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Oct 2020
53m 41s

Existential Anxiety

ELLIE ANDERSON, PH.D. AND DAVID PEñA-GUZMáN, PH.D.
About this episode

On episode 4 of Overthink, Ellie and David talk about existential anxiety, FOMO, Netflix’s Emily in Paris, The Good Place, and the difference between the medical and existential model of anxiety. Then the dynamic duo discusses how to deal with existential angst through resoluteness, mindfulness, and faith--or what David likes to call “embracing your ugliness!”

 Interested in the works discussed? You can find them here:
Søren Kierkegaard, The Concept of Anxiety
Martin Heidegger, Being and Time
Jean-Paul Sartre, Being and Nothingness
Gordon Marino, The Existentialist’s Survival Guide
American Psychiatric Association website,  “What are Anxiety Disorders?” https://www.psychiatry.org/patients-families/anxiety-disorders/what-are-anxiety-disorders Albert Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus
Simone de Beauvoir, The Ethics of Ambiguity
Franz Kafka, Metamorphosis
The Good Place (TV show)
Jenny Odell, How To Do Nothing
Michel de Certeau, The Practice of Everyday Life

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