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I've been dealing with fear of death a lot recently. I always wonder this fear will get me somewhere in the future. Am I going to die young or going crazy or something else?
If someone has dealt with anxiety and panic please advice how can I overcome this
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GerardCB 3AO
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I can tell you that what you are thinking is 100% irrational and it is caused by your anxiety. If you don't have a terminal illness and you just think about it, then you should be fine.
Anxiety is a scary thing. It turns the toughest people into the weakest cowards. But it is just your anxiety.
I noticed you said panic. Do you suffer from panic attacks?
3AO GerardCB
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Yes, I do get panic attacks with anxiety symptoms and the idea that I'm going to die at the moment. That's why it's driving me crazy
GerardCB 3AO
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Its a tough thing. What really helped me with panic is when I read about it. I looked up a highly rated book on Amazon about panic attacks and it helped me so much. I've already got in trouble for naming the book too many times, but I urge you to look some up.
Basically what the book was saying is to allow the panic attack to happen. To embrace it because when you're scared, it only feeds into a worse panic attack. So the key is to just allow it to happen.
But I really recommend you to pick up a book on panic because reading a few pages a day has changed my life.
peter88910 3AO
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3 days in hospital I set up a Will and told my wife to take care of our kids and my parents. I called several good friends about that I may be having a terminal illness.
The hospital diagnosis was anxiety disorder. They sent me to the psychiatric clinic.
It was a tough thing when your mind go crazy and irrational. The best thing is to go to a psychiatrist and also have CBT to calm yourself down
laura08496 3AO
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in the first half of my life i was convinced i would die young. now that i'm not young i'm convinced my death will be a violent tragic one. its always something with me. don't let your irrational anxiety rule your whole life. it's just about ruined mine. it's nice to see you've got questions so you can deal with these thoughts now...not later. i've preoccupied my whole existence on death...and i'm still here!
david76205 3AO
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I think we have all thought of death rather than deal with anxiety. Anxiety, until recently, has been not clearly understood by medical professionals and a lot of bad judgements made us feel worse. A lot of Us wish we were dead rather than deal with another insecure moment of panick and anxiety. Death (natural) is not something we can control. So why worry about it? We are all in gods hands. Our time comes, it comes. Nothing we can do about it. What's important is that we all live each day to the fullest and try our damnedest to make each day enjoyable. Life is too short as it is without worrying about dying. You are not alone.
3AO david76205
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Thanks david. The thing is that I've tried to do think about this way, I feel the fear again that I will die immediately once I accept the fact of death.
Like "ok, death is a fact. I should accept it" and then I start to get dizzy and head pressure that I'm dying now.
A lot of people suggested this advice to me, I tell them I wish I could take it this way but I feel that denial is what keeps me alive
david76205 3AO
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frazzled 3AO
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I'd guess that most of the population has those thots at one time or another. I thot I'd be a goner at 55 and surprise I won't see 65 again. Your anxiety is causing what we use to call in group therapy as "stinkin thinking."
I've been suffer from panic disorder along with its bedfellows since I was 16 after my first panic attack. I went to group therapy for years (that helped) and started medication (anti-anxiety med). No you are not going crazy. Anxiety makes you feel like that at times but don't let that fool you. We all suffer from anxiety here and have no doubt felt the same as you are feeling today. How old are you?
You need intervention. Counseling or medication or both. Friend and family can be of help if you open up to them and express your fears. Just a thot.
Sending calming vibes your way.
gino78308 3AO
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Hi there wow did that hit home I was watching a movie with my partner today and this really scary scene came up about dying 😆 well that was it I got of the couch to be more precise I jumped of the couch and started to run 🏃 to the door 🚪 my partner said were are you running too I said away from that she said you keep running you will drop dead 💀 now so not much I can do but sit and deal with what is real same day I am going to die and there is not a dam thing I can do about it for the first time my doctor 👨??? cannot give me anything to stop me from dying a lot of good he is
marleen85993 3AO
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Hi ànxiety has a way of finding that one thing that really scares the hell out of you and death is scary for most people if they have anxiety or not.When you get that thought and fear the obsessive thinking then it stays there constantly.I had it when ànxiety first kicked in.l think medication helped with that.l now have no fear of death at all.l couldn't give a damn if l died tomorrow it is as natural as being born.