The awareness of death is the downside of human intelligence. Life must end for all living beings, but only humans may grasp its existential meaning.
Intellectually we may acknowledge our mortality, but deep down, we deny it. The fear of death is so overwhelming that we keep this knowledge unconscious. The repression of information about mortality results in several cognitive strategies that people use to avoid existential fear of death. Tune in and learn more about coping with death anxiety!
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