Although everyone has fears, worries, and emotional discomfort, those of the neurotic person have special characteristics:
The fears, worries, and tensions are usually exaggerated, continual, or of long duration; or they are not based on reality.
These fears, worries, and tensions prevent the neurotic individual from acting in his own best interests. They interfere with his ability to work and to get along with people.
3 Neurotic people experience feelings of fear, anxiety, and depression without knowing why. This sometimes makes them fear they are becoming insane. Right here I want to state emphatically that it does not mean anything of the kind. Quite the contrary. There appears to be some truth to the saying, ‘The best way to keep from going mad is to be neurotic!’ Of course, it is not really the best way, any more than the best way to avoid breaking your arm is to keep it in a sling constantly.
As a group, neurotics are able to recognize reality. They may see it through dark or distorting glasses, but they do see it. They do not have hallucinations, as do some of the psychotic people I discuss later in this chapter. Only part of their personality is disturbed. They are all able to function, more or less, in society. Almost all know, although they will not always admit it, that there is something wrong with them. Neurotic individuals show a great range of behaviour.
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