Dare to be human : a contemporary psychoanalytic journey / Michael Shoshani Rosenbaum.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Daniel's subterranean bunker :'an airtight bubble, it's exclusively mine, nobody else can enter' -- From liquid to solid :'I think she should ask me if I'm hungry and not get under my skin or into my stomach to check' -- From togetherness of one to togetherness of two :'the fox pretending he does not want the grapes because they are sour is the best metaphor for my life' -- Overcoming perceived betrayals : escape from the symbiotic prison :'you only care for your journal, and what of me?' -- From immortal to mortal :'to say,'I want and I love,' doesn't lead to death or the abyss, but to a kind of belonging and togetherness' -- Ending and separation :'I jumped off the death train at the last minute--' -- Epilogue -- Thoughts on outsides and insides : a theoretical discussion.