ul when it is within limit and purposeful. It adds pace to life. But when the limit is crossed and the purpose is lost it becomes harmful. Death, as a natural danger, is frustrating because it prevents us from meeting our most important personal goal of survival, that is, to exist. It involves two incompatible goals – establisAfter reading this hypothesis questions might arise – why so much discussion about is needed, is it necessary to discuss in detail about something that is almost beyond the limit of our life, is there any practical importance for all these at present? I will try to answer these questions as satisfactory as possible in the following section of this part. Very simply, our own death is a big mystery for us. It is not the only mystery in our life, there are many more. But as a mystery it is threatening, no matter how it occurs for one. From a point of view death is same for everyone and that point of view is ‘existence’. In the traditional sense death is the cessation of existence on earth and both of the major concepts about death – scientific and religious, do not oppose it or even support it. In psychoanalytic literature anything related to existence or survival is termed as ‘instinctual’. Death is very much connected to our instinctual drives. It fulfills the criteria for a psychological danger for us. So just like every breath we take, death remains as a constant natural danger in our mind, which may remain consciously, preconsciously or unconsciously due its chronic course.

In case of every natural danger in human life, there is presence of potential stress for us. Stress can be useful when it is within limit and purposeful. It adds pace to life. But when the limit is crossed and the purpose is lost it becomes harmful. Death, as a natural danger, is frustrating because it prevents us from meeting our most important personal goal of survival, that is, to exist. It involves two incompatible goals – establish

owing section of this part. Very simply, our own death is a big mystery for us. It is not the only mystery in our life, there are many more. But as a mystery it is threatening, no matter how it occurs for one. From a point of view death is same for everyone and that point of view is ‘existence’. In the traditional sense death is the cessation of existence on earth and both of the major concepts about death – scientific and religious, do not oppose it or even support it. In psychoanalytic literature anything related to existence or survival is termed as ‘instinctual’. Death is very much connected to our instinctual drives. It fulfills the criteria for a psychological danger for us. So just like every breath we take, death remains as a constant natural danger in our mind, which may remain consciously, preconsciously or unconsciously due its chronic course.

In case of every natural danger in human life, there is presence of potential stress for us. Stress can be useful when it is within limit and purposeful. It adds pace to life. But when the limit is crossed and the purpose is lost it becomes harmful. Death, as a natural danger, is frustrating because it prevents us from meeting our most important personal goal of survival, that is, to exist. It involves two incompatible goals – establis

is the cessation of existence on earth and both of the major concepts about death – scientific and religious, do not oppose it or even support it. In psychoanalytic literature anything related to existence or survival is termed as ‘instinctual’. Death is very much connected to our instinctual drives. It fulfills the criteria for a psychological danger for us. So just like every breath we take, death remains as a constant natural danger in our mind, which may remain consciously, preconsciously or unconsciously due its chronic course.

In case of every natural danger in human life, there is presence of potential stress for us. Stress can be useful when it is within limit and purposeful. It adds pace to life. But when the limit is crossed and the purpose is lost it becomes harmful. Death, as a natural danger, is frustrating because it prevents us from meeting our most important personal goal of survival, that is, to exist. It involves two incompatible goals – establis

or a psychological danger for us. So just like every breath we take, death remains as a constant natural danger in our mind, which may remain consciously, preconsciously or unconsciously due its chronic course.

In case of every natural danger in human life, there is presence of potential stress for us. Stress can be useful when it is within limit and purposeful. It adds pace to life. But when the limit is crossed and the purpose is lost it becomes harmful. Death, as a natural danger, is frustrating because it prevents us from meeting our most important personal goal of survival, that is, to exist. It involves two incompatible goals – establis

ul when it is within limit and purposeful. It adds pace to life. But when the limit is crossed and the purpose is lost it becomes harmful. Death, as a natural danger, is frustrating because it prevents us from meeting our most important personal goal of survival, that is, to exist. It involves two incompatible goals – establishment of existence and healthy adjustment with the truth of ceasing to exist. Thus it involves disagreeable alternatives. So death is a chronic stress for every individual who acknowledges it. Chronic stress involving central aspect of our life, like existence, can cause severe distress and disruption of functioning.

The very common criteria of chronic stress that it often comes from long-term intractable situations that demands adjustment for healthy life also signifies the fact – death as a significant chronic stress. The impacts of chronic stress can be difficult to trace and treat. They are very often complicated and make changes in life to have them apparently invisible. Without healthy adaptation these life changes are unhealthy too. But the extent of an event to be stressful for us depends on many factors that include our personal view towards life and problem-solving. Again in a retrospective manner, anything that forces for adjustment and also the changes it brings strain to coping skills and adaptive resources is a stressor regardless of whether it is good or bad. So integration of the above information produces the inference that death deserves adjustment for a healthy, happy and successful life.