What does it mean to be afraid of death?

Question

Is it being afraid of how you die, or where you will go after you die, or what affect it will have on your family? What? Sorry, I didn't really know what category to put this in.

Answer 1

People have fears of one or any of these issues. Thinking about it and pondering these things helps you to put into focus whatever concerns you have and to come to terms with them. The closer these issues come to you (through people close to you dying or the threat of you dying) the more likely you will consider these issues even more and perhaps move on your thinking abou it.

Answer 2

It is a combination of the three. You might be afraid of dieing a certain way, you might think your going to hell, or your afraid that it will make the ones youu love suffer.

Answer 3

For me, it was a way of keeping me alive at a time in my life when I was near "the edge". I finally went through a workshop where I "went down to the bottom of the well" and met "death". It said, "You don't need me and your fear of death anymore to keep yourself alive!" And it was true, I had passed that dark period when I had wanted to end it all.

Answer 4

I think that people who fear death are really afraid of it because they don't know WHAT it's like. You don't know if it hurts or not, and you don't know what you'll feel at that moment.

Answer 5

I'm not afraid of death. I'm afraid of being in intractable pain! Death can be a welcome relief to a very bad situation.

Answer 6

It is like haveing anxiety to me. I have fear of death. Panic disorder

Answer 7

i really don't know what it means but I'm really scare of it and every time i think about it i cry and i just can feel very bad