Sometimes, we break down and reveal more vulnerability to the people we love when we acknowledge our own mess. This can lead to greater revelations about ourselves and our life.

Following Freud, several dynamic writers have suggested treatments for anxiety that focus on the role of the unconscious and the use of defense. For example, in discussing panic disorder from a psychodynamic perspective, it has been suggested that panic symptoms carry a specific emotional significance and are related to intense unconscious conflicts and their defenses Also, like Freud, these authors suggest that typical areas of conflict for panic patients include anger, sexual desires, and separation