Out Of Your Vulnerabilities Will Come

This saying is widely attributed to Sigmund Freud but has not been traced to a specific published work or verified letter. The sentiment is consistent with psychoanalytic theory — Freud argued in several contexts that confronting and working through one's anxieties (Durcharbeitung, "working through") is the mechanism of therapeutic change, and that repression converts weakness into symptom while honest acknowledgment converts it into self-knowledge. The attribution is plausible in spirit but should be treated as unverified.