My hunch is yes. It would certainly do something for those who are most ruthless, who tend to make others most miserable.
IRVIN D. YALOMPsychiatry is a strange field because, unlike any other field of medicine, you never really finish.
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I dream of a love that is more than two people craving to possess one another.
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I don’t let any personal views about religion cause me to want to take away something that’s offering the patient comfort.
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If I had to pick out a therapist in a movie that I’d like to go see as a personal therapist, it would be Robin Williams in Goodwill Hunting.
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Living safely is dangerous.
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If we climb high enough, we will reach a height from which tragedy ceases to look tragic.
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The pain is there; when you close one door on it, it knocks to come in somewhere else.
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Despair is the price one pays for self-awareness. Look deeply into life, and you’ll always find despair.
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We project ourselves into the future through our children; we grow rich, famous, ever larger; we develop compulsive protective rituals; or we embrace an impregnable belief in an ultimate rescuer.
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If you want to choose the pleasure of growth, prepare yourself for some pain.
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None of my patients are really troubled by the idea that some part of what they say might be in a book in the future.
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A sense of life meaning ensues but cannot be deliberately pursued: life meaning is always a derivative phenomenon that materializes when we have transcended ourselves.
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Mature love is loving, not being loved.
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Life as a therapist is a life of service in which we daily transcend our personal wishes and turn our gaze toward the needs and growth of the other.
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A focus on this deep dissatisfaction is often the starting point in overcoming death anxiety.
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Hidden in disguise, leaking out in a variety of symptoms. It is the wellspring of many of our worries, stresses, and conflicts.
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