are you scared to die?

Question

The last couple of months I have been so freaked out about dying and I don't know why, All I do is sit and think about it, I try to distract myself but nothing helps, what is wrong with me?

I am only 23 yrs old with 2 girls ages 3 and 4

Answer 1

I would say nothing is wrong with you. Look you are young , and you have two young childern, and the way the world is today, you want to make sure you are there for your childern to keep them safe. So i would say it would be normal to be scared of dieing at this time. Right now your childern proably is the most important thing in your life, and that is a good thing. My answers would have to be yes and no. Yes in the fact i worry about my last living child, and her little ones, and my animals, no, because i have been ready for a long time, and i have died several times in my life, and the ERs brought me back. At that time i hated them for doing that. But i guess my work here was not done, and there was some really important young childern in my life that really needed me to still be around to keep them safe, and i finally learned that. That i was not a burden, and that i just could not leave my childern, or my grandchildern.

Answer 2

I know exactly what you are going through. My fear of dying has been so intense lately and I haven't a clue why this is happening to me either. I have been thinking about it a lot, and the fact is...every one dies at one point. And to make myself feel better about that dark fate I try to live life better. Living life to its fullest so that when my day comes I won't have any regrets and will (hopefully) be less scared. I was once told (I'm not highly religious) that this was God's way of calling me to him, like this fear was a way to tell me that I need to reconnect to him again. I don't know if you are religious or not, but this also helped me a lot as well.

I still get scared, and sometimes I get little panic attacks when I think about it. But I take great comfort in the fact that if I just live life in the best way that I can than dying doesn't seem so bad anymore.

I hope you can find that same peace. You're not alone with this fear.

Answer 3

I guess I can't say I am scared to die- I can say I hope it isn't painful or violent- you don't mention your age but I am in my late 40's so I sort of think it is normal for a person my age to think about dying- I worry that my kids will not be able to cope with life w/out me that sort of thing- but if your a younger person thinking about death isn't what I call normal so you may want to talk to someone like a counselor or parent or a preacher/priest. Have you recently had someone die that was close to you? That tends to make people get scared about it. My mother died when I was 10 and I know I had nightmares and fears forever it seemed like! But as I got older I grew away from the fears and realizes that God takes only the best because He has a plan for us! Pray evryday to your God and you will be allright! Peace!

Answer 4

I am not scared to die. However, there was a time when I was scared. I did the same thing...I would try to go to sleep at night and then this fear would just grip me and I would lay there all night thinking about all the possiblities. What was going to happen after I died? What if I was a ghost and could see everyone I loved suffering and I could not do anything about it? What if I went to hell? What if I was reincarnated and came back to really awful parents? What if I just simply ceased to exist? That was the scariest possibility of all...like everything in life was for nothing at all, to be gone forever in an instant.

I don't know exactly how I did it, but I remember this point when I finally said, "I believe in God and I believe I am going to Heaven. If that is not how it happens, there is really nothing more I can do about it." I just realized that death is a natural occurance that we cannot do anything about, so I just simply cannot worry about. I will deal with it when it comes and until then, I will just think about all the positive things it could be.

Answer 5

Nope, not afraid at all, looking forward to the answers it will provide. But not eager to learn either. It all depends on what you think death brings. Personally, I don't think there is a heaven or hell. I think when your body dies your soul stays here. You continue to exist in spirit, but guess what, no more bills! No more sickness, no more of any of the limitations created by a material body. It does have it's drawbacks, not being able to communicate with the living without scaring the crap out of them for example. So stop and think, what's the worst that could happen? The afterlife can be a blast if you want it to be, just believe.

Answer 6

No, I figure I'm dead what's left to worry about. I am more scared of my loved ones dying because then I have to live without them.

If these thoughts are starting to interfere with your quality of life ie not leaving your home etc then you should see your doctor about it and get a referral to the appropriate mental health expert that can help you and get you some piece of mind. Life is way too short to be freaked out all the time.

Hang in there!

Answer 7

I am 72 years of age and I am not particularly worried about dying. I see it just as another adventure such as when I migrated from Holland to Australia on my own and no money. I can regret that I have to die because there is still so much I want to learn. But I am already past my use-by date so that's it. But make sure that you have a life especially spiritually. The Creator of this Universe is in charge.

Answer 8

What exactly do you fear about dying?

I had a similar problem recently, fearing I would cease to exist. But I just believed in my catholic religion, been pretty easy going. Think of it this way too, if we cease to exist after death, in a place of no existence there is no such thing as time and you would not suffer at all. Even if there is no after life there's no harm in believing in a religion, what damage does it do, if there is a heaven i'm prepared to enter it either way.

Just take up a religion and enjoy what you have. I'm 15 and overcame death, if your this old you should be able to overcome it too.

Answer 9

i do think about death but i wouldn't say i'm scared to die. I think death itself isn't that scary at all. It's the notion of death that's what scares people. I think you should talk to your close friends and family, not about death, but about other interesting things, hire some good dvds and watch, watch your favourite sports, watch comedy shows and laugh out loud (lol). If you are not working, then get a job. If you can't get a job, join a college and study. You can even try selling stuff on ebay, sell your second-hand clothes, furnitures, etc. That's just a short list of what you can do in life. Life's too short to do all that you want, let alone thinking about death. If nothing works, send me a message... ;) lol... just kidding.. get busy and u should be fine.

Answer 10

The only aspect of death I am afraid of is not being remembered for great things when it happens. I'd like to think that between now and then I can make a postive impact on society, or at least my community. More than anything, I fear of being with out my family if any of them shall go before me.