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Why mindfulness practices can't resolve existential terror

I keep a gratitude journal and practice mindfulness but I still lie awake at 3am terrified that my consciousness will just stop existing someday.

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More people experience this than they realize.

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Techniques for present-moment awareness can coexist with rather than dissolve fundamental anxiety about non-existence.

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