Sentences with phrase «fear of dying»

There may be fear of dying alone, but there is no actual need for women to marry for their economic wellbeing or societal standing.

Fear of dying in video games can be a fear of failure of the type described above.

Don't you think it would have been easier for god to make those animals poisonous so we wouldn't eat them for fear of dying?

In contrast, he found that younger patients — such as middle - aged corporate CEOs with stiff upper lips — were often reluctant to reveal their feelings, such as fear of dying.

I lived in constant fear of her dying from a major seizure.

With Saul by his side, Haqqani can visit his wife and children for the first time in three years without fear of dying in a drone strike.

Against this morality, Socrates, in Plato's Phaedo, insists that warriors who die for the city out of fear for their own death or the death of others in the city, or fear of loss of honor, are sacrificially trading a lesser fear of dying in battle for a greater fear of shame, loss of nobility, and the loss of the city itself.

The intense fear of death, which had been a prominent presenting problem when she came for help, was a blend of her neurotic fears of dying (based on her feeling she deserved to die because of her rage and her «dirty» sexual fantasies) and her existential anxiety.

Ages 8 - 11 Fear of dark Bad people, being kidnapped Being home alone Something bad will happen to parents Fear of dying or loved ones dying Disease, illness, aches, and pains School failure Taking tests Having no friends, being teased by peers Heights Storms

And that's only because this glimpse of great acting is based out of primal fear of dying via brass knuckles and a shotgun barrel.

This year's nominees include Before, During, After by Richard Bausch, Book of Numbers by Joshua Cohen, Against Nature by Tomas Espedal, Fates and Furies by Lauren Groff, The Making of Zombie Wars by Aleksandar Hemon, Fear of Dying by Erica Jong, List of the Lost by Morrissey, and The Martini Shot by George Pelecanos.

Reaching a height of 3,000 feet, I was amazed by how I wasn't affected by my fear of heights (a phobia I link to a healthy fear of dying — similar to my fear of snakes, spiders and the music of Abba).

The artists here have variously suffered from clinical depression, Asperger syndrome and a pathological fear of dying.

Such techniques can shift our perspective from a negative fear of dying to a positive realisation we are lucky to experience life at all.

Sadness may be one of the biggest reasons why old people are constantly searching for a new partner, but fear of dying alone is, for sure, the main motive!

That's because the Focus RS is a car that can be driven hard on the track without fear of dying, and then back and forth to the office all week without anyone knowing you're driving a 350 - horsepower RPG that didn't require a second mortgage on the house

I think it was fear of dying and fear of nothingness, non-existence that scared me.

It helps them deal with their fear of dying.

All religions are based the fear of dying and facing the unknown.

Fear of dying, so you delude yourself into thinking you go somewhere else.

Faith (or belief without evidence) is more motivated by two basic human emotions: FEAR of dying and punishment and HOPE for an eternal afterlife.

A generation ago, Ernest Becker taught us that the fear of dying is the mainspring of all human activity, from our smallest efforts at survival to our loftiest cultural achievements.

Our «faith» comes from the fear of the unknown, fear of dying, fear of not seeing our loved ones again, and fear of suffering in the «afterlife».

All religions are human inventions to cope with the lack of obvious purpose and meaning as well as their fear of dying.

We can't walk the walk of the resurrected when we're still bound by the old habits that the fear of dying has taught us so well.

God also helps scared people with their fear of dying, and gives a concept of something beyond the self.

Even so, I did the best I could, and when I was in my twenties, I began to move past the fear of dying.

In their fear of dying, people didn't make it larger than it was.

That night, after Alex was born (at 9 in the morning), I could not sleep at all because every time I tried to go to sleep, my brain would start re-running the tape of labor, and I would feel the pain and the fright and the fears of dying all over again.

There is fear of dying, overwhelming pain, and feeling trapped.

In Kathy's stories, we see some classic symptoms of a post-traumatic stress response: the fear of dying, the re-experiencing of her birth, the sleeplessness.

I think that just as the fear of dying alone leads some people to marry (at least in part), it also leads some people to have children.

Reinforcing the image of frailty and solitude, a friend added that Nicholson harbours a fear of dying alone in his masion in the Hollywood Hills.

A fear of dying plays a role in people buying bottled water, even though they know it may not be good for them or the planet, a study from the University of Waterloo has found.

One of the most universal human fears is the fear of dying.

While choosing to make a change in our life because we are afraid of something at least gets us going (quitting smoking because of the fear of dying, working on being on time at work because of the fear of being fired, beginning meditation after a heart attack), we ultimately want to shift from fear to love, from what we don't want to what we do want.

Mimulus: Fear of anything you can put a name on: Fear of dying, being alone, spiders, losing a job, not be able to pay your bills, fear of flying, fear of a panic attack, fear of small places etc..

Episode 3: Aug. 8, 2008 Reed's shopping habits, why white actors play white people and black actors play black people, existence and a fear of dying, backing up the internet.

The subject of the piece is our fear of getting old, which is a variation on our fear of dying.

It is a story about the terrifying effects of solitude, the fear of dying alone, the fear of living alone and, above all, the fear of living with someone.

One boy told me about the smoking that occurred in his home, and of his fear of dying in a fire caused by a cigarette.

Sometimes the will to live is actually more the fear of dying than anything else.

How do we strike a balance between our fear of dying and our hope for a long, healthy life, while still confronting reality?