Am I Normal?thoughts
I'm occasionally struck by the overwhelming awareness that everything is temporary
The sudden visceral awareness of impermanence — sometimes triggered by ordinary moments — is an experience discussed across philosophy and psychology. Japanese culture has a word for it: 'mono no aware', the bittersweet awareness of transience. Existential psychology treats it as a healthy, if uncomfortable, contact with reality.
Have you ever done this?
Be honest — have you ever done this?
Related fact
Terror management theory suggests that most human behaviour — achievement, religion, legacy-seeking — is driven by the psychological management of mortality awareness. Almost everything people do is, at some level, a response to this awareness.