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The more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.

Irvin D. Yalom

A free man who lives among the ignorant strives as far as he can to avoid their favors. A free man acts honestly, not deceptively.
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Avoid Deceptively Far Favor Free Genuine Ignorant Man
… sooner or later she had to give up the hope for a better past.
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Better Give Hope Later Past Sooner
Live right, he reminded himself, and have faith that good things will flow from you even if you never learn of them.
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Even Good Himself Learn Live never Night Remind Thing
As we reach the crest of life and look at the path before us, we apprehend that the path no longer ascends but slopes downward toward decline and diminishment. From that point on, concerns about death are never far from mind.
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Apprehenf As Reach Before Crest Death Downward Life Longer Look Mind Path Slope Toward
All these things I’ve written so much about. That’s why I’ve made such a practice really, over and over to hammer home the point of self-revelation and being more of yourself and showing yourself. Every book I write I want to get that in there.
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Almost Come Everybody More Practice Revelation Seen Self Show Some Therapy Want Write Yourself
What? ‘Borderline patients play games’? That what you said? Ernest, you’ll never be a real therapist if you think like that. That’s exactly what I meant earlier when I talked about the dangers of diagnosis.
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Country Emest Game never People Person Real Said Therapist Think
I feel strongly, because a man who will himself die one day in the not to distant future and, also, as a psychiatrist who spent decades dealing with death anxiety, that confronting death allows us, not to open some noisome.
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Also Day Decade Distant Feel Future Himself Man One Psychiatrist Spent Strongly
There was a time in our lives when we were so close that nothing seemed to obstruct our friendship and brotherhood, and only a small footbridge separated us.
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Brotherhood Close Friendship Live Nothing Obstruct Out Seem Small Time
To the extent that one is responsible for one’s life, one is alone.
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Extent Life Alone One Responsible
Never take away anything if you have nothing better to offer
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Anything Away Better never Nothing Offer Take
The act of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help.
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Accept Accuse Act Another Being Fully Oneself Reveal Therapeutic Vehicle
Self-awareness is a supreme gift, a treasure as precious as life.
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Awareness Gift Life Precious Self Surprise Treasure
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 and see what they find helpful or not helpful. And if possible, get into therapy at different stages of their life with different kinds of therapists just to sample a bit.
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Couch Experience Like Long Need Personal Side Therapist
The creative members of an orthodoxy, any orthodoxy, ultimately outgrow their disciplines.
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Creative Discipline Member Orthodoxy Outgrow Ultimate
Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.
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Choose Every Must Person Stand Truth
Look out the other’s window. Try to see the world as your patient sees it.
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Look Other Out Patient See Window World

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