Freud believed that most,if not all,psychological disorders are mainly the result of anxiety.However,Freudian explanations of the anxiety disorders receive much less attention today than they once did.From what you've learned of Freudian theory,how would a Freudian explanation of the etiology of the anxiety disorders differ from the types of explanations presented in your text

 Freud would say that the anxiety disorders result from internal events,drives,and motivations that the patient is not conscious of.We normally feel anxiety when we are threatened,but in the case of anxiety disorders,anxiety is experienced even when we're not aware of any dangerous threat.Often there's just the feeling of danger or a threat being present.Everyone uses defence mechanisms to alleviate feelings of anxiety,but in clinical cases,these mechanisms are not effective enough to provide relief.Anxiety that's severe enough to be considered abnormal may be caused by unacceptable impulses that are on the verge of breaking into consciousness,threatened disapproval,withdrawal of love,and fear of abandonment.These are examples of events that might be threatening to a small child and which might be thrust into the unconscious,only to emerge later in the form of the symptoms of an anxiety disorder.
Getting more specific,a phobic object or situation would symbolically stand for something that the patient is frightened of,either consciously or unconsciously.Obsessions and compulsions function by directing attention away from fearful,unconscious thoughts.