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In Freud__ story our possibilities for satisfaction depend upon our capacity for frustration; if we can__ let ourselves feel our frustration _ and, surprisingly, this is a surprisingly difficult thing to do _ we can__ get a sense of what it is we might be wanting, and missing, of what might really give us pleasure.
Adam Phillips Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life
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In Freud__ story our possibilities for satisfaction depend upon our capacity for frustration; if we can__ let ourselves feel our frustration _ and, surprisingly, this is a surprisingly difficult thing to do _ we can__ get a sense of what it is we might be wanting, and missing, of what might really give us pleasure.
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Missing Out: In Praise of the Unlived Life

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