the thought of death is always on my mind?

Question

im not old, nor sick nor have experianced many deaths in my life but something, i dont know what,sparked this obsession i have about dying. I've been so down for two days thinking about death, is this the end of us? do we cease to exist and the world goes on? i don't want to stop, i dont want to die. This is all so scary, I mean, I can't get this off my mind. I'm afraid of dying, afraid of thinking why bother doing this that or the other thing when I'm just going to rot in the ground?

Answer 1

Me too, I'm in the Army and have been deployed to Iraq 3 times, for a total of 3 years. I've almost died like 20 times I mean really got lucky. Just know there are better days and just try to make the time on earth worthwhile. I don't know what happens after death. But to me there is a 50/50 chance that heaven is real. You could go your whole life not believing in God, but if you die and go to hell then you will def know there is a God. Or you could go your whole believing in God, and die and it turns he's not real, well then your body just gets recycled back into the earth and it didn't really matter. Or you could go your life believing in God and it turns out he is real well then you go to heaven and you lived a meaningful life. My point is whether the afterlife is real or not. Choose something over nothing, you know what I mean. Just live and be happy.

Answer 2

You probably have a long time before you die. But in answer to your question, yes we cease to exist on this plane and the world does go on without us. It's kind of freaky to think about. If you were to die tomorrow, then the same old news programs and tv programs and delivery guys and, and, and goes on. The difference is you are no longer there to see these things. Everyone thinks of death at some point and goes through some sadness about it, maybe even obsess about for a time at some point or at many points in their life. You come to some kind of acceptance about it and then re concentrate on living.

Answer 3

Great question.
It's good to remember that you will die because you realize that your life is not permanent.
If you're depressed really badly, see a doctor, but if it's not too bad, try this:
Here are some good ideas:
1. Do something that gets your heart rate up a bit like, walking, running, biking, and swimming.
2. Eat Whole, Organic foods like: Broccoli, Cabbage, Organic Brown Rice, Beans, Spinach, Sweet Potato, Apples, and other fruits and vegetables in their Natural State.
3. Avoid eating corn, white bread, white rice, candy, sodas, chips, and anything else that you already know you shouldn’t be eating.
4. Drink clean water as your beverage of choice. Avoid Fruit drinks and fruit juices (unless YOU juice them yourself)
5. Stop smoking, drinking beer & wine, and drinking coffee.
6. Get 8 hours of sleep each night.
7. Hang out with people who want to be healthy.
8. Avoid anything with High Fructose Corn Syrup.

Tone up the muscles:

1. Join a gym and get a trainer.
2. If you’re short on cash, start a light stretching & yoga regimen.
3. Do push-ups, and light dumbbell curls for the upper body.
4. As I said above, walk, run, swim, and or bike
5. Take an aerobics class, a yoga class, or some other fitness class.
6. Join the local YMCA..

Mental Health:

1. Get a friend to talk to each day about your feelings.
2. If you have some money or insurance, get a counselor to talk to.
3. Learn how to meditate.
4. Join a support group for the issue you’re dealing with.
5. Ask your Higher Self (or God) for guidance.
6. Start keeping a diary or journal about your feelings & thoughts.
7. Write a ‘gratitude’ list every night.
8. Do something that makes you happy each day like: listen to your favorite music, draw, paint, write, or anything creative.
9. Do something for someone else who needs help.

Answer 4

Dont wory I used to have the same feelings about death too. I was really young when I was obsessed with the fact that I would one day have to die. But after a while it went away, it will be okay dont worry.

Answer 5

Maybe this is just a phase, but it could also be a symptom of anxiety. I, too, think this way especially during high stress periods of my life. You might want to talk to your doctor. This might not be the case (so don't take this and run with it until you talk to your doctor!) but you might have slight Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). That is what I was diagnosed with and I have the same repetitive thoughts. If you find these thoughts uncontrollable or ritualistic it could be OCD.

