
Here I discuss three forms of anxiety (separation anxiety or panic, threat anxiety or paranoia, and “void” anxiety which relates to Winnicott’s “fear of breakdown” or Didier Houzel’s “precipitation anxiety”) and offer some impressionistic thoughts on what may be relevant to addressing them. For more on Jaak Panskepp’s work in affective neuroscience: https://www.amazon.com/Affective-Neuroscience-Foundations-Emotions-Science/dp/019517805X