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4 Ways to Address Existential Anxiety

4 Ways to Address Existential Anxiety

Life is short. What are we going to do about it?

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Crystal Jackson
Feb 18, 2021
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Life is short. What are we going to do about it?

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Existential anxiety is the ultimate FOMO. I am not afraid of dying as much as I’m afraid of not living. It is peak fear of missing out.

I’ve felt it since I was a child, and I see that same link of anxiety in my children. Being hyperaware of our own mortality can cause incr…

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