Curing existential suffocation
If existential suffocation is the result of time passing without fulfilling potential, then dealing with any self-deception and deciding to actually become self-disciplined is the cure.
Sure, you “don’t know what you got until it’s gone,” BUT you also don’t realize you’ve settled until you’ve had even better.
People are so afraid to lose what they “already have” that they will never know how great things could actually be. One powerful visual to help you overcome this fear.
Transcendence requires your total surrender
Consider this: a French euphemism for orgasm is “la petite mort” or “the little death,” implying among other things, that bliss follows risk, and union requires release.