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The path to decision may be hard because it leads into the territory of both finiteness and groundlessness—domains soaked in anxiety.

Irvin D. Yalom

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Irvin D. Yalom
Age: 93
Born: 1931
Born: June 13
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Existential Therapist
Psychiatrist
Psychologist
Psychotherapist
University Teacher
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Washington
District of Columbia
Irvin David Yalom
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