CARTA: Awareness of Death and Mortality: Human Mortality Denial and Terror Management Theory

(1:41 - Main Presentation) Sheldon Solomon explores how humans manage the terror of death, and the larger implications of this quest for immortality via death denial.  Recorded on 03/03/2017. [3/2022] [Show ID: 32056]

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[seahawks]

I realized my mortality when I was 6, I had an unsettling rush of adrenaline, goose bumps, and a sense of overwhelming impending doom, lying in my bed, I realized in that moment, I'm going to die, one day, no matter what. It was the day my grandma died, man it was quite scary yet important, I'll never forget it. It made me grow as a person though. I accept death as the precipice of life. You have to. I think this is somewhat close to how people say give your will to God, and the thoughts of an afterlife, and the likes. I'm still agnostic, not by the definition. A lot of people will do anything to avoid their demise, at any cost, others will do anything to save another's life, at the cost of their own, that's the conundrum, the latter is the few, the mass minority of individuals who would do just that without thought, and the majority, who wouldn't.

[yahyadridi]

this guy is fucking amazing, no bullshit.

[ShawnaCostonPhD]

I did some research... My objection here is that: There is a process of Development to being born and process of being unborn to die. The first thing to develop in a fetus is the eyes plus the brain and in dying your eyes plus conscientious is the first thing to go. In the where people have been dead for years they lay there where the remains are and stay put for years and they can tell you how they died as well. Others, whom are in hell walk the earth and they growl like a dog plus you can see movement of them and hear footsteps. I call them, Evil dark shows and they invite you into the darkness of the abyss. Then you have those whom were cremated and they warn the living not to put their remains in a coffin. The cremated individuals have freedom and are now bound to one spot or to stay in the ground in pain. Others never sleep, they are not at peace at all but, they don't communicate outside of their spiritual space in the graveyard. These facts were based on multiple State EVP and graveyard research with spiritual contacts. Some headstones contain faces others contain no body because that person is with God. They will not have an EVP at all. Heaven is real and Hell is real! You choose your own fate and believe what you want. Life is short so enjoy it while you all can. Good luck to you all.

[oidawasnoch]

It's an interesting topic, but if the speaker says things like "if you remind people of their mortality they do thisandthat" i want to see the data, at least _some_ data or citations, and not only some quote by whoever...