How can I get over my fear of death?
Ok I'm 16 and i used to also get this fear but when i was much younger. Truly all i had to do is think about death to overcome it and now i am actually curious about it as weird as it may seem (i don't wanna die lol). But think of it this way; you are you, you have to go somewhere after you die because of the fact that your consciousness cannot disappear, some may argue this but even when you are unconscious you are dreaming or whatnot. Lol I'm sure that alone wont help but just don't think about it put your mind on other things and when you learn to get out there and have fun regardless of death you will overcome the fear because anything in the world at any time could kill you. Live life to its fullest their will be plenty of time to be dead! And when you are dead do you want to know that you lived life and accomplished what you wanted or do you want to ask yourself why throughout your whole life you where afraid of death itself? I'm not a religious person but this helped me allot and now i just think to myself hey if I'm gonna walk into the street and get hit by a bus, i will just be somewhere else, maybe better or maybe worse but still somewhere else and we all die eventually, it just all depends on how you want to leave this world; old and afraid in your sleep one day, out on a battle field, sky diving? It's your choice and if you constantly worry your fear will rule you and you will regret it once it conquers you in death. Hope i helped :D
I have a very strong fear of death. I cannot accept that I am going to die someday. I am not religious, and do not believe in a soul. What would you say to help me with this fear?
What exactly are you fearful of? If you don't believe in a soul or that your spirit goes on then all you need to say is that life will come to an end and you will cease to exist. The athetist view is that you are and then you are not. It should be easy if you are a true “believer” of the “religion” of atheism.I think you are struggling with your personal worldview. You caution us that you're an athetist (you have a firm belief that God does not exist) and don't believe in souls so you're warning us that won't work to help you get over your fear.I would suggest that you really dig deep on this. Write out what you think happens if you don't believe in a soul and see where you can find the exact fear and address that. You may find that you're only fearful of the act of dying and the potential pain involved OR you may actually be having a change in your worldview.I have a feeling you are seeing some problems with the firm stance of absolute non belief of atheism and you may end up being an Agnostic. What do you think?Atheism is about belief or, specifically, what you don't believe. Agnosticism is about knowledge or, specifically, about what you don't know. An atheistdoesn't believe in any gods. An agnostic doesn't know if any gods exist or not.I hope you can let your fear go. It does you no good. I wish you some peace in your life and I hope you enjoy your journey.As an aside…Carl Jung had a sign over his office door which read “Bidden or Unbidden, God is always present”I tell you that to explain that in my worldview it doesn't really matter what any of us believe about God. Our belief or denial of a higher power doesn't diminish that power.Furthermore we are all in God's world. Nonbelievers are NOT cut off from the light of the spirit. It rains on all the crops, not just on the crops of those that believe.My worldview is that ALL get a chance at heaven. Even those who were never indoctrinated into a formal religion or even heard of a “Soul” or a “God”. We will all have our reckoning at the end. Your walk and heart are measured (the cleanliness of your soul), not whether you are proficient in a religion. That's my belief anyway.Have fun digging into life's big questions.
Fear of death, cant sleep, wake up panicking! help!!!?
Hi everyone. Since a close person died, ive been fearing death, and the moment of death where you feel helpless. This was ok, until i started dreaming of death, and when i wake up i panick thinking im dyeing. I cant sleep anymore over that fear, and only when its light outside i can have 1 or 2 hours sleep. Its been going for two weeks now... So does anyone here have or had the same experience? If so, how did you treat it? I need all advice i can get right now. Thank you so much.
How can I get over my fear of heart attack and death?
Ok here is my problem I had a panic attack about a year ago and since then it has changed my life. i have constant fear of death now and i constantly think its going to be from a heart attack. i am only 21 years old but at night i can lay in bed and feel my heart skip a beat. i had a stress test done and everything seems to be fine. i am very active playing competitive basketball 3 to 4 times a week and i have no bad habits like smoking or anything. i guess im posting this to see if anyone out there has any advice for me on how i can get over my fears. i get these fears the most when i feel my heart skip a beat and it freaks me out even though i have heard that is more normal than i thought. i know its anxiety but it is just hard to let go. feeling your heart skip a beat is a scary feeling. does anyone have any advice or stories of experiencing any of these situations?
How do i get over an extreme fear of death?
i have a fear of death and ive had it all my life as long as i can remember, it makes me cry, it keeps me up at night and make me feel so sick, its making me so depressed but its always on my mind, im not even 20 yet :'( i am very active and try make the best of life, i do extreme sports and go out with Friends and i have a wonderful boyfriend, but death is always on my mind, im fed up of crying and not sleeping, im also scared of the dark and not being able to move, i completely freak when it happens. please help i don't know what to do ?
How to overcome fear of death?
I'm sixteen years old and I think about death constantly. I'm scared out of my mind just knowing that everything is eventually going to end. I cry every night thinking about dying (like I am right now) and I feel sick to my stomach. I'm atheist so I don't believe that there is a heaven. I want to believe there is, but I can't. I'm just so afraid of everything ending, what's going to happen to my body when the world ends, etc. I've looked up things about this topic, but none of the things I found helped. And therapy is out of the question.
How do I get over my fear of death/nuclear war/end of the world?
I say, you should fight.Don’t ever accept that “there’s nothing you can do about it”. Yes, you could simply stand there, petrified and useless, and do nothing… but, while you��re here on this planet, why don’t you try to do something about it?Do you have a taste for politics? Go get elected and once in office, change the policies of your country. You’re more into science? Get a PhD and create the miracle solution to prevent climate change. All of that too ambitious? Be a teacher, help new generations get educated enough that they both elect wise and capable people into office, or become scientists and solve humanity’s problems (medicine, space, environment, food, energy, etc)Fight!
Terrible Fear of Death? (Anxiety)?
Have you tried talking to a psychiatrist? I have the same problem and when I talked to a psychiatrist I was diagnosed with obsessive-compulsive disorder. You're afraid of dying, so your mind obsessively thinks about death to try to control how you feel about it, but it just makes you feel more anxious. Having a mental illness is not something to feel ashamed about. It's the same as having diabetes or MS. Talk to a doctor about it. They can prescribe medication (antidepressants, anti-anxiety meds) or help you through talk therapy so you begin to feel better.