Karen horney

Karen Horney 3 interpersonal styles

moving against people , moving toward people , moving away from people

dependency , intense need to be loved and accepted

moving toward

aggressive and hostile , bullying , taking advantage of others

moving against

avoidance , limiting interaction , avoid attaching to others , independent and private

moving away

Neurotic individuals rigidly adhere to how many interpersonal styles ?

one

If needs were not met in childhood may result in

hostility , anger , fixation

Why does everyone in Western Culture feel lonely?

sees everyone as competition

Shame and humilation of others

vindictive triumph

aachieving superiority

neurotic ambition

tyranny of the should

shoulds and should nots

excessive people pleasing , avoid conflict

need for affection and approval

someone to take care of things

need for powerful partner

underachievement , unnoticed

need to restrict life

control others , avoid feelings of incompetence or inferiority

need for power

figuring out how to use others to prevent being exploited

need to exploit others

need to be first and center of attention

need for social recognition

inflated self esteen needs to be constantly fed via admiration by others

need for personal admiration

to be the best , defeat others to confirm superiority

need for ambition and personal achievement

need for self sufficiency and independence

refrain from attachment to others

Attempt to acquire an acceptable sense of self leads to

neurotic search for glory , neurotic claims , neurotic pride

excessive striving for perfectionism and achievement by living via tyranny , neurotic ambition and vindictive triumph

neurotic search for glory

make inflicted claims about the self , special and entitled to be treated as such

neurotic claims

excessively communicate to others to sense being perfect , avoid those who don’t agree with excessive pride

neurotic pride