Are you afraid of death?

asked by GrassEgg on 31 August 2007 3:36


This is the source of my panic attacks. For some reason, I've been terrified of dying ever since I was 4. It doesn't matter if I'm having a good time or sitting alone in my room, I would think about death constantly. Sometimes when I think about the inevitability of it, I start to panic. Anyone else deal with something like this?

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Ye, sometimes I get that feeling too, if you read my story, you'll find out that I'm a street acrobat. Sometimes I'm just standing, getting ready to do a simple move and I get that feeling. And I think: what if I slip and break my neck or something? That terrifies me...


answered by VaMaZa on 12 September 2007 7:43

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many times i just think of it as a relief of some wierd kind. if i am sad or so. otherwise i am not afraid of it so much... i think i welcome death if it comes, but i will however fight for survival. spooky paradox i know. it makes me feel alive.


answered by viktor on 19 September 2007 19:56

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I HAVE SEEN DEATH AND IT IS NOT NICE IT IS A BLACK CLOAK OF FEAR AND PAIN AND IT IS NOT WELCOMING. JUST WHEN YOU THINK YOU ARE READY YOUR SCREAMING TO BE ALIVE TO STAY ALIVE DEATH CLAWS AT YOU ENDLESSLY. I WASN'T AFRAID OF DEATH UNTIL I TRIED IT AND SAW IT WITH MY OWN TWO EYES THAT IS THE BEST WAY I CAN DESCRIBE IT TO YOU. WHENEVER I THINK ABOUT ENDING MY LIFE I HUG MY KIDS OR TRY TO THINK OF SOMETHING I TRUELY CARE ABOUT AND HOW THEY WOULD FEEL IF I WAS GONE FOREVER. SO DEATH IS NOT AN OPTION FOR ME ANYMORE. WHEN IT HAPPENS I HOPE IT IS PEACEFUL NOTHING LIKE WHAT I SAW BEFORE WHEN I WAS LOOKING FOR DEATH.


answered by purpletulips29 on 30 September 2007 13:25

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I don't think I'm afraid of death. But I still have things to be done. I'd rather finish them before I'm dead. I ever though about suiciding. But death is not that easy. Whenever I'm close to it, feelings change quickly. And I saw hopes. That's strange! To suicide is wasteful I think. Everything is not bad as you think.


answered by lunatic on 4 February 2008 4:03

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I have had a fear of death since I was young...its weird I don't wish it upon myself or anyone else, but sometimes I fear getting into a crash or having a terminal illness...you see and hear people with that all the time and it frightens me very much. I had a panic attack not long ago and it scared the shit outta me b/c I seriously thought was gonna die...That whole period afterwards I was scared to sleep and stuff.....I have been suicidal at one time but I am so glad I don't feel that way anymore.


answered by bigheartgurl on 10 October 2007 3:27

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Through meditation, with out of body experiences and visionary phenomena, I have experienced an existence that is beyond the physical body. Even while knowing I was in bed sleeping, I had full senses in another body. It was pretty cool. I no longer am quite so afraid of death, or quite so emotionally hurt when I see dead animals on the road.

Also, look up adrenal glands and panic attacks on the Internet. They have a connection.


answered by dancia2007 on 10 October 2007 22:04

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When I was a small child, like about 4, my best friend was a hit by a car and died of head trauma. I have had death around me since that time. People around me have died constantly. In an odd way, it's like death and I have an attachment to each other. Recently I lost another one of my best friends. She was in a lot of pain. I don't try and see death as something negative, I try to think of the positive. But it's hard to. Anyways, I have a fear of death slightly. But after witnessing someone actually dieing (I held their hand and was right there beside them.), I, a strict atheist changed into somewhat of a more spiritual believer. There is something out there. The look on my father figure's face when died was as if he saw something. Usually our fear of death spawns from some lack or uncertainty of where we go when we die. It all depends on our faith. We all have to realize that death will happen eventually, but there is a better place that we go after death. This has made my panic attacks relating to death much less frequent. I know the feeling of constantly thinking of death. I hope your panic attacks lessen. D:


answered by [NegaZero] on 5 November 2007 14:29

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