Which theorist made the following statement about death anxiety? "It's not easy to live every moment wholly aware of death. It's like trying to stare at the sun in the face: you can stand only so much of it. Because we cannot live frozen in fear, we generate methods to soften death's terror."

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Which theorist made the following statement about death anxiety? "It's not easy to live every moment wholly aware of death. It's like trying to stare at the sun in the face: you can stand only so much of it. Because we cannot live frozen in fear, we generate methods to soften death's terror."​

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This quote is from Irvin Yalom, a psychiatrist and existential psychotherapist who has written extensively on death anxiety and the human struggle to find meaning and purpose in life in the face of mortality.

Which Theorist Made the Following Statement About Death Anxiety? "It's