'Psychotherapy' is a private, confidential conversation that has nothing to do with illness, medicine, or healing. Thomas Szasz confidentialconversationheal Change image and share on social
A child becomes an adult when he realizes that he has a right not only to be right but also to be wrong. Thomas Szasz adultchildrealize Change image and share on social
Boredom is the feeling that everything is a waste of time; serenity, that nothing is. Thomas Szasz boredomfeltserenity Change image and share on social
If the dead talk to you, you are a spiritualist; if God talks to you, you are a schizophrenic. Thomas Szasz deadgodschizophrenic Change image and share on social
No further evidence is needed to show that 'mental illness' is not the name of a biological condition whose nature awaits to be elucidated, but is the name of a concept whose purpose is to obscure the obvious. Thomas Szasz awaitbiologicalconcept share on social
There is no such thing as mental illness, hence also no such thing as psychotherapy. Thomas Szasz illnessmentalpsychotherapy Change image and share on social
Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage. Thomas Szasz adultchildmake Change image and share on social
Narcissist: psychoanalytic term for the person who loves himself more than his analyst; considered to be the manifestation of a dire mental disease whose successful treatment depends on the patient learning to love the analyst more and himself less. Thomas Szasz analystconsiderdepend share on social
There is no psychology; there is only biography and autobiography. Thomas Szasz autobiographybiographypsychology Change image and share on social
Doubt is to certainty as neurosis is to psychosis. The neurotic is in doubt and has fears about persons and things; the psychotic has convictions and makes claims about them. In short, the neurotic has problems, the psychotic has solutions. Thomas Szasz certaintyclaimconviction share on social
