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Death anxiety refers to the fear of death and the unknown that comes with it. Adult attachment, on the other hand, refers to the emotional bond between two individuals, often romantic partners, that provides a sense of security and comfort. Research has shown that there is a complex relationship between death anxiety and adult attachment. [68]
Kiasu is also similar in etymology to another Singlish term: kiasi which literally translates to “fear of death”. [7] Both terms are used to describe similar attitudes, but have almost opposite uses. Kiasu or kiasuism means taking extreme measures to achieve success, whereas kiasi or kiasiism means to take extreme, risk-avoidant measures. [8]
The fear that the dead will rejoin the living seemingly connect to their belief in the body and soul separating at death, implying that the soul lives on in another form (e.g., reincarnation, afterlife, etc.). This belief lead people to think that the soul can also be reconnected to the body, [9] or that another spirit could take its place.
“There are many terms which people use to talk about this fear, and often they are used interchangeably,” explains Rachel Menzies, psychologist, prominent death-anxiety researcher and director ...
The English suffixes -phobia, -phobic, -phobe (from Greek φόβος phobos, "fear") occur in technical usage in psychiatry to construct words that describe irrational, abnormal, unwarranted, persistent, or disabling fear as a mental disorder (e.g. agoraphobia), in chemistry to describe chemical aversions (e.g. hydrophobic), in biology to describe organisms that dislike certain conditions (e.g ...
The history of kiasi can be traced back to the Chinese idiom "Greedy for life, afraid of death" (Chinese: 貪生怕死; pinyin: tān shēng pà sǐ), which describes a person's extreme fear of death, and may drive a person to lose his sense of justice and righteousness. The idiom was originally applied to cowardly soldiers on the battlefield.
“I’m literally scared to death of Jeff,” one nurse wrote in a filed statement describing Dowd’s dispute with another resident. In court, Canyon Creek denied liability for Shively’s death.
Tom Selleck's opening up about why he was "scared to death" during his guest starring role as Dr. Richard Burke on Friends.During an appearance on The Kelly Clarkson Show, the 77-year-old actor ...