Stages of feeling the horror of the impermanence of human Existence.

The feeling of horror of the impermanence of human Existence passes through the following stages in life:
1. Discovery. This is the first deep resentment of the child for this horror. This horror is tempered by a sense of the Infinity of the Future.
2. Mastering. A person lives with this horror, which manifests itself in a hidden unconscious form during depression and neuroticism of life. At this time, the feeling of the Infinity of the Future gradually disappears and it is gradually filled with a sense of the Finiteness of the Future. At this time, some people strengthen various protective psychological mechanisms from this feeling of horror, in particular, alcohol consumption, protection by Faith, a mature passion for philosophy, etc.
3. Adaptation. The human psyche gets used to the long-term pressure of this feeling of horror and ceases to feel it as before, but then, when the Finiteness of the Future feels small and definite, the feeling of horror of human frailty is again strengthened on a new concrete and definite basis. It is at this time that there is an increased mortality in humans.
4. Degradation. Having passed the adaptation with its dangerous last stage, the degrading psychophysiological processes in the psyche begin. There is a lightness and uncritical perception of life caused by various stages of dementia. In particular, an old believer ceases to pray, due to the complete disappearance of the feeling of horror of the impermanence of Being. Thus, the Path to Longevity is open, the joy of which is no longer realized by its bearer.
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Associate Professor of the Institute of Psychology and Education of KFU, Candidate of Psychological Sciences Ramil Garifullin