William Glasser: Doing

William Glasser was American psychiatrist. Explore interesting quotes on doing.
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“To be depressed or neurotic is passive. It happened to us; we are its victim, and we have no control over it. This use of nouns and adjectives makes it logical for us to believe that we can do nothing for ourselves…but you are capable of choosing something better. If it is a choice, it follows that you are responsible for making it. With verbs, you are not a victim of mental illness; you are either the beneficiary of your own good choices or the victim of your own bad choices. You are not ill in the usual sense of having the flu or food poisoning. A choice theory world is a tough responsible world; you cannot use grammar to escape responsibility for what you are doing.”

William Glasser

Source: Choice Theory (1997), p. 75

“We would be much better off getting rid of the psychology that is causing so much misery than looking for chemicals that make us feel better but do nothing to solve our loneliness.”

William Glasser

Source: Choice Theory (1997), p. 88

“Your teen may be weaker, but he is not without the ability to do himself and others a lot of harm by showing you that you can't control him at school or anywhere else when he is out of your sight…. [W]hen he is on his own, your only control over him is the strength of your relationship.”

William Glasser

Source: Unhappy Teenagers A Way for Parents and Teachers to Reach Them (2002), p.9

“Brain drugs may make us feel better, but they do not solve the problems that led us to feel miserable”

William Glasser

Source: Choice Theory (1997), p. 4