One of Freud's disciples was a young woman named Karen Horney. Had she not been a woman, she would have eclipsed Sigmund in every category: understanding the causes of human neurosis, clearly documenting that understanding; and giving her readers rare insight into the phenomenon.
Her book, Neurosis and Human Growth, must be read by every person interested in human presonality development, and the creation and uses of neurotic behaviors. Everyone will find large segments of their own personalities in her deliniations. More importantly, one comes to understand how essential neurosis is to survival, and how endemic and useful it is to mankind. (Do you want to fly with a pilot or be operated on by a surgeon who is not strongly "compulsive"?)
There is no book I could recommend more strongly than this one. For those of us working in education, it should be mandatory.
Please give it a go, and let me know what you think! But I warn you, one dear friend fell asleep every time he came to chapter that encapsulated his own neurotic syndrome. The insights from this book resound forever, and strengthen us greatly.
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