It is only when parental feelings are ineffective or too ambivalent or when the mother's emotions are temporarily engaged elsewhere that children feel lost.

Quote by Anna Freud

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Why do we go around acting as though everything was friendship and reliability when basically...

Why do we go around acting as though everything was friendship and reliability when basically...

We are imprisoned in the realm of life, like a sailor on his tiny boat,...

We are imprisoned in the realm of life, like a sailor on his tiny boat,...

Papa continually emphasizes how much remains unexplained. With the other psychoanalytic writers, everything is always...

Papa continually emphasizes how much remains unexplained. With the other psychoanalytic writers, everything is always...

Everything becomes so problematic because of basic faults: from a discontent with myself.

Everything becomes so problematic because of basic faults: from a discontent with myself.

Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.

Creative minds have always been known to survive any kind of bad training.

We are aware only of the empty space in the forest, which only yesterday was...

We are aware only of the empty space in the forest, which only yesterday was...

Papa always makes it clear that he would like to know me as much more...

Papa always makes it clear that he would like to know me as much more...

A first visit to a madhouse is always a shock.

A first visit to a madhouse is always a shock.

My different personalities leave me in peace now.

My different personalities leave me in peace now.

Who promised you that only for joy were you brought to this earth?

Who promised you that only for joy were you brought to this earth?

If I have a stupid day, everything looks wrong to me.

If I have a stupid day, everything looks wrong to me.

Create around one at least a small circle where matters are arranged as one wants...

Create around one at least a small circle where matters are arranged as one wants...

How can one know anything at all about people?

How can one know anything at all about people?

How one can live without being able to judge oneself, criticize what one has accomplished,...

How one can live without being able to judge oneself, criticize what one has accomplished,...

Children usually do not blame themselves for getting lost.

Children usually do not blame themselves for getting lost.

I am no longer afraid to say anything.

I am no longer afraid to say anything.

If some longing goes unmet, don't be astonished. We call that Life.

If some longing goes unmet, don't be astonished. We call that Life.

What I have always wanted for myself is much more primitive. It is probably nothing...

What I have always wanted for myself is much more primitive. It is probably nothing...

Everyone here says in a surprised manner that I have grown... they are so stupid...

Everyone here says in a surprised manner that I have grown... they are so stupid...

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within....

I was always looking outside myself for strength and confidence but it comes from within....