Posted by FredPotter on January 12, 2003, at 20:59:04
In reply to Re: beta blockers for anxiety??, posted by agencypanic on January 9, 2003, at 17:15:33
This discussion about anxiety vs fear is very interesting. I have the feeling that something profound is being said. CBT has as its working model the escalating fear of fear. It's never made sense for me however. I've always been quite capable of feeling mentally terrified without precipitating thoughts or concomitant physical symptoms. Yes these two aspects will generally set in as a result of fear, but they don't cause it. If fear is mental and anxiety physical, then fear is about my mind, my spirit. And all these behaviourst models are crap, as suspected all along. Is it time to get down my 20 volumes of the Collected Works of Carl Jung?
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