<body><div><figure><img src="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?type=thumbnail_580x000&amp;url=30jI5F_1H56QiZA00" alt="https://img.particlenews.com/image.php?url=30jI5F_1H56QiZA00" width="1200" height="900" ></figure>Fear of death has a name, a long one. Thanatophobia is described as having an extreme fear of death or the process of dying, otherwise known as death anxiety, according to the Cleveland Clinic.The Department of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) offers a course, Philosophy of Death and Dying. Christian Coons, an associate professor of philosophy who teaches the course, finds death anxiety to be more common than others may think.“One of the big theories about what’s up with death anxiety is that we’re all prone to have it, or most of us are prone to have it, but some of us have a better means of being in denial about it,” Coons said. Coons defines denial as “feeling that you’re immune to the thing you are afraid of”. This denial can also come in forms of lack of fear or lack of appreciation of the occurrence of situations like death or losing money. “They think they’re not afraid; it’s because they really think it will never happen to them,” Coons said. Death anxiety is a more focused term under the broader anxiety umbrella. Feelings of anxiety can be the way people make decisions about many things in their day-to-day lives. But Coons also sees a disposition to be afraid as a healthy thing.“You want to be afraid of dying at times when it would save your life, instead of being a daredevil,” he said. Death as a concept can be vague for some or straightforward for others. There is a comparative aspect of death: the thought of what someone could have done if they had more time. Coons describes it as a deprivation account of why death is bad.“It’s because it takes away things that are good, not because it is intrinsically bad,” he said. Dr. HeeSoon Lee, a professor of Social Work at BGSU, did a study about death anxiety and coping among older adults in rural Northwest Ohio. In the abstract, it found, “Death anxiety was positively associated with problem-focused, emotion-focused and avoidant coping but was unrelated to life satisfaction.”Though the study showed no findings for ages under 60 regarding how to cope with death anxiety, the researchers compiled methods based on the results collected from their samples<ol><li>Acknowledge and accept mortality</li><li>Focus on living meaningfully</li><li>Develop healthy coping strategies</li><li>Build emotional and social support</li><li>Explore spiritual beliefs</li><li>Learn about end-of-life care and planning</li><li>Seek professional support when needed</li></ol>In comparison to treating physical harm, treating mental harm is similar in some ways. Ultimately, being able to identify the variable or problem is one of the first steps.“You can treat [anxiety] with drugs, or you can try to identify the fear, and then try to dispel it and you can try to do that rationally too,” Coons said. The biggest thing with anxiety is that it becomes a treatable disease when it has a “significant cost to your well-being,” according to Coons.</div></body>

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Fear of death has a name, a long one. Thanatophobia is described as having an extreme fear of death or the process of dying, otherwise known as death anxiety, according to the Cleveland Clinic. The Department of Philosophy at Bowling Green State University (BGSU) offers a course, Philosophy of Death...

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Fear of death has a name, a long one. Thanatophobia is described as having an extreme fear of death or the process of dying, otherwise known as death anxie

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