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Why meditation sometimes triggers death anxiety

I have been meditating for eight years and yesterday during practice I had this overwhelming terror that I am going to die someday and I cannot breathe when I think about it.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Deepening awareness can strip away the psychological defenses that normally buffer existential realities.

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