neurosis
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Mr. Whishaw, who also starred in Mr. Sachs’s “Passages” in 2023, brings to his performance a martini-dry comic flair with a twist of New York neurosis.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 6, 2025
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
There was nothing in his actions, however—at that time—that indicated serious problems or advanced neurosis.
From "Endgame" by Frank Brady
This explanation is so wrong-headed, yet so consistent with official Britain’s neuroses about data protection and process-following, that it may even be true.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 20, 2026
He starts off as a real guy with neuroses and problems and foibles.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 5, 2025
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
For Mathew Horne, having played Gavin for 17 years is throwing up all sorts of existential questions: "I'm putting to one side all my neuroses about that and to the ageing process."
From BBC ● Dec. 23, 2024
She was always saying she was—“I understand why you’re saying that, Willy”—but secretly she was ferreting out my neuroses.
From "The Princess Bride" by William Goldman
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