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Medientyp:
E-Artikel
Titel:
The Origins of Anxiety, Panic and Rage Attacks
Beteiligte:
Janov, Arthur
Erschienen:
Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2013
Erschienen in:
Activitas Nervosa Superior, 55 (2013) 1-2, Seite 51-66
Sprache:
Englisch
DOI:
10.1007/bf03379596
ISSN:
2510-2788;
1802-9698
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AbstractThis is a report of clinical observations over forty five years. We describe the difference between limbic fear versus brainstem terror. The earlier a patient relives events from childhood, and infancy, the deeper into the brain he may reach. In the process, the affective responses become more exaggerated; for example, mild hopelessness becomes suicidal hopelessness, fear becomes terror, and anger becomes rage. The responses become more primitive as they emanate from a brain that is more primitive; older and pre-human. (Janov), (2011) That primitive brain inside of us provides all of the responses that existed hundreds of millions of years ago. In some respects we are still that alligator or shark with no pity or remorse, just instinct. Those primitive responses are pre-emotion, before mammalian caring and concern evolved, and they do allow us to murder when evoked. They also permit panic attacks which evolved to be life-saving in situations where rapid and vigorous responses meant survival. A person responding with rage or terror is overwhelmed by his brainstem activity and is reacting exactly like the alligator does. These deep and early processes have largely been ignored in clinical work and must be revisited.