I find it interesting that Dr. Gregg Henriques’ title implies many of us are a bit neurotic from time to time; reading his article may help some ‘get a grip’:
Although the term “neurotic” has more recently fallen out of favor, it was used by psychiatrists for most of the 20th Century to describe a broad category of conditions that were associated with poor functioning, anxiety and depression, but were clearly differentiated from “psychotic” in that in contrast to individuals in the latter category, neurotics maintained contact with reality and were rarely engaged in highly deviant, socially unacceptable behavior. (A factoid worth noting is that the term “borderline”, of borderline personality disorder fame, originated from the conceptual space between neurotic and psychotic. Originally, borderline individuals were those who generally maintained contact with reality, but under duress exhibited extreme volatility and primitive defenses and were not good candidates for psychoanalysis).
Get more here: (When) Are You Neurotic? | Psychology Today
I agree with Dr. Henriques when he says later in the article “The importance of understanding the meaning of “neurotic” in terms of character adaptations is that we are all neurotic some of the time, even if we might be low on trait Neuroticism.” Reading the rest of his thoughts gave me some valuable insights…
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I loved this article. I can honestly say that I used to be quite neurotic in a great many ways. It was a protection mechanism….they were. Once I realized that I was fully capable of protecting myself, no matter how poorly others had protected me in my life, much of my neurotic behavior dropped away. I am an expressive person–that is just me–but if I am allowed to express myself for as little as 2 minute, I settle down and can move forward in a healthy manner. Yes, expressing may mean ranting and raving, so to speak, but it is pretty mild ranting and raving anymore ;-)
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I think labels can sometimes be helpful in understanding. If a condition is common enough to have a lable, it’s common enough to have thoughts, tools and tactics to deal with it. I found this article quite useful — I’m glad you did too…
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Very interesting subject.
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Please go to the source and read the whole article if you haven’t already!
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I will do that. I find such subjects fascinating
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