ABSTRACT
In The Problem of Anxiety in 1926 S. Freud published his new theory, in which he accorded anxiety a significant position in the development of neurotic disorder. Research in years tends to confirm the important premise of Freud's second theory, namely that neurotic behavior is developed in an attempt to cope with anxiety. In Freud's statement about anxiety he placed it entirely outside the realm of neurosis. The physiological symptoms accompanying the temporary asphyxiation at birth are almost identical with the symptoms accompanying anxiety; that is rapid heartbeat, difficulty in breathing, and diarrhea. Culturally oriented analysts agree that anxiety appears when something within the person threatens his relation to significant people. Freud's first theory fitted well into his libido theory. Just as a quantum of energy could be bound in a hysterical symptom, it could also be transformed into anxiety.
