A review by virtualmima
New Ways in Psychoanalysis by Karen Horney

informative

4.25

Karen Horney thoroughly disproved everything Freud has ever said, and yet people still cling to his stupid ideas because he turned psychoanalysis into a religion and no one can handle the truth about themselves. People turn to Freud's and Jung's ideas as excuses for their toxic behaviors, trying to rationalize them as instinct, as if everyone must be as they are. Karen Horney shows instead how neurosis is something you learn in order to cope with our broken culture and the torments of Western civilization. Instead of being codified into our biology as instincts or personality types, neuroses are trends of unquestioned thought patterns people develop over time that can coexist with other neuroses and gain or lose influence depending on how much you believe in certain core ideas about yourself. Everyone should read her work to learn about yourself and everyone you know.