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Why we catastrophize about losing loved ones

Every time I see an ambulance or hear sirens I imagine it is someone I love dying and I cannot stop my mind from going there even though nothing bad has happened.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

The certainty of death creates persistent anxiety about when and how it will touch those we cannot bear to lose.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

“Where Are You with Heidegger's being-toward-death?”

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