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How terminal diagnosis can reveal the futility of death anxiety

I got a terminal diagnosis six months ago and I am angrier about all the time I wasted worrying about death than I am about actually dying.

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More people experience this than they realize.

What we've seen

Facing actual death can illuminate how much life energy was spent in fearful anticipation rather than authentic living.

Ideas that help explain it
Worth thinking about

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

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