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...Hills' Dr. Judd Marmor: "[Too] many people operate on the assumption that to worry about anything is ipso facto 'neurotic' and that the 'normal' person should never worry. [Actually] to be unworried in the face of distressing or threatening reality may sometimes be a symptom of a severe mental disorder, rather than a sign of mental health...
Stressing the role of the humanities in the education of a well-rounded man, he called the naive claim that the humanities are the only sources of values "a symptom of our failure in the present age to achieve a unity and balance of knowledge which is imbued with wisdom...
...Gwartney is quick to point out that hypnotic treatment did not "cure" the cough, but merely planted in the patient's mind the idea that she could suppress it herself. The girl still coughs occasionally, since there is a physical cause for the symptom, but her own knowledge that she can stop if she wishes has prevented long paroxysms...
Radioman M. was different. He had committed aggravated assault, under the influence of so much alcohol that he could not remember his offense, and therefore could not feel guilty about it. Explained Psychologist Grant's assistant, Virginia Ives: "The alcoholism was only a symptom. M. had an idealistic, religious mother and an alcoholic, atheistic father. In a typical I-4 conflict, M. saw himself wavering between wanting to be like his mother and like his father. In a group therapy session he saw others struggling with similar problems of ideals and behavior. He gained considerable insight into...
Next to them in the scale - the ones who barely squeak through - are those with the opposite psychological symptom: excessive fear of failure...