(1) No security in the world of Fancy
We sometimes try to enjoy vicariously ignoble things which are afraid of doing ourselves and yet which we like.
In such circumstances we try to run away from ourselves
A psychiatrist given some illustrations:
A girl poses as being very wonderfully religious; she makes it a point to read newspapers carefully for items of sin, and the result is that she knows more about sin than about religion. And when anyone asks her why she does this,she says she wishes to test her self-control over sinful thoughts!
A young man is mortally afraid of dying, but he is completely up-to-date on all literature on the subject of death. While,as he says,he is scared to think of dying,he dwells on the idea incessantly and even enjoy it
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