are called to do similar work with types, with the objective being to stop pathologizing the ones that might heal us or rescue us from neurosis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
A victory to flush out any neurosis and compound the belief in their plan.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2024
He had lived for almost twenty years without trauma, tension, hate, or neurosis, which was proof to Yossarian of just how crazy he really was.
From "Catch-22" by Joseph Heller
“This Is Not About Us” mines excellent, bone-dry humor from the neuroses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
She understands there is a formula to our narcissism and neuroses; patterns and mathematical sets of criteria drive our decisions.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2025
Instead of one central couple, there are two, each with their own neuroses and ways of relating to one another.
From Salon ● Apr. 18, 2025
“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
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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