Able Quote by Karl Abraham

The expectation that every neurotic phenomenon can be cured may, I suspect, be derived from the layman's belief that the neuroses are something quite…

— Sigmund Freud

“The alleged 'sensitivity' of neurotic people is matched by their egotism; they cannot abide the flaunting by others of the sufferings to which they…

— Proust Marcel

I am a very neurotic person all the time.

— Joanna Kulig

“The so-called sensitivity of neurotics develops along with their egotism; they cannot bear for other people to flaunt the sufferings with which they are…

— Marcel Proust

The brain can be a dangerous thing. Even more so if you haven't got one.

— Dave Courtney

In the investigation of a neurotic style of life, we must always suspect an opponent, and note who suffers most because of the patient's…

— Alfred Adler

We have long observed that every neurosis has the result, and therefore probably the purpose, of forcing the patient out of real life, of…

— Sigmund Freud

Perhaps someday everyone will have neurosis.

— Vincent Van Gogh

The sensitiveness claimed by neurotic is matched by their egotism: they cannot abide the flaunting by others of the sufferings to which they pay…

— Marcel Proust

I'm going to make the obvious point that maybe the word neurotic means the condition of being highly conscious and developed. The essence of…

— Doris Lessing

The nervous system of any age or nation is its creative workers, its artists. And if that nervous system is profoundly disturbed by its…

— Tennessee Williams

Diseases of the mind impair the bodily powers.

— Ovid