David

autonomy

"the quality or state of being self-governing" -- merriam-webster.com

forgiving the unforgivable

Unforgivable is at 45, level of atrocity, genocide and Hitler.

life review

common in NDEs

sleep deprivation

"the condition of not having adequate duration and/or quality of sleep" -- wikipedia.org

out of control

"no longer possible to manage" -- Google dictionary

"you get what you pay for"

"used to say that a thing that can be bought for a very low price probably isn't very good" -- merriam-webster.com

oxymoron

"something (such as a concept) that is made up of contradictory or incongruous elements" -- merriam-webster.com

backlash

"a strong negative reaction by a large number of people, especially to a social or political development" -- Google dictionary

phoenix (mythology)

"a magical bird in ancient stories that lives for 500 years before it burns itself to death and then is born again from its ashes" -- britannica.com

unbearable

"so extreme that you cannot deal with the pain, feeling etc" -- macmillan dictionary

ashwagandha

"an herb used in Ayurveda... Ashwagandha is best known for its anxiolytic (anti-anxiety) and stress-relieving effects." -- examine.com

Black Death

"pandemic that ravaged Europe between 1347 and 1351, taking a proportionately greater toll of life than any other known epidemic or war up to that time." -- britannica.com

Jens Stoltenberg

Secretary General of NATO and former Norwegian prime minister

dark matter

nonluminous matter not yet directly detected by astronomers that is hypothesized to exist to account for various observed gravitational effects -- merriam-webster.com

equanimity

"a state of psychological stability and composure which is undisturbed by experience of or exposure to emotions, pain, or other phenomena that may cause others to lose the balance of their mind" -- wikipedia