how do i get over my fear of death?

Answer 1

You don't. It's absolutely normal to fear what we can't trully understand.

Answer 2

No one make it out alive !! So remember you are not alone with this feeling ! I would imagine that the fear of birth would have been a terrifying thought for us too if we had any prior knowledge of that ??

I think that a lot of the fear comes from not knowing how we are going to die ! Rather than from death itself !
However one way of taking control of the situation a little is to plan and prepare for the inevitable event. Make a will !! This will help you to feel more in control !!! I know this sounds morbid but it is the only way of regaining some control over what it the inevitable anyway !
But most important remember that nearly everyone who has had a near death experience has mentioned peace and being overwhelmed with feelings of love and tranquility ! Most recall no knowledge of the actuall experience of death .
Try reading some books on it and may help you ? One book that I will recommend is " Saved by the light " by Dannion Brinkley. This is the true story of a man who actually officially died twice ! He was struck by Lightning while talking on the phone and was clinically dead for over 20 minutes . This book recalls the events that took place ! A truly amazing story ! This may help and give you some peace !
The only way to really prevent the end of you is to leave behind a legacy !! We live on in others and in their memories " Do something great that you will always be remembered for "
and the memory of you will live on a long time after you have returned to that place of love and peace !

I highly recommend that you find some spiritual faith that will also provide you with some comfort !! My personal saviour is Jesus ... he is there for you too ! hope this helps .

Answer 3

I think everyone has the same problem....this is how I look at it. When you were 1 or 2 or 3 year old, you had no idea of what's going on around you, and life at that time had no meaning. When you are old enough to amost die, I think the same would happen. You would not be conscious of what's going on around you , just like when you were a baby (even though the people around you thinks you do). You would be a walking vegetable, and a vegetable would not fear death............

But what I fear more is people cremating or burying me when I still have awareness of the surroundings, but have no control of the body and no means of communicating to them not to do so.....

I hope I didn't create a new kind of fear for you

Answer 4

Get yourself free the whole day, sit down in comfort, close your eyes & visualise what kind of death you fear? Then try to feel the fear. Do this many times as you can, slowly you will get use to that kind of fear & you will stop thinking about death.

Answer 5

Perhaps today’s generation (Boomers) and their writers, advisors, and gurus have confused Ponce de Leone’s search for the “fountain of youth” with the search for the “fountain of extreme old age”. Youth is defined by wonder, exhilaration, sexual tension, need for adventure, and the ability to “bound about” like my Jack Russell terrier, all of which seems to be receding into a pale misty place the further I get from fifty. So Bram Stoker’s Dracula could not have been 400 years young, but rather 400 years old. Hell, I would have been evil too! Believe in an afterlife. Existence is too complex to have occurred randomly i'm told by people much smarter than I.

Answer 6

Understand that as individuals we matter only in the part we play in the cycle of life; play your part to the full, every day, and you will have nothing to fear or regret.

Cowards die many times before their deaths;
The valiant never taste of death but once.
Of all the wonders that I yet have heard.
It seems to me most strange that men should fear;
Seeing that death, a necessary end,
Will come when it will come.

(Julius Caesar, Act II, Scene 2).

Answer 7

You don't want to get over it altogether; that would be dangerous. What you need to do is gain control over it. Remember that you are not going to escape it forever, but you do want to give it a good run for its money.

Personally, I think Death personified is a lot easier to deal with than Death as an abstraction, especially since no one can really imagine being non-existent. You can maybe imagine your family and friends mourning, and you can maybe imagine various after-life scenes, but you really cannot imagine non-being. It's too illogical: I think, therefore I am. I imagine, therefore I am. So how can I imagine not being?

Also, deciding what you believe about afterlife will help, unless of course you decide that (a) all the stories about hell are true, and are about afterlife, and (b) you are destined to go there.

Answer 8

Just a clarification - are you afraid of death's consequences? Death is part of the cycle of life. But since it comes without any warning, we tend to be flustered because we like order and predictability.

To fear what's beyond death is what faith is all about.

Answer 9

I already said this earlier. People arent really afraid of dying, they're afraid of LIVING. People that know they havent lived up to their potential, or just HAVENT lived up to their potential have a sense of fearing death.
You dont get over it by doing death defying things.
You get over it by becoming the most you can be (but I wouldnt joint the army). JK
Go back to school, do something that brings YOU up to where YOU should be.

And if you are spiritual, listen to this:One time I prayed to God, admitting to Him that I was afraid to die and I was tired of being afraid to die, to help me to not be afraid to die (takes all the joy out of living dont it?)
Immediately His answer was "Be Thankful".

Since He told me, He had to be right, but it took me a long time to figure it out.

So do what you are meant to do. What is that? Well, along with the gift each of us are given when we are born we are given a passion to do it. So do that thing. And do it the best you know how.
I really hope this helps. I was afraid for many many years. Wasted a lot of time w/o happiness or joy. Good Luck.

Answer 10

It's normal to fear death. So don't get over it.

Answer 11

Fear of death keeps us alive.