Existential Anxiety
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The Existentialist Model of Anxiety
In anxiety, according to existencialists, i start to feel like the world is alien to me. This is what heydeger describes as the uncanny or unhomeliness. What is also not possible within a medical model is the idea that anxiety gives me a unique insight into my own relation with the world. So it's this feeling of being so utterly different that you're no longer at home in your home. The rich history of existentialist literature is filled wit representations of this moment of the uncanny,. That moment where suddenly the world around you doesn't make sense.
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