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Thomas Szasz Quotes: Psychiatrists classify a person as neurotic if he suffers from his problems in living and a psychotic if he makes others suffer.
         

Psychiatrists classify a person as neurotic if he suffers from his problems in living and a psychotic if he makes others suffer.


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Psychiatrists classify a person as neurotic if he suffers from his problems in living and a psychotic if he makes others suffer.
         



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