Quote by Irvin D. Yalom Download Open image ““The obsession is a distraction; it protects you from thinking about something else,”” — Irvin D. Yalom ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 2.4 out of 5 (5 ratings) Copy quoteShare
“Obsession; when thoughts are held captive and no longer your own.” — Donna Lynn Hope Copy Share Image
“The only way to cure an obsession is to become obsessed with something else.” — Leah Raeder Copy Share Image
“love obsession often serves as a distraction, keeping the individual’s gaze from more painful thoughts.” — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“Because obsession is the thing in us that makes us not everybody else.” — Joss Whedon Copy Share Image
“...an obsession is a way for damaged people to damage themselves more.” — Mark Barrowcliffe Copy Share Image
“ALAS, IF ALL HUMANS WERE WISE AND HAD MORE GOOD WILL THE WORLD WOULD BE A PARADISE NOW IT IS MOSTLY A HELL” — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
I dream of a love that is more than two people craving to possess one another. — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
Therapists need to have a long experience in personal therapy to see what it's like to be on the other side of the couch… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“Beginning therapists must learn that there are times to sit in silence, sometimes in silent communion, sometimes simply while waiting for patients' thoughts to… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
If one is to learn to live with the dead, one must first learn to live with the living! — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
Specialness as a primary mode of death transcendence takes a number of other maladaptive forms. The drive for power is not uncommonly motivated by… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“Exactly. We know that the great Goethe carried a copy of Spinoza’s Ethics in his pocket for a year. Imagine that—an entire year! And… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
Absolute power, as we have always known, corrupts absolutely; it corrupts because it does not do the trick for the individual. Reality always creeps… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
“Indeed, the capacity to tolerate uncertainty is a prerequisite for the profession. Though the public may believe that therapists guide patients systematically and sure-handedly… — Irvin D. Yalom Copy Share Image
