Reviewing one’s life, then, may be a general response to crises of various types, of which imminent death seems to be one instance. It is also likely that the degree to which approaching death is seen as a function of individual personality. The explicit hypothesis intended here, however, is that the biological fact of approaching death, independent of-although possibly reinforced by-personal and environmental circumstances, prompts the life review.Manifestations of the life review.The life review, as a looking-back process that has been set in motion by looking forward to death, potentially proceeds toward personality reorganization.
ここで明確に示唆される仮説としては、生物学的に考えると身近に迫りくる危機は、その人の個性や周りの環境からは独立したものであるが、その人に回想をさせる。
これが回想の表れだ。回想という振り返りの行動は常に、死を見据えることと一体となっている。潜在的に個性を再構成し続けることである。