Anxiety as"pain in the future"

by Dr. David Viscott

"I realized that the name given a painful feeling
depended on when the pain occurred.

Pain (as anticipated) in the future was called "anxiety."
Pain in the present was called "hurt" and experienced as sadness or disappointment.
Finally, pain in the past was called "anger."
When a person held in his anger it turned on him and was experienced as guilt.
Depression was the depletion of energy from holding anger inside."

"Two points became clear.
Emotional illness was a storage disease.
The secret of mental health was to tell the person who hurt you that they hurt you, when they hurt you."

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