- [[{1.3b1} a complex is a split fragmentation of the self that distorts our perception of reality]] - neurosis is what we feel as a result of that fragmentation – a sense of deep conflict within ourselves, the friction we feel in our [[{1.1} identity as self-definition|self-definition]], compulsion, rigidity, being in chronic crisis, lack of emotional groundedness or perspective. - unchecked, or left in [[{1.3c} the shadow]], our complexes can come to rule our conscious mind and keep us in repeating patterns. - we break out of neurosis by making our unconscious conscious and being anchored in reality. - [[{1.1c3a} stability is connection to, while recovery is reorientation toward, one's location in time and space]]