#ow

In the history of the treatment of depression, there was the dunking stool, purging of the bowels of black bile, hoses, attempts to shock the patient. All of these represent hatred or aggression towards what depression represents in the patient. ↗

— James Hillman

#attempts #black #bowels #depression #hatred

Instead of seeing depression as a dysfunction, it is a functioning phenomenon. It stops you cold, sets you down, makes you damn miserable. ↗

— James Hillman

#damn #depression #down #dysfunction #functioning

If you are still being hurt by an event that happened to you at twelve, it is the thought that is hurting you now. ↗

— James Hillman

#event #happened #hurt #hurting #now

All we can do when we think of kids today is think of more hours of school, earlier age at the computer, and curfews. Who would want to grow up in that world? ↗

— James Hillman

#computer #earlier #grow #grow up #hours

I don't want to be known as the Hilton heiress, because I didn't do anything for that. ↗

— Paris Hilton

#because #heiress #hilton #i #known

I know my own deficiencies, one of which is that I had lived away from America for such a long time. It's called expatriate. ↗

— James Hillman

#away #called #deficiencies #had #i

It's very important for men to look downward, to the next generation. ↗

— James Hillman

#generation #important #look #men #next

The circumstances, including my body and my parents, whom I may curse, are my soul's own choice and I do not understand this because I have forgotten. ↗

— James Hillman

#body #choice #circumstances #curse #forgotten

The culture is going into a psychological depression. We are concerned about our place in the world, about being competitive: Will my children have as much as I have? Will I ever own my own home? How can I pay for a new car? Are immigrants taking away my white world? ↗

— James Hillman

#away #being #car #children #competitive

The word power has such a generally negative implication in our society. What are people talking about? Are they talking about muscles, or control? ↗

— James Hillman

#control #generally #implication #muscles #negative