I was in analysis. I was suicidal. As a matter of fact, I would have killed myself, but I was in analysis with a strict Freudian and if you kill yourself they make you pay for the sessions you miss.
About this quote
- What does it mean?
- The speaker stayed alive partly because therapy costs money.
- In plain terms
- He survived because paying for therapy was cheaper than dying.
- What can you take from it?
- Money can save lives.
Where it applies
Putting it to work
Questions to consider
- What keeps you going?
- Does money matter?
Another view
It reduces hope to cost.
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