COMMON CAUSES OF ANXIETY: FEAR OF PREGNANCY
This is one of the most common causes of anxiety in women of childbearing age. The unmarried woman who has let herself be led into a foolish sexual experience without proper contraceptive precautions inevitably experiences severe tension. Her anxiety is often sufficient to inhibit her next menstrual period. She sees this as proof that her worst fears are confirmed, and desperation and self-loathing may easily drive her into precipitate action.
The married woman who fears pregnancy usually says that she does so because it would be financially embarrassing or would interfere too much with her social life. However, on close questioning it frequently turns out that there is much more to it than this, and that the fear is really based on a deep-seated fear of childbirth which developed when she was a girl as a result of foolish talk on the part of her mother or elder sister. That this fear is in fact neurotic is shown by the fact that these women are in no way reassured by completely adequate contraceptive measures, and their intimate life with their husband leaves them cold and in constant tension.
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