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Anxiety, Narcissism, and Neuroticism
- The Neurotic Personality of Our Time– Karen Horney –Summary - Man’s Search For Himself– Rollo May –Summary - The Time Paradox– Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd –Summary - Masochism and the Self– Roy Baumeister –Summary - Masochism in Modern Man– Theodor Reik –Summary - Man Disconnected– Phillip Zimb
- The Neurotic Personality of Our Time– Karen Horney –Summary
- Man’s Search For Himself– Rollo May –Summary
- The Time Paradox– Philip Zimbardo and John Boyd –Summary
- Masochism and the Self– Roy Baumeister –Summary
- Masochism in Modern Man– Theodor Reik –Summary
- Man Disconnected– Phillip Zimbardo –Summary
- The Culture of Narcissism– Christopher Lasch –Summary
- The Triumph of the Therapeutic– Philip Rieff –Summary
- Strange Rites– Tara Burton –Summary
- The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck– Mark Manson –Summary
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