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Meaning of Anxiety

Introduction

Rollo May was an American humanistic psychologist also associated with existentialist philosophy. The book 'Meaning of Anxiety' by Rollo May was first published in the year 1950, and a revised version was published in 1977. The book questions fundamental cognitive assumptions and asserts anxiety to be a positive sign of a healthy mental state of a person. According to his point of view, anxiety helps in developing an individual's mental health. Experimental and theoretical study of anxiety takes into account various dimensions of psychology, biology and culturally. May is under strong influence of writings of Freud, Horney, ...