Compare and Contrast the Anxiety Disorder That Afflicted Freud and Tesla
Sigmund Freud (1856-1939) Freud developed and taught psychoanalysis, which is a form of psychotherapy.
Psychoanalysis is associated with the couch, the note pad and the silent listener.
Contrary to popular belief, Freud was not the father of psychiatry.
Sigmund Freud suffered from Panic Disorder at the time when he wrote his famous papers on anxiety neurosis.
He had symptoms of an Anxiety Disorder and worried a great deal about his 'spells'.
He had many medical evaluations for them.
Nothing of a serious medical nature could be found wrong with him.
He was told that his symptoms were 'nervous' in origin.
Freud was not satisfied with what he was told.
In his quest for a fuller explanation, he searched for a psychological cause.
He built an elaborate model based on psychology of the mind and the role of internal conflicts in causing and maintaining anxiety.
This model has preoccupied everyone studying anxiety for most of the century.
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) Tesla was a genius and perhaps the greatest inventor the world has ever known.
He invented a device to harness alternating electrical current, radio, fluorescent lighting, the bladeless turbine, developed the fundamentals of robotics, computers and missile science.
Many of the "modern conveniences of life" are a result of Tesla's inventions.
At 5 years of age, following death of his older brother, he developed many phobias and compulsions and in general became a "perfectionist" - subjecting himself to iron discipline in order to excel.
He was also plagued by panic attack - like symptoms; strong flashes of light that marred the sight of real objects and "shooting flames" through the body.
The intensity seemed to increase as he got older.
"This caused me great discomfort and anxiety", said Tesla, "none of the students of psychology or physiology whom I have consulted could ever explain satisfactorily these phenomena...
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Psychoanalysis is associated with the couch, the note pad and the silent listener.
Contrary to popular belief, Freud was not the father of psychiatry.
Sigmund Freud suffered from Panic Disorder at the time when he wrote his famous papers on anxiety neurosis.
He had symptoms of an Anxiety Disorder and worried a great deal about his 'spells'.
He had many medical evaluations for them.
Nothing of a serious medical nature could be found wrong with him.
He was told that his symptoms were 'nervous' in origin.
Freud was not satisfied with what he was told.
In his quest for a fuller explanation, he searched for a psychological cause.
He built an elaborate model based on psychology of the mind and the role of internal conflicts in causing and maintaining anxiety.
This model has preoccupied everyone studying anxiety for most of the century.
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943) Tesla was a genius and perhaps the greatest inventor the world has ever known.
He invented a device to harness alternating electrical current, radio, fluorescent lighting, the bladeless turbine, developed the fundamentals of robotics, computers and missile science.
Many of the "modern conveniences of life" are a result of Tesla's inventions.
At 5 years of age, following death of his older brother, he developed many phobias and compulsions and in general became a "perfectionist" - subjecting himself to iron discipline in order to excel.
He was also plagued by panic attack - like symptoms; strong flashes of light that marred the sight of real objects and "shooting flames" through the body.
The intensity seemed to increase as he got older.
"This caused me great discomfort and anxiety", said Tesla, "none of the students of psychology or physiology whom I have consulted could ever explain satisfactorily these phenomena...
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