I think there is a lot of awareness of anxiety/phobia in todays world. However I am wondering is there still a lot of taboo in describing feelings as distrust or doubt .
Would be wonderful to know views on similarity of both the uncomfortable and unwanted feelings.
To me anxiety is caused due to a feeling of inability to cope if a certain unwanted event occurred. Distrust or doubt on the other hand is a feeling that another person may act unfairly or unethically if given control.
For example a person suffering from aerophobia fears flying and feels panic of an situation, whereas a lady molested as a child may distrust sharing seat with a stranger on a flight.
Does anyone feel that such distrusting fears are controversial and often stifled.
For treating anxiety it is needed to not suppress the negative emotion, rather face the fears.
I would be interested in knowing would it also apply for distrust. Rather than suppressing the negative thought ,one should acknowledge that such a feeling exists and then use similar means as other phobia treatments (example slowly desensitization)