Stop Shoulding On Yourself

When I Started To Get Disillusioned With Psychoanalysis I Reread Philosophy And Was Reminded Of The Constructivist Notion That Epictetus Had Proposed 2,000 Years Ago: "people Are Disturbed Not By Events That Happen To Them, But By Their View Of Them." I Could See How That Applied To Many Of My Clients.

Most Things Worth Having Require Some Sacrifice, Usually More Than You Expect.

If You Would Stop, Really Stop, Damning Yourself, Others, And Unkind Conditions, You Would Find It Almost Impossible To Upset Yourself Emotionally - About Anything. Yes, Anything.

I Thought Foolishly That Freudian Psychoanalysis Was Deeper And More Intensive Than Other, More Directive Forms Of Therapy, So I Was Trained In It And Practiced It. Then I Found That It Intensively Went Into Every Irrelevancy Under The Sun - And That It Didn't Work. People Got Insights Into What Was Bothering Them, But They Hardly Did A Damn Thing To Change.

I Hope To Die In The Saddle Seat.