Psychoanalysts are fond of pointing out that the past is alive in the present. But the future is alive in the present too. The future is not some place we’re going to, but an idea in our mind now. It… — Stephen Grosz Copy Share Image
It is less painful, it turns out, to feel betrayed than to feel forgotten. — Stephen Grosz Copy Share Image
“my breakdown was like a furnace and what was burned away was any belief in my own feelings” — Stephen Grosz Copy Share Image
“And being dirty and broken – how could he love, or be loved? Going back AS A GIFT to my father for his eightieth… — Stephen Grosz Copy Share Image
“As he spoke, I had the mental image of a small boy switching on the nightlight, not because he wants to be able to… — Stephen Grosz Copy Share Image
Psychoanalysts are fond of pointing out that the past is alive in the present. But the future is alive in the present too. The… — Stephen Grosz Copy Share Image
Being present, whether with children, with friends, or even with oneself, is hard work. But isn't this attentiveness - the feeling that someone is… — Stephen Grosz Copy Share Image
When we cannot find a way of telling our story, our story tells us-we dream these stories, we develop symptoms, or we find ourselves… — Stephen Grosz Copy Share Image
Closure is just as delusive-it is the false hope that we can deaden our living grief. — Stephen Grosz Copy Share Image
“For a minute, the fantasy frightened her, but ultimately, this fear saved her from feeling alone.” — Stephen Grosz Copy Share Image
“In trying so hard to be different from our parents, we're actually doing much the same thing -- doling out empty praise the way… — Stephen Grosz Copy Share Image
“i knew tht we all have the capacity to act in self-destructive ways, nevertheless i had a kind of faith that the desire to… — Stephen Grosz Copy Share Image
