Manual № 41 · Death anxiety and existential dread

TheLongView

The manual for death anxiety and existential dread.

For the 3 a.m. question nobody teaches you to hold.

12 modules — for the person who cannot stop thinking about death, meaning, or the end of things

  1. 01What This Fear Actually Is
  2. 02Fear of Dying Is Not Wanting to Die
  3. 03Two Weeks of Data
  4. 04The Things You Do to Feel Safe
  5. 05Reflection or Rumination
  6. 06The Sentence Underneath
  1. 07Turning Toward It
  2. 08The Body, and the Endless Check
  3. 09Three in the Morning
  4. 10When It Came From a Loss
  5. 11What the Fear Is Asking For
  6. 12Staying Well, and the Long View

Two editions

Themanual,orthemanualand the toolkit.

Standard edition

$39

The full program: all 12 modules, with the exercises, logs, and checklists that save as you go. Everything you need to do the work.

Elite edition · most complete

$69

Everything in Standard, plus The Toolkit, 14 techniques drawn from across the evidence base, each labeled with where it comes from and how well supported it is, to use alongside this program rather than instead of it. With original diagrams throughout.

Start with Standard if you would rather. You can upgrade to Elite at any time for the $30 difference, and nothing you have written is lost. And once you own one manual, every other one is 20% off.

Inside The Toolkit

  1. 01The Loop You Are Actually In
  2. 02Going Toward It, in Order
  3. 03The Script
  4. 04Taking Away the Props
  5. 05Letting the Train Pass
  6. 06Why, and How
  7. 07Holding It as a Sentence
  1. 08A Direction You Can Walk In Today
  2. 09Making Room Instead of Fighting
  3. 10Not Knowing
  4. 11Testing It Instead of Arguing With It
  5. 12What a Life Is Made Of
  6. 13Where the Fear Comes Out Sideways
  7. 14The Record and the Letter

Educational content — not therapy, diagnosis, or treatment, and not a substitute for a clinician when one is needed. Every manual opens with a safety page. If you are thinking about suicide, call or text 988 now.