Medicine, hospitals and hygiene are good examples. And the consequences of risks are not exclusively negative, either. Chance, or the possibility of a particular outcome, is another and more positive aspect. It would seem that care responsi-bilities and family roles lead to new assessment of risks. Studies prove that Norwegian flight attendants think that landings at Western Norway's SLTO airports seem more hazardous after they have given birth.
Anxiety is a response to what is new, unknown or dramatic.
A reflex fear is a reaction to an external danger and stimulates us to take protective measures. Neurotic fear may be less clearly expressed, and creates only symptoms and no solutions. Most people have had the sensation of being drawn to the edge of a precipice. This impulse is a clever device to make us feel fear and consequently prevents us from going over. In the same way a signal anxiety may develop in response to new and unknown risks.