1 result for (book:tps1 AND session:367 AND stemmed:demand)
4/106 (4%)
overconscientious
success
Crowders
unworthy
spontaneous
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What we have here is a deep struggle between various needs, a struggle between various portions of the personality, each with their own demands and interpretations of reality.
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There is one part of the self, confident, assured of its abilities, and somewhat demanding, rather powerful. It has to this point driven the personality onward despite all obstacles. It never admitted the possibility of failure, but only worked toward success.
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He fears destruction in the terms of being a complete cripple. To avoid this he adopts the symptoms, hoping to cheat his idea of the gods, or fate. To have the disease, or punishment, and still not have it, to satisfy both demands.
The New York trip (in August), his response to it, was largely responsible for the setback. He believes also that he must therefore accept any disability and discomfort because it is just punishment. The other portion rises up in arms and forces him to demand success.
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