Ocupation: Author
Life: b. 1943
Across the Atlantic, commercial therapy of all kinds provides so many more comfortable outlets for people when they are under pressure. The English tradition is to get a grip, whereas the American version is to get in touch with your feelings, to say: 'I'm a good person. Isn't it terrible when bad things happen to people like me?'
topic: People, Feelings, Pressure, When Bad Things Happen, Bad Things Happen