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Anxiety is essential to the human condition. The confrontation with anxiety can relieve us from boredom, sharpen the sensitivity and assure the presence of tension that is necessary to preserve human existence.

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Rollo May
Age: 85 †
Born: 1909
Born: April 21
Died: 1994
Died: October 22
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
Writer
Anxiety
Sensitivity
Essentials
Preserve
Necessary
Preserves
Conditions
Boredom
Worry
Tension
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Existence
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Human
Presence
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Humans
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