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Anxiety as a Mood
- Existentialists define anxiety as a mood, not a psychological state.
- A mood engulfs your whole world, while a state is more targeted.
Anxiety's Revelation
- Anxiety reveals our human condition and relation to the world.
- It's a heightened awareness of our freedom and transcendence.
Vertigo and Freedom
- Ellie Anderson felt existential anxiety atop the Empire State Building.
- She feared not falling, but her own freedom to jump.