Ernest Becker Quotes

Generally Speaking, We Call Neurotic Any Life Style That Begins To Constrict Too Much, That Prevents Free Forward Momentum, New Choices, And Growth That A Person May Want And Need. For Example, A Person Who Is Trying To Find His Salvation Only In A Love Relationship But Who Is Being Defeated By This Too Narrow Focus Is Neurotic. He Can Become Overly Passive And Dependent, Fearful Of Venturing Out On His Own, Of Making His Life Without His Partner, No Matter How That Partner Treats Him. The Object Has Become His "All," His Whole World; And He Is Reduced To The Status Of A Simple Reflex Of Another Human Being.

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