2026-10-28 23:07 UTC
In 1913, Freud wrote to Jung:
It is a convention among us analysts that none of us need feel ashamed of his own neurosis.
www.loc.gov/exhibits/freud/ex/131.html
For Freud, the difference between a “normal” person and a neurotic is not a difference in kind, but a difference in degree. He argued that the same conflicts exist in both; the question is merely whether those conflicts have become pathogenic (disease-causing) and how the person defends against them.
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@gary_host_laptop@lemmy.ml 2026-10-28 23:21
for freud a neurotic is a “normal” person. the abnormal would be a psychotic or a perverse. he may phrase it a bit weirdly but you cannot not be one of those.
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@essell@lemmy.world 2026-10-28 23:22
This continues to be an important principle in psychotheraputic work today.