Death,freedom, isolation and meaninglessness: how finish you face the four horsemen of existential theory?I admire people debilitated by the idea of death: this means they are not in denial about it. They are facing it, or they just haven’t advance up with a religion or a philosophy to soften the blow of it yet. So good for Rita Ora,who has admitted to having therapy to tackle this apprehension. She is facing up to the terror of death instead of denying it like most of us finish.
For some, the worry of it may be an unconscious talisman to ward it off. Worry becomes its own coping mechanism. It works, or albeit unconsciously. choose this example: “I was very worried that when mother went absent she would never advance back. Mother came back,therefore my worrying about it worked, therefore I must worry about everything bad that could happen and that will halt it happening.” So worrying about death may be a grandiose belief that one’s worrying about it may actually ward it off.
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Source: theguardian.com