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Why does pleasure feel more enjoyable when we’re not thinking about death — but when we become aware of our mortality, it becomes hard to enjoy anything?

Why does pleasure feel more enjoyable when we’re not thinking about death — but when we become aware of our mortality, it becomes hard to enjoy anything?

🧠 1. Awareness of Death Shifts the Mind From Pleasure to Meaning When you’re fully alive, unaware or unbothered by death, you live in the moment.Your senses are open — to taste, touch, music, laughter, movement, beauty.This is pleasure through… Why does pleasure feel more enjoyable when we’re not thinking about death — but when we become aware of our mortality, it becomes hard to enjoy anything?