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feel like im going to die soon?

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josy0405
josy0405

Has anyone felt this way? Its like after i started suffering from anxiety and going through panic attacks, my brain has convinced me that i am dying soon. Like yesterday i was conviced i was going to die today. Please tell me i am not the o ly one that feels this. I also read that people feel like theyre going to die and then they died suddenly. This has me soooooo stressed out!! Help!!

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  • angela52564
    angela52564 josy0405

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    Hi I felt completely overwhelmed reading your story!!! This used to be me!!! I found that period of my life absolutely horrendous!!! I was succumbed to those feelings for 2 and a half years, every day!! Didn't sleep, hardly are, constantly doped up!!! I was no use nor ornament!!! I was convinced I was going to die and everything was a possibility, getting in a car, it was going to crash, going in a lift, it was going to fall, going down stairs!! I was going to fall down them!! Even my medication could choke me!!! Of course my throat was going to shut over!! Wow!!! I then was shown how to challenge these thoughts! Why would the car crash?? Why would the lift fall?? Why would I fall down the stairs!! It stopped the fear in its tracks!! That irrational fear and those intrusive thoughts are still in my head even now, but I don't get upset by them anymore!! I control my life not the random thoughts in my head!!! Hope this helps!!! Xxx
  • sally10963
    sally10963 josy0405

    Posted

    hi there

    I just read this...it's actually how I've been feeling for the last 2months now... it's a terrible feeling

    I wanted to ask you if you had gotten better from it or is it still the same?

  • jazzy99
    jazzy99 josy0405

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    Hey. I feel like this every night. I actually lay down every night thinking I am going to die. I get afraid to sleep because of the tightness in my chest and thinking I am going to stop breathing. Every little sensation makes me feel like something is wrong. The list of physical symptoms that occur with anxiety is immense. I get a stiff pain in my neck that feels like someone is pinching me in the back of the neck. I am also a mother so, I think having children we fear dying more. The more you think about it the worse it gets.
  • steven_80258
    steven_80258 josy0405

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    Hi Steve here I'm 31 years old and I'm suffering a lot from anxiety and panic attacksI sometimes can't sleep with itI always have a feeling of a lump in my throat and sometimes find it hard to swallow other times it's hard to catch my breath. It's really getting me down as I suffer everyday from it. I fear swallowing my tongue and my throat closing up. My mouth would also get very dry or start filling up with saliva which I find difficult to swallow or have to spit it out which is very embarrassing. I'm on anti depressants and I tried hypnosis and counselling. I also get pains and aches all over my bodyPLEASE HELP ME

  • Poopsie1991
    Poopsie1991 josy0405

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    Omg i can't tell you just how happy i am to come across this?

    Starting just about 3 days ago i started to legitimately PANIC about the fact that im going to die! It's not like i haven't known that my whole life (25 years) but it's like it just occurred to me that I'M GOING TO DIE! I'm terrified that I'll never have the opportunity to marry the love of my life,or start a family. Being worried that any second could be my last. Being 100% honest i just took my dog out to pee and every car that drove by had a man with a gun ready to take me down .. im convinced my life is about to end abroubtly and tragically... then to top it off i keep straining my brain to understand the Galaxy and the fact we are so small flying around space around a fiery ball.

    I want to love to my old age but know if i continue to do this to myself it will land me in an early grave...

    Anyways I'm so happy to know I'm not alone,i legitimately thought this panic was my bodys way of telling me I'm gonna die soon......

  • StormyIceAngel
    StormyIceAngel josy0405

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    I understand 100% how you feel. I'm 20 and every single day I feel like I'll have a heart attack or stroke or something else and just die. I've been to the ER multiple times and everything came back fine. I'm so scared of dying. Sometimes I get this weird feeling all over my body, I jump up, begin shaking and my heart beats super fast. Sometimes I even imagine myself having a heart attack in my dorm room awake/asleep and falling out of bed gasping for air. I have no clue what to do. I'm scared always. My heart beats funny, my breathing is off, I'm always shaking, my head spins upon standing and idk what to do.

    • Katie111888
      Katie111888 StormyIceAngel

      Posted

      I get regular palpitations due to anxiety and it's horrible, very scary! I can relate to your post a lot. I suffer with health anxiety I worry about everything health wise, if I cough I think i have cancer or a headache I have a tumor. Heart related illnesses scare me the most. I dwell on things way too much. I'll read a post about someone dying and I'll sit and think about it for hours maybe even days and it sends me unit a panic. It's gotten worse since giving birth. Anxiety causes me to have shortness of breath, dizziness, chest pain, arm pain the lot. It really is awful

    • ana94717
      ana94717 StormyIceAngel

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      Hi stormyiceangel. I read ur post from over a week ago and it reminded so much of my goddaughter. She went through the exact thing u described at the same age when she was away at college. She is 23 now and in much better shape thanks some professional help from various support sources. She is not cured per se, but she now has the knowledge and tools to cope. She knows how to recognize the signs of an onset of anxiety and how to cope. That is really the key...coping! Arming yourself with all of the tools that will help you get through the day positively. Maybe some meds, in combination with counseling or therapy as well as meditation, extercise, healthy hobbies, a support group. All those things or a combo can help you cope. She had to move back home and seek the help she very much needed. Please seek help. My goddaughter is doing so much better, i would like that for you too.
    • Bhelokazi
      Bhelokazi ana94717

      Posted

      I know how u feel, an advert on life policies to any talk of death just sets it off.
  • Katie111888
    Katie111888 josy0405

    Posted

    This post I could have wrote myself! I have suffered with anxiety since around the age of 7-8. I'm 28 now married with a beautiful 2 year old...I'm happy but I do suffer with anxiety quite bad. It's lots of things with me like anything can set it off. I've only recently started thinking about death and dying it's become such a huge fear since having my son. I'm so scared I'll have to leave them. I worry about it almost every day but then it goes into a panic attack and my husband has to calm me down. I hate feeling like this. I worry so much about illness..especially heart related stuff!! I just need people to talk to really. Kayleigh

  • aaron55863
    aaron55863 josy0405

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    i feel like this way to much first panic attack 1 and half year ago have the breathing under conteol now but fears and feeling like my brain will end !? so weird but thats how aometimes feel like impending doom sometimes ill have some random reason thought up other times i dont know what but i swear im in my final minutes so ahit to deal with the feeling is traumatic so im starting to thibk im getting ptsd from my made up traumatic experiences , ps bitter sweet to hear someone else feels the same im not happy for anyone dealing with it but dont feel like im the only one either
  • Cajun_Ricky
    Cajun_Ricky josy0405

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    You guys are great! I've been a part of this forum for a while and every time I ready someones post, it just reasures me that we all have so much in common.

    I recently found and watched "The Anxiety Guy" on YouTube. He gives great information that Dr.s don't. Dr.s want to always prescribe you meds, it's their job to do so. I highly recommend watching this guy. He's calming, funny, and relatable! Hope it helps.

    Just look up "The Anxiety Guy" on YouTube.

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