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Fear of death is a common fear that people have. Fear is a way that people deprive themselves from achieving things in life. Albert Einstein stated, “The fear of death is the most unjustified of all fears, for there’s no risk of accident for someone who’s dead.” Fear of death is something that is so natural but is feared by everyone.

Thanatophobia, is a medical term used to describe fear of death. Thanatophobia is a theory created by Sigmund Freud, which states that unaddressed childhood trauma causes the fear the term refers to fear of the dead or the dying. An article by Cohut uses different approaches to explain why death is feared and therapy to reduce fear. Cohut uses an example from a wife worried about her husband’s death anxiety, “Death anxiety is only pathological when it reaches extreme levels, disrupting the normal lifestyles of an individual”, her husband felt emptiness, and was feared of him not being alive anymore. Cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is a form of therapy Cohut describes to help easy fear of death. A six-step method described can help ease the fear, the first step is to be exposed to your fears. “identify what exactly it is that scares them about death” facing your fears and realizing what they are is a good way to help reduce and make coping easier. I found this article helpful because after reading all six steps I found it easier to see what was feared about death and how it could be helped. An article by Paul describes the religion reason of fear. Paul states the fear of death is two different beliefs, she says the second belief is “When we die, we will be punished for our sins. __God is judgmental__ and we will end up in hell or purgatory for eternity .” People fear what would happen to their souls when they die, from biblical examples we are told our souls leave our body but after it does is what can cause people to fear dying. I live life everyday thinking does my choices I made that day satisfy God. Paul goes to state that this can not be proven by any scientist but what you can prove the feelings you had while being on earth, referring to the good and the bad. Bassett conducted a study on what causes the fear of death, his study compares men, women, and age differences. The result of his study was women feared death more than mean, and the younger you are the more you fear death. In another study, Hine refers to the fear of death as Judgement approaches to the fear of Death (JFD), she states death is feared because of a person’s judgement. People judge death by using emotions, am example used by Hine, is her fear of flying. Hine stated, “my fear of flying must be constituted in part by the belief that flying is dangerous. However, in the case above, it appears that I lack this belief, rendering the theory unable to account for the emotion”, she based her judgmental emotion to not fly because she feared death.



Link to enjoy: Christopher Hitchens ; Fear of Death vs Fear of Dying

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References http://www.innerbonding.com/show-article/902/what-is-god-where-is-god.html http://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1177/0030222815612604 https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/318895.php http://africanleadership.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2017/07/fear-04.jpg