In Defence of Repression

Theodore Dalrymple marks his return to The Spectator with an essay on psychology, fragility, and voluntary repression.

A psychologically fragile population is the delight of bureaucrats, lawyers and professional carers, and resilience and fortitude are their worst enemies. Repression in the psychological sense is deemed by them not only as damaging but almost as treason to the self.

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