The Psychopathology of Everyday Life

The thoughts lead us to the following conclusion: they predispose the individual to acquire it even when it cannot cause an anxiety neurosis alone. Anxiety neurosis erupts as soon as another's influence, a detrimental effect, is added to the specific factors' hidden result. It can act in a particular aspect quantitatively; however, it cannot replace it qualitatively. The particular factor always remains what determines the form the neurosis takes. You can see this claim regarding the etiology of neuroses more extensively in this book.