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Anxiety and Fear
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Anxiety (Angst) or fear (anxiety is the deeper but less harmful form of the feeling) – S. Freud scarcely differentiates between the terms – is an alteration in feeling and behavior triggered by pain, actual or expected, loss, or expected punishment. Somatic responses triggered by a perceived threat – perspiration, …

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Michaels, Axel, Ringleben, Joachim, Schulz, Heiko and Loder, James E., “Anxiety and Fear”, in: Religion Past and Present. Consulted online on 28 March 2024 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-5888_rpp_COM_00725>
First published online: 2011
First print edition: ISBN: 9789004146662, 2006-2013



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