Existential Angst is the relation to one being aware of the possibility that life lacks meaning, causing an extreme form of anxiety, and a feeling of despair or hopelessness.
One who is an Existentialist
may also have the Angst from the realization of one's true
freedom. The
normal example for this would be like one standing on the edge of a cliff. Someone with anxiety may
fear falling off, but someone with Existential Angst, however not only fears falling off but dreads the possibility of throwing themselves off in a sense that "nothing is holding them back".
I often feel scared that life is pointless or lacks meaning causing my Existential Angst.
I was afraid that I might jump off the
edge of the
cliff falling to my
death because I had an impulse of amorality from my Existential Angst.