Anxiety Anxiety disorders, — which unlike everyday worries cause patients to experience
irrational and frequently debilitating
fear — are the most
common forms of mental illness in industrialized countries.
Some degree of
fear is rather normal given the way humans approach risk, particularly with something like the risks from radiation, and particularly given inherent trust that comes from for - profit overlay onto the «
common good» and (IMO) laying that
fear exclusively at the feet of environmentalists, or simply labeling it as
irrational, is more a product of ideologically - driven identity - protective cognition and tribalism on the part of nuclear proponents than a useful ingredient for making progress on energy policy development.