A review by vee274
Staring at the Sun: Overcoming the Terror of Death by Irvin D. Yalom

5.0

Struggling with my own death anxiety and intrusive thoughts, this book helped paving the path to being at peace with mortality. I connected with the various content the book presents and felt like i was not the only one that thought these thoughts and had these concerns. One thing that stays with me is the description of a dream of one of Dr. Irvin’s patients that goes, “ It’s a pitch black night. Im alone in my boat floating in a harbor. I see the lights of many other boats. I know i cant reach them, cant join with them. But how comforting it is to see all those other lights bobbing in the harbor.”
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