Certain Quote by Sigmund Freud

A neurosis is wherever we are allied against our true nature.

— James Hollis

A human being in a neurotic state might very well be compared to a bewitched person, for people caught in a neurosis are apt…

— Marie-Louise von Franz

A neurosis defends itself by coming up with rationalizations to explain away bizarre behavior.

— David Brin

Neurosis is the natural, logical development of an individual who is comparatively inactive, filled with a personal, egocentric striving for superiority, and is therefore…

— Alfred Adler

“Neurosis is the result of a conflict between the ego and its id, whereas psychosis is the analogous outcome of a similar disturbance in…

— Sigmund Freud

You can see neurosis from below - as a sickness - as most psychiatrists see it. Or you can understand it as a compassionate…

— Abraham Maslow

“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 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

“neurosis as a problem of character and have seen that it can be approached in two ways: as a problem of too much narrowness…

— Ernest Becker

Intelligence will be used in the service of the neurosis.

— Sigmund Freud

If you can't handle your neurosis, your neurosis will handle you.

— Chuck Spezzano

A mistake which is commonly made about neurotics is to suppose that they are interesting. It is not interesting to be always unhappy, engrossed…

— Cyril Connolly