Martin Kantor > Quotes

“Therefore, while social phobics and patients with AvPD both avoid out of fear, the social phobic’s fears mainly arise in the clinical context of feeling, or actually being called upon to perform in ways ranging from giving a speech to urinating in a public washroom. In contrast the avoidant’s fears generally arise in the context of interpersonal relationships, the main marker I look for in making the diagnosis of AvPD.”
― Martin Kantor, Distancing: Avoidant Personality Disorder

“Psychopathy is both a serious psychological disorder that threatens our individual happiness and a widespread social problem that threatens our entire civilization.”
― Martin Kantor, The Psychopathy of Everyday Life: How Antisocial Personality Disorder Affects All of Us

“Hypomania is protective. Hypomanic insensitivity prevents others' negative reactions from interfering with and decelerating the creative flow.”
― Martin Kantor, The Human Dimension of Depression: A Practical Guide to Diagnosis, Understanding, and Treatment