“When dysfunctional self-distraction devolves into delusional self-destruction, neurosis turns into psychosis.”

—  Malcolm Azania , book From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain

Source: From the Notebooks of Dr. Brain (2007), Chapter 8 “Unrequited Hate” (p. 251)

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