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Karen Horney

“Hostility is primarily allayed by a decrease in helplessness. The stronger a person becomes, the less he feels threatened by others. The accrual of strength stems from various sources. His center of gravity, which had been shifted to others, comes to rest within himself; he feels more active and starts to establish his own set of values. He will gradually have more energy available: the energy that had gone into repressing part of himself is released; he becomes less inhibited, less paralyzed by fears, self-contempt, and hopelessness. Instead of either blindly complying or fighting or venting sadistic impulses, he can give in on a rational basis and so becomes firmer.”

Karen Horney, Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis
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Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis Our Inner Conflicts: A Constructive Theory of Neurosis by Karen Horney
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