neurosis
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This neurosis has been evident on both sides of the Pelley divide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 19, 2026
I've just worked on developing better skills to keep myself from talking myself into a place of neurosis.
From Salon ● Apr. 17, 2025
In a way we are called to do similar work with types, with the objective being to stop pathologizing the ones that might heal us or rescue us from neurosis.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 16, 2024
A victory to flush out any neurosis and compound the belief in their plan.
From BBC ● Nov. 9, 2024
I'd sit in front of her desk and make troubled-brow faces which I thought illustrated the deep level of neurosis I represented.
From "Hole in My Life" by Jack Gantos
Plaza knew Kevin’s neuroses fit Schwartzman but also that he could bring his own touches while improvising.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 20, 2026
“This Is Not About Us” mines excellent, bone-dry humor from the neuroses.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Feb. 5, 2026
She understands there is a formula to our narcissism and neuroses; patterns and mathematical sets of criteria drive our decisions.
From Salon ● Jun. 14, 2025
Combining the neuroses of insecure teenagers and the poll-monitoring reticence of politicians fit for parody, they appear both weak and bashful.
From Salon ● Mar. 9, 2025
Instead, it’s me bleeding out all my neuroses, looking for answers to questions I have no right to be asking.
From "What If It's Us" by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera
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