Fear of Life is an in-depth study of the human condition within modernculture. Alexander Lowen challenges conventional thinking and contends thatneurotic behavior stems from a fear of life, and represents the individual'sunconscious effort to overcome that fear. But one cannot do so. One can onlysuppress or deny it, at the cost of spontaneity and being at ease. Lowen explains that being a person requires that one stop their frantic doing,and take time out to breathe and to feel. If one has the courage to accept andfeel the pain and hurt, despair and sadness, and inner emptiness or anxietyin one's life, one can heal trauma and gain pleasure, fulfillment, and joytheobject of Bioenergetic Analysis.