“With the coming of radio as a mass medium, suddenly the world changed. It became about, 'Can this leader project emotional connection through the way he speaks on the radio?' And the anxiety about whether he could do that, we've inherited.” WorldWaySpeakLeaderChangedEmotionalAnxietyProjectsMassConnectionsRadioMediumsEmotional Connection Author:Tom Hooper
“When one read's Kierkegaard's profound analyses of anxiety and despair or Nietzsche's amazingly acute insights into the dynamics of resentment and the guilt and hostility which accompany repressed emotional powers, one might pinch oneself to realize that one is reading works written in the last century and not some new contemporary psychological analysis.” MightLastsReadingRealizingWrittenCenturyEmotionalDespairAnxietyGuiltProfoundOneselfInsightContemporaryPsychologicalAnalysisResentmentHostilityAccompanyDynamicsRepressedEmotional Power Book:The Discovery of Being Source: The Discovery of Being
“The Hollywood atmosphere of crises and continuous anxiety is a kind of hysteria which prevents people from thinking, and is not too different from the way dictators use wars and continuous threats of war as an emotional basis for maintaining their power.” PeopleThinkingWayKindDifferentWarUseEmotionalAnxietyHollywoodBasesCrisisThreatAtmosphereDictatorMaintainingHysteria Author:Hortense Powdermaker
“I do have commitment phobia, which I think is underlied by death anxiety. I feel that if you are in a relationship, there is a real genuine possibility of plateauing, and there is a possibility for a creative, emotional and spiritual death because of it. Only part of me feels this way, but it's enough to create an anxiety which makes me think twice before committing.” IfsThinkingWayFeelsRealEnoughSpiritualCreativePossibilityEmotionalAnxietyCommitmentGenuineThink TwicePhobiaSpiritual Death Author:Alex Karpovsky
“The Criteria of Emotional Maturity: The ability to deal constructively with reality The capacity to adapt to change A relative freedom from symptoms that are produced by tensions and anxieties The capacity to find more satisfaction in giving than receiving The capacity to relate to other people in a consistent manner with mutual satisfaction and helpfulness The capacity to sublimate, to direct one's instinctive hostile energy into creative and constructive outlets The capacity to love.” PeopleGivingRealityEnergyAbilityDealsCreativeEmotionalAnxietyCapacityDirectSatisfactionRelateMaturityTensionConsistentMutualRelativeReceivingSymptomsHostileOutletsCriteriaConstructiveCapacity To LoveHelpfulnessEmotional Maturity Author:William C. Menninger
“Symptoms like anxiety, depression, aggression, alcohol or drug use, are responses to physical and emotional pain that has its roots in traumatic experiences from childhood and later in life.” UsePainChildhoodEmotionalDrugAnxietyRootsResponseAlcoholAggressionSymptomsEmotional PainTraumatic ExperiencesLater In LifeDrug UseAnxiety Depression Author:Jed Diamond
“In fact, numerous scientific laboratory tests and field observations have led to the conclusion that animals are conscious, intelligent, emotional beings. They are not machines and truly feel physical pain when it is inflicted upon them. They are capable of experiencing a wide range of emotions, including loneliness, embarrassment, sadness, longing, depression, anxiety, panic, and fear, as well as joy, relief, surprise, happiness, contentment, and peace.” FeelsWellsFactsPainJoyAnimalEmotionSadnessLonelinessFieldsEmotionalAnxietyCapableConsciousTestsMachinesIntelligentLongingSurpriseIncludingWideConclusionObservationRangeReliefContentmentPanicEmbarrassmentLaboratoryPhysical PainContentment And PeaceRange Of Emotions Author:Sharon Gannon
“HIV criminalization is a global trend, but surprisingly Canada has some of the worst HIV laws in the world - they have incarcerated 200 people to date who have not infected anyone, and half of them are black. This is emotional manipulation that began as an anti-immigrant measure and has devolved into an exploitation of sexual anxiety. It's a crisis of meaning.” PeopleWorldLawBlackHalfWorstEmotionalAnxietyCrisisCanadaImmigrantsManipulationTrendsExploitationHiv Author:Sarah Schulman
“Certainly we want to protect our children from new and painful experiences that are beyond their emotional comprehension and that intensify anxiety; and to a point we can prevent premature exposure to such experiences.” WantChildrenEmotionalProtectAnxietyOur ChildrenPainfulExposureComprehensionPrematurePainful Experiences Author:Maurice Sendak