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Why are so Many People Neurotic? – Carl Jung as Therapist

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The Cost of Neurotic Illness

According to Jung, a neurotic illness is triggered by three conditions. Evading and denying the tasks of life is very common in the modern day. Many parents pass on to their children a neurotic approach to life. Social forces are also promoting the laziness and passivity that leads to the neurotic evasion of life's tasks. The important question for the sufferer is how to effectuate a cure.

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