Freud was of the opinion that in fear a person is responding to a specific and immediate threat to physical safety while in anxiety a person is responding to a threat that is objectless, directionless, and located somewhere far off in the future—ruination, for example, or humiliation, or decay.
Daniel Smith, Monkey Mind: A Memoir of Anxiety I spoke at Harvard Law about the challenges of living with depression and the epidemic of poor mental health in the legal profession.
It was a memorable event. Days before I am scheduled to talk, my sleep goes cuckoo. I become incredibly anxious about my speech.
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