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…much will be gained if we succeed in transforming your hysterical misery into common unhappiness. With a mental life that has been restored to health, you will be better armed against that unhappiness.

…much will be gained if we succeed in transforming your hysterical misery into common unhappiness. With a mental life that has been restored to health, you will be better armed against that unhappiness.

Approximate author period: c. 1897 AD · industrial

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Author or tradition
Sigmund Freud
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Historical period
Approximate author period: c. 1897 AD · industrial
Approximate author-period anchor from life dates 1856 to 1939; Wikidata Q9215, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9215 (accessed 2026-10-08). Not a quotation composition date.
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