Fear and anguish are the same situation judged from opposite directions of causality

Evidence

Most of the time dangerous or threatening situations present themselves in facets; they will be apprehended through a feeling of fear or of anguish according to whether we envisage the situation as acting on the man or the man as acting on the situation. — Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness, 236

Categorization

• DEFINE: Shows the same situation yields fear or anguish depending on whether self or world is seen as the active term — a useful mechanism for describing the fear-anguish polarity.
• XREF: connects to: Anguish before freedom and anguish before nothingness describe the same phenomenon.; Causality cannot serve as a bridge between two radically separated experiences; Anticipatory dread of loss can coexist with intense present happiness — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 268 (+2 more)

Broader Connections

• Causality cannot serve as a bridge between two radically separated experiences #contradicts (0.75)
• Anguish before freedom and anguish before nothingness describe the same phenomenon. #qualifies (0.72)
• Anticipatory dread of loss can coexist with intense present happiness #exemplifies (0.72) — Julien Gracq, Balcony in the Forest, 268