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

Academy of Ideas

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A neurosis is a psychological disorder defined by persistent and deep levels of anxiety. A neurotic illness may also include depression, guilt, phobias, obsessions, and compulsions. The great Swiss psychiatrist Carl Jung believed there was a cause and effect relationship between too much conformity and neurotic illness. Many people are conformists, but many in the modern day are also neurotic.

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