# True Freedom Anxiety and Expectations

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> **[True Freedom Anxiety and Expectations](https://psychcentral.com/lib/true-freedom-anxiety-and-expectations/)**
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> With freedom comes anxiety, according to psychoanalyst Erich Fromm in his book Escape from Freedom (1941). He believed we don't know what to do with freedom once we get it and find new controls a

  
With freedom comes anxiety, according to psychoanalyst Erich Fromm in his book Escape from Freedom (1941). He believed we don’t know what to do with freedom once we get it… ![](https://imgt.psychcentral.com/piwik.php?idsite=104&rec=1&url=https%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Flib%2Ftrue-freedom-anxiety-and-expectations%2F&action_name=True+Freedom+Anxiety+and+Expectations&urlref=https%3A%2F%2Fpsychcentral.com%2Flib%2Ffeed%2F)