Freud believed that most, if not all, psychological disorders are mainly the result of anxiety. However, Freudian explanations of the anxiety disorders receive much less attention today than they once did. From what you've learned of Freudian theory, how would a Freudian explanation of the etiology of the anxiety disorders differ from the types of explanations presented in your text?
What will be an ideal response?
Freud would say that anxiety disorders result from internal events, drives, and motivations that the patient is not conscious of. We normally feel anxiety when we are threatened, but in the case of anxiety disorders, anxiety is experienced even when we're not aware of any dangerous threat. Often, there's just the feeling of danger or a threat being present. Everyone uses defense mechanisms to alleviate feelings of anxiety, but in clinical cases, these mechanisms are not effective enough to provide relief. Anxiety that's severe enough to be considered abnormal may be caused by unacceptable impulses that are on the verge of breaking into consciousness. There might be events that are threatening to a small child and thrust into the unconscious, only to emerge later in the form of the symptoms of an anxiety disorder.
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