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Postdoctoral research fellow, School of Psychology, University of Sydney

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October 20, 2021

Why do some people delay getting vaccinated or pretend COVID doesn’t exist? Paradoxically, denial of death

Ross G. Menzies, University of Technology Sydney and Rachel E. Menzies, University of Sydney

Humans are unable to face the stark reality of death, and often engage in various forms of denial.

Some people focus their fear of death on smaller and more manageable threats. Pimthida/Flickr

May 15, 2016

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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