Phobia of death

[Chelseaburns24]

Does anyone have a phobia of death? I think it's related to my anxiety but I don't know what to do. I really need some help

[Cuchculan]

You get a lot of anxiety sufferers with this exact same fear. They either fear dying themselves. Or they fear losing loved ones. I always say we can sit around and worry about death for decades until we do die. Then we can look back and wonder why we wasted so much time wondering / worrying about it. Time we could have been using to live our lives to the fullest that we could. So it is never as issue with me. If it happens, which we all know it will some day, I will deal with it then. Until then I will try and get on with life. A good book to maybe try and read is a Buddhist book called ' The Tibetan book of living and dying '. It might be able to put your mind at ease.

[camerolover1]

I have this fear a lot. Sometime it is so bad that i will not go to sleep because i am afraid that if i go to sleep i will not wake up. It only makes my other symptoms worse i also am not sure what to do about this. It has not happened to me in a while but i can relate to the feeling.

[sassparella]

I am totally a death phobe. It terrifies me and controls my life. I get what Cuchculan is saying about wasting your life but I still can't put it out of my mind. Every little symptom or illness I get I think is going to kill me, it is the root of my health anxiety. I hate that it's inevitable and that I believe that when I die I just cease to be and it's the end. If I believed in an afterlife I'd have no problems at all. I hate it it's ruining my life.