The Meaning of Anxiety by Rollo May (PDF)

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In this revised edition of his classic work—the first modern book on anxiety following Freud and Kierkegaard—psychologist Rollo May brings order and lucidity to the subject of anxiety.Rollo May challenges the idea that “mental health is living without anxiety,” believing it is essential to being human. He explores how it can relieve boredom, sharpen sensibilities, and produce the tension necessary to preserve human existence. May sees a link extending from anxiety to intelligence, creativity, and originality, and guides the reader away from destructive ways to positive ways of dealing with anxiety. He convincingly proposes that anxiety can impel personal change, as it is only by confronting and coping with it that self-realization can occur.

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⭐A classic – though old, this book still cuts to the core of how we confront or fail to confront anxiety in our lives. I write this review in 2017.Anxiety is a fear of nothing in particular. In health, anxiety converts into fear and drives us to deal with objective threats to survival or identity. In neurosis, the contradiction between expectations of reality and what is actually the case can’t be faced directly and anxiety is expressed in symptoms that are only indirectly related to the source of the anxiety.The evidence is less compelling than experimentalists would desire, mainly consisting of schematic case studies.I found value in that I could use what May provides to better understand my own life. I would thus classify this book as philosophy or theory of self-help than as science. The last three chapters drew a labored beginning to an insightful close

⭐Rollo May did an interview for TV (“Thinking Allowed” with Jeffrey Mishlove) where he expressed criticisms of the new age woo, and pointing out the value of anxiety. This can be found on YouTube. It makes me cry because its true and I wish I had understood this much sooner in life. I bought this book because I was looking for a greater elaboration on those criticisms but didn’t find that. I found it a pretty dry read, actually. I may give him another chance with Love and Will.

⭐Ordered the book and it arrived almost immediately. I find the content sadly dated somehow.The book was written in the 70’s. I need to spend more time with the book though. I suspectit has hidden gems of wisdom that are there for the persistent reader. Rollo May’s “The Courageto Create” is still a favorite of mine.

⭐Whether be an existentialist therapist or follow other theories, the practitioner on psychotherapy and hypnotherapy should read this book.

⭐I liked the historical perspective within the text. I was impressed by the case examples as well. I only wished I had read it sooner.

⭐Timeless classic. As relevant today as when it was written; perhaps more so.

⭐Helping my husband with his anxiety a lot.

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⭐The author goes from historic researches, passing through literature and politics in direction of the everyday anxiety and focus a big part of the book on a psychotherapeutic approach.

⭐Rollo May observes and assesses the cultural, historical, biological and psychological aspects of various theories of anxiety. His clinical summaries reveal anxiety to be a life-long challenge. In the Meaning of Anxiety, he seeks to clarify the basic principles valuable in confronting anxiety – and coming to terms with it. The Meaning of Anxiety is a provocative intellectual history of anxiety with solid discussions of philosophers and psychologists from S. Kierkegaard to K.Horney.

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⭐Great insight into anxiety! A must for clinicians and graduate students studying clinical psychology.

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