Self-esteem is embodied, not just mental, and blunts death-anxiety
Evidence
This is strong evidence that self-esteem keeps the physiological arousal associated with anxiety in check. Self-esteem is more than a mere mental abstraction: it is felt deeply in our bodies. Other studies have since shown that feelings of self-worth also diminish defensive reactions to thoughts of death. — Sheldon Solomon, Jeff Greenberg, Tom Pyszczynski, The Worm at the Core, 220
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Emotions take distinct bodily forms localized in specific organs; Investor psychology includes bodily states like digestion and weather sensitivity — Aris Komporozos-Athanasiou, Speculative Communities: Living with…, 376
Related
- Self-esteem functions as protection against the terror of death (similarity 0.86)
- Self-esteem is a core survival need, not a luxury. (similarity 0.85)
- Self-esteem acts as a physiological vaccine against fear and adversity (similarity 0.84)
- Self-esteem is as vital as food for human psychological survival (similarity 0.83)
- Boosting self-esteem reduces measurable physiological anxiety responses (similarity 0.83)
- High self-esteem and optimism enable constructive responses to death threats. (similarity 0.82)
- Self-esteem buffers people against death-related anxiety. (similarity 0.81)
- People pursue self-destructive trends most avidly when death thoughts are unconscious (similarity 0.81)
- Worldview and self-esteem defense is bidirectional with death-thought accessibility. (similarity 0.80)
- Subtle death reminders drive worldview defense, self-esteem striving, and unhealthy behavior. (similarity 0.80)
- Luxury consumption boosts self-esteem, a defense against death anxiety. (similarity 0.79)
- Meaning alone is insufficient; self-worth within the worldview is required for security (similarity 0.79)
- Investor psychology includes bodily states like digestion and weather sensitivity (similarity 0.78)