Freud recognised the importance of anxiety. He was one of the first writers to argue that anxiety was a critical component of neurosis. Freud distinguished between ‘objective’ and ‘neurotic’ anxiety. By objective, Freud meant the reaction we have to external danger or expected injury. Neurotic anxiety was viewed as... Read more
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