The capacity to be alone is a sign of maturity and represent... - D.W. Winnicott

"The capacity to be alone is a sign of maturity and represents the ability to engage with one's own self without anxiety."

D.W. Winnicott Solitude

Psychoanalyst British 1896–1971

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