I'm feeling exceptionally Horney this morning!

[edbermac]

Karen Horney (pronounced "Horn-eye"), nee Danielsen (16 September 1885-4 December 1952) was a German Freudian psychoanalyst with Norwegian-Dutch roots (often classified as "neo-Freudian"). Born in Blankenese/Hamburg, Germany.

Like Freud, she placed great importance on childhood experiences. However, she was more concerned with social relationships, especially with parents, whereas Freud emphasized internal conflicts. She created the concept of basic anxiety, a child's insecurity and doubt when a parent is indifferent, unloving, or disparaging. This anxiety, according to Horney, leads the child to a basic hostility toward his or her parents. The child may then become neurotic as an adult.

Damn holidays depress me...:yoiks: