Angst is the word for fear in German, Dutch, and Danish. It comes from the same Indo-European root (meaning “tight, constricted, painful”) that gave us anguish, anxiety, and anger. In the mid-19th ...

I often hear people talk about angst-ridden creative people, and I've had numerous people ask me as a psychologist whether angst is in fact a necessary ingredient for creativity. Since angst means ...

Anxiety is an affliction with a rich pedigree. Its sufferers have included Abraham Lincoln and Sir Isaac Newton, pioneering psychologist William James and Academy Award-winning actress Kim Basinger.

There's a lot to recommend life in a large town or small city, but there's no doubt it can get claustrophobic — familiar faces can get too familiar, and it's hard to blend into the crowd when everyone ...

The word "angst" by definition literally means "a feeling of deep anxiety or dread, typically an unfocused one about the human condition or the state of the world in general." It's a fitting moniker ...

We went to see this banned Austrian home invasion film at a screening in NYC and it's still as nauseating and influential 43 ...