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The purpose of this study in applied psychoanalysis is twofold: (1) to analyze from cultural and psychoanalytic viewpoints a popular conceptualization of hypertension and of biofeedback management as a means of treatment; and (2) to show how such conceptualization and treatment are rooted in core features of the American cultural ethos and psychodynamic structure. This is not precisely a paper “about” hypertension and biofeedback per se, but an exploration of how they are