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Discussion: “Dream and the Wish for Immortality”
Abstract
In this discussion of the paper by Dr. Arnold Richards, “Dream and the Wish
for Immortality,” the author discusses primal denials and universal primal
denials—denials of overwhelming realities such as our fragility and our
eventual death, which we all share. The nature of these denials is discussed.
The shattering of these denials leads to trauma, and this aspect of death and
reactions to the fear of death is also discussed. It is suggested that there is an
inborn core to human fear of death, which is then built on and elaborated in
later development.
Keywords
death, denial, trauma, annihilation anxiety, dreams
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