Five Feet Apart (2018) novel by Rachael Lippincott is the object of the analysis in this study. This study aims to analyze and distinguish the types of anxiety and self-defense mechanisms Stella Grant performs as the main character in the novel using Sigmund Freud’s Psychoanalytic theory.
The method used to analyze this study is qualitative descriptive. The data are taken from the novel through monologues and dialogues. There are several steps taken to collect the data, such as reading the novel for several times and reading some articles related to the matter from the internet to support the theory, identifying the data, classifying the data, and reducing the data.
There are two results found in this study. First, Stella Grant as the main character has experienced all types of anxiety; reality anxiety, neurotic anxiety, and moral anxiety. Second, Stella Grant has performed five types of defense mechanism, which are; Denial, Reaction Formation, Rationalization, Displacement, and Substitution.

Keywords: Psychoanalysis Theory, Anxiety, Defense Mechanism, Five Feet
Apart.