Hi everyone! Join me today in practicing my makeup for Halloween and chatting about death.

TABLE OF CONTENTS
00:00 Intro
01:16 Dealing with fear of death
09:43 What’s a good death?
12:32 The cult of youth and fear of ageing
15:23 Death and sustainability
18:06 Costume reveal and outro

If you have been following me for a while, you’d probably know death acceptance has been a part of my mental health journey. When I was 11 years old, first my paternal grandfather and then my maternal grandmother passed away. My second experience with death was a car accident which I got into in 2013. I went to therapy, but it took me 3 more years to get diagnosed with a PTSD. And even more years to actually get over my fear using cognitive behavioural therapy.

My later encounters with death were much more peaceful, because I processed my fear and also found a channel of Caitlin Doughty - a mortician from California, who drives death positive content here on YouTube. Her videos and book helped me understand my fear of death and inspired me so much that I even decided to film this video.

What do you think of my costume and and make up? I don’t really like gore make up, I prefer a sexy look for Halloween, but, of course, to each it’s own. I think it’s ok to show a scratch, a bite or some blood, but if you are showing a very realistic injury, it could be offensive to people who have these injuries in real life.

SOURCES
C. Doughty, Smoke Gets In Your Eyes & Other Lessons From the Crematory: https://www.bol.com/nl/nl/p/smoke-get...

Why Are You Afraid of Death? By @AskAMortician:
   • Why Are You Afraid of Death?  

6 reasons to talk about death by @sustainaxenia:    • 6 reasons to talk about death