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[โ€“] [email protected] 1 points 5 months ago* (last edited 5 months ago) (1 children)

Pretty sure every human who understands the concept of death are stressed about it at some point in their life.

So, those who do not understand the concept would probably not stress over it. Like someone with brain damage, or animals I guess.

Who knows, maybe my cat is in a bad mood sometimes because she is having an existential crisis, but I kinda doubt it.

[โ€“] [email protected] 2 points 5 months ago

Pretty sure every human who understands the concept of death are stressed about it at some point in their life.

Right, but how does one express their anxiety over the concept of death? And if someone does not express their anxiety in a perceivable way, does that mean they do not experience it?

If we took away a person's ability to vocalize their grievances, what kind of behavior of theirs would we attribute to an existential crisis? And how would we determine that type of anxiety from normal interaction with the external environment?