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  • Honorary Associate at Department of Psychology, Macquarie University and Research Fellow, University of Sydney
Some people focus their fear of death on smaller and more manageable threats. Pimthida/Flickr

Fear of death underlies most of our phobias

Lisa Iverach, University of Sydney; Rachel E. Menzies, University of Sydney, and Ross Menzies, University of Sydney

We manage our fear of death by creating a sense of permanence and meaning in life. But for some people, death anxiety results in pathological coping mechanisms, such as being afraid of spiders.

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