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.