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Psychoanalytic Theory
Psychoanalytic theory originates in the work of Sigmund Freud, who suggested that anxiety is the result of unresolved, unconscious conflicts between impulses for aggressive or libidinal gratification and the ego’s recognition of the external damage that could result from gratification. For example, unconscious conflicts of childhood, such as fear of losing a parent’s love or attention, may emerge and result in feelings of discomfort or anxiety in childhood, adolescence, or early adulthood.