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> Protip: never psychoanalyze anyone! This likely applies even to psychoanalysts.

Underrated advice. Psychoanalytics helps with self reflection, not with reading minds.

I can recommend Erich Fromm "Fear of Liberty" these days, because it describes many dilemma we face today. Might be interesting if you can see some effects he describes in yourself or others.

Psychoanalysis should be eaten with a pack of salt though. I think it vastly more fitting to model behavior than what writers from the field of psychology produce these days, apart perhaps from advertisers.



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