Why we fear being forgotten more than death itself
06/02/25 at 03:00 AM
Why we fear being forgotten more than death itself
KevinMD.com; by Patrick Hudson; 5/22/25
It’s not the easiest question to ask aloud—especially in medicine, where we pronounce death but rarely reflect on it... After my heart attack, the question stopped being abstract... To die is to disappear from the story. That’s the ache underneath most death anxiety — not the fear of pain, but the fear of no longer mattering.