The Emotional Plague

Unlike the neurotic who suffers inwardly without troubling others, “plaguey” people deal with their emotional upset by attempting to control its source, the behavior of others, which stirs up in them an intense longing for living the natural life that they themselves cannot live. But they just don’t see it. In their minds they must stop “dangerous” activities and behaviors, never realizing their prohibitive actions are not really for the good of others but rather to make themselves feel better by putting an end to the behavior that makes them intensely anxious. Controlling others makes plague-ridden individuals feel better, at least temporarily. ((http://thebovine.wordpress.com/2010/02/24/u-s-psychiatrist-contends-that-the-same-emotional-plague-that-led-to-wilhelm-reichs-imprisonment-in-1957-is-behind-official-opposition-to-raw-milk-today/))