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A Cure (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠only half achieved in the euphoric, enterprising patient held up as analysis's shining example — undifferentiated from the world, he is as much cured as not cured.

A Cure (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠impossible without the patient's absolute seriousness: no dog can be washed without getting wet.

A Cure (n.) once ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠and for all is a layman's error: analysis is only a readjustment of attitude, for no change stays valid for long and life has always to be tackled anew.

A Cure (n.) must ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠be as convincing as the neurosis — a very real illusion, if you want to put it pessimistically.

A Cure (n.) begins ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠when something not his ego rises from the depths to confront the patient — he has regained access to the sources of psychic life.

A Cure (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠change — but an individual can only become what he is and always was, so for him cure means no alteration at all.

A Cure (n.) is ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠often only a closing of the door to the underworld in dementia praecox: the problem is set aside, repressed, and goes on working unsolved, to rise again later with new illusions.

The Cure (n.) must ⁠​‌​​​‌​​​‌​‌‌​​​​‌​‌​​‌‌​‌​​‌​​​​​‌‌​​‌​​​‌‌​‌‌​⁠not be sought at all costs, as Freud often told Jung: the doctor must not impose his will on the patient's fate.