At the border of normality and of pathology, anxious inhibitions can have a double function either positive or negative in the psychic balance of the subject. A distinction can be made between: -- the paroxystic anxious inhibitions and stage-fright is a good example of defensive part in front of a menance directed toward the integrity of the Ego, -- and lasting anxious inhibitions, such as intellectual and sexual inhibitions that can induce a true limitation of personality. A psychological and psychopharmacological parallel is evoked about alcohol, a "polyvalent psychotropic drug".
在正常与病理的边界，焦虑抑制在主体的心理平衡中可具有积极或消极的双重功能。可以区分出：——发作性焦虑抑制，怯场就是在针对自我完整性的威胁面前起防御作用的一个好例子，——以及持续性焦虑抑制，比如智力和性抑制，它们可导致真正的人格受限。文中提到了酒精这种“多效精神药物”，引发了心理和精神药理学方面的类比。
