Arno Gruen

thumb|right|Arno Gruen, 2010. Arno Gruen (May 26, 1923 – October 20, 2015) was a Swiss-German psychologist and psychoanalyst. Quotes Our own vitality as well as that of others frightens us, if it still manages to surface, we respond with rage and turn against our own freedom. It is vitality itself that we are opposing. The Betrayal of the Self - The Fear of Autonomy in Men and Women (1986) These are the people who hate themselves because they haven't come to terms with their helplessness. They feel threatened by helplessness itself, not by those who caused or reinforced the feeling, and this is what produces their boundless rage. Therefore, they repress their helplessness, which has made them feel rejected and despised, at the same time oppressing their 'oppressors' contempt for them. The Betrayal of the Self - The Fear of Autonomy in Men and Women (1986) External links Category:Psychologists from Germany Category:Jews from Germany Category:Psychologists from Switzerland Category:Immigrants to the United States Category:People from Berlin Category:1923 births Category:2015 deaths