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Existential Anxiety

Overthink

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Is There a Difference Between Anxiety and Fear?

According to existentialism, fear has a determinate object. Fear is about something. Anxiety has to do with our own freedom in relation to possibility. For example, my fear of height can trigger a moment of existential anxiety. But it's not the only one that can do that. So maybe you feel vertigo when you're at the empire state building. But maybe i feel vertigo again, in this existential key, when i'm going on a road trip by myself,. And then for a moment, what if i just veered to the side? What if i just pulled one side of the steering wheel, and i could end it all? This sounds dark, like it's a

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