The death anxiety of many people is fueled … by disappointment at never having fulfilled their potential.
IRVIN D. YALOMNot to take possession of your life plan is to let your existence be an accident.
More Irvin D. Yalom Quotes
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When we have forgotten ourselves and become absorbed in someone (or something) outside ourselves
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The therapist can make the group feel safer by allowing each patient to set his or her limits and by emphasizing the patient’s control over every interaction.
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The more unlived your life, the greater your death anxiety.
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If I’m among men who don’t agree at all with my nature, I will hardly be able to accommodate myself to them without greatly changing myself.
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Rather, love is a way of being, a “giving to,” not a ‘falling for”; a mode of relating at large, not an act limited to a single person.
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The more you fail to experience your life fully, the more you will fear death.
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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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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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Never take away anything if you have nothing better to offer
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Just as you were about to step on it, I asked you “Do you want to cross the footbridge to me?” – Immediately you did not want to anymore; and when I asked you again you remained silent.
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Every person must choose how much truth he can stand.
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I never want to take away something when I don’t have anything better to offer him in a way.
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When people don’t have any curiosity about themselves, that is always a bad sign.
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To the best of my knowledge, every acute inpatient ward offers some inpatient group therapy experience.
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Death cures psychoneurosis. In a sense all these neurotic concerns–fear of rejection, interpersonal concerns–seem to melt away, and people get another perspective on their lives. The important things are really important, and the trivia of life is trivialized.
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