Answer 6

I use to obsess about death all the time. In fact it got so bad that i wouldn't drive I-75 to work for fear of being in a fatal accident, what about my kids, whenever i hear sirens i would fret thinking is it one of my boys, my mom, my dad, my friends. I would work myself into a total frenzy if we were driving out of town.. it literally started taking control of my life..... i saw a therapist and started taking Lexapro.... it has helped me regain control of my life and not fear death so much, it is a part a life. I also got my life straightened out, i think my fear, being raised Christian, is i really don't want to go to hell. Make the best of your life, think on the up side not the down side, if you can't do it on your on, maybe seeing a professional would help.

Answer 7

That's one of the BIG ISSUES. It hits everyone from time to time, sounds like this is the first time it's hit you.

Two ways to cope. If you're religious at all, remember that this world is just temporary anyways. We're here for a while, do our best to do what's right, then we go on to the next world.

The other thing is, even if you're not religious, think of this. We're not here for ourselves. We're here to take care of other people. We're here to lay the groundwork for the future. (That's what I'm doing in Y!A, trying to help kids make it.)

The lives of those we touch and help will go on after we're gone, and they will go on and help other people and so on down through history.

I talked a kid out of killing himself in chat last month. His grandchild could go on to colonize Mars, who knows? So in a way, I helped move humanity on to space, buy taking a few hours to help a fellow human being.

You're a good kid, I can tell. You'll impact the world in ways you can't even imagine. You'll be helping the human race long after you're "gone."

Answer 8

All the answerers have tried to dissuade from the idea by advising you seeking medical help, leading a more healthy life. I am going on a different line.

It is only few that rise up the realisation of death.In fact, the Geeth says that one should always act as if Death has taken us by our hains and has raised his axe to strike us. A philosopher has said that to drive away the fear of death (imminent or inevitable) one should consider Death as part of life. In fact, if there was no life there would not have been any death also.So why not look at this positive aspect of death. Formerly life insurance agents were shunned as they reminded us of our possible death and strangely enough peopole would have nothing to do with them. Was it not madness. The agent only wanted to draw your attention to the possibility of death-even possibly imminent and untimely death and the need to made advance arrangements for the post-death scenario.He was in fact a messennger of life.This realisation has slowly perlocated to all level and there is a brik business.So relegate this idea of death to the back of your kind and get busy to live life fully. One of my friends had once a miald pain the chest and taking it as a possibly heart problem and he may die any time he changed his entire attitude to life. He started loving his wife more, seeking more time to be with her,started taken miore interest in the studies of his children. One-sidedly drew up a truce with his quarrelsome neighbourer. His actions made everybody uncomfortable.His neighbourer who really did not hold anything against him but was just having his spleen out on him as he had been surrounded with problems from all sides. ;He felt so scandalised that he came and almost fell at his feet for all the injustices done by him in the past. Both became fast friends to the surprise of all. His children were nervous by hissmoldering attention and took extra care that they did not do anything to offend him. His wife realised that something was amissive and cleverly diagnoised what was what. Not only she responded to his renewed love in every bit she took him to a doctor despite his protests. The doctor told him that there was hardly anything wrong with him and was fitr as an ox.With the sudden lifting of the fear my friend had an intense desire to go back on his rails,pick up a fight with the neighbourer but for the 'life ' of his he never could do that.He tried to pretend that he was angry with wife but she only smiled back. In fact his entire attitude to life(and death) changed . The Angel of Death must have smiled through his mountache(if hehas them) for his silliness.

So follow my friend and resolve to live life fully.

Answer 9

If you can't quit thinking this way, talk to someone who can help you therapeutically.

Try thinking positive ... yeah, your life is what you make it. Fill it with love and laughter, studying, playing, working. Death never used to bother me, but now and again aging and death sneaks in to make me feel upset. I just keep living a good and productive life ... screw death!!!!

Answer 10

dont worry i sometines think about that too. the only thing that can help you from dieing is staying healthy and to pray to god maybe if that doesnt haelp you you ccan try talking to somone about it like a family member if you keep it all inside you will keep thinking about it .you will get even more worried and that can effect your health by causing stress _
hang in there