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Giovacchini describes a woman suffering from lifelong anxiety of specific type: the anxiety served the needs of defense, but its more important function was to afford relief from basic fears by providing an affective experience. This experience was essential for her in order to enhance her self-awareness, as 'proof of existence', and to delineate her sharply from her twin.