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[7] [8] This high level of death anxiety in the elderly can cause lower ego integrity, and an increase in physical and psychological problems. [9] Researchers have linked death anxiety with several mental-health conditions. [10] Common therapies that have been used to treat several mental-health conditions include psychotherapy and psychoanalysis.
Although little is known about exactly which non-shared environmental factors typically contribute to causing hypochondriasis, certain factors such as exposure to illness-related information are widely believed to lead to short-term increases in health anxiety and to have contributed to hypochondriasis in individual cases.
Effects of the anticipation of death Death anxiety – a morbid, abnormal or persistent fear of one's own death or the process of his/her dying. One definition of death anxiety is a "feeling of dread, apprehension or solicitude (anxiety) when one thinks of the process of dying, or ceasing to 'be'". Also known as thanatophobia (fear of death).
Generalized anxiety disorder (GAD) is an anxiety disorder characterized by excessive, uncontrollable and often irrational worry about events or activities. [5] Worry often interferes with daily functioning, and individuals with GAD are often overly concerned about everyday matters such as health, finances, death, family, relationship concerns, or work difficulties.
Prejudice that some people with mental illness turn against themselves is called self-stigma. [68] There is no explicit evidence for the exact cause of stigma towards anxiety. Stigma can be divided by social scale, into the macro, intermediate, and micro levels. The macro-level marks society as a whole with the influence of mass media.
Smoking is the leading cause of preventable death in the United States. It is an underlying cause of many cancers, cardiovascular diseases, stroke, and respiratory diseases. [43] Smoking usually refers to smoking of tobacco products. E-cigarettes also pose large risks to health. [44]
Perseverative cognition also focuses on the effects that worrying over anticipated events have on the physical body and mind. [2] This could suggest that obsessive worrying over past events or the future could lead to physical issues. There are some physical evidences of the effects of perseverative cognition, as noted in an analysis article. [7]
Necrophobia is a specific phobia, the irrational fear of dead organisms (e.g., corpses) as well as things associated with death (e.g., coffins, tombstones, funerals, cemeteries). With all types of emotions, obsession with death becomes evident in both fascination and objectification. [1]