« If a neurotic patient gives me a gift, I tend to refuse it because I know I will have to pay for it by running inflation. In the case of a psychotic however `...`, I find that the gifts have to do with a damage already done. In other words, I almost always accept them. . . . »
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Donald W. Winnicott
Fear of collapse and other clinical situations |
Donald W. Winnicott
Fear of collapse and other clinical situations
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« The human being in his maturity is neither as kind nor as bad as the immature. The water in the glass is muddy, but it is not mud. »
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Donald W. Winnicott
Human nature |
Donald W. Winnicott
Human nature
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« The fear of castration by the rival father becomes welcome in that it shows a different path than that of helpless agony `of the realization of desire`. »
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Donald W. Winnicott
Human nature |
Donald W. Winnicott
Human nature
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