Severe Anxiety About Death: Can Anyone Relate?

There’s a book called the DARE approach and the author goes into detail about how to challenge health related fears.

Thats the problem with anxiety. We panic over everything. I used to think I was going to die at 25. But here I am at 71 in perfect physical health... it's just the anxiety and panic crap that holds me back.

Crippling anxiety is the worst but it could be managed and be helped. Have you tried seeing a therapist? My anxiety had lead me to not being able to do simple task at times because I feel so worked up.

Oh fr? What age?

✋hey I totally have all the above. You r not alone.

Hey, is it weird that I pretty much think I’m gonna die at 27 on a specific day and time?

This sounds exactly like me. I think about my breathing 24/7. Literally. I have panic attacks and anxiety attacks. Only thing that's worked for me is a benzodiazepine such as xanax/klonopin etc..

Food is def a trigger ... and then I think I will get sick out in public which causes panic attacks and then ibs is flared. So mostly now I avoid eating out

I’m in a very similar situation. Although I don’t have anxiety about death, I have it about pretty much everything else. Every waking minute of my day, I’m having a constant anxiety attack. From the moment I open my eyes in the morning to the moment I close them at night, I’m just always worrying. I’ve found that the medication buspirone helps me (not sure if you’ve tried that one). I would also recommend doing some research and finding a therapist who specializes in anxiety and start to see them regularly. I’ve just recently started doing that and I can already see improvements

YES!! and when people say ‘you’re too young to be feeling like this’ ??? DUH?! that’s why it’s so frustrating to be anxious about it all of the time!

Sounds a lot like me, only i always worry that everyone around me is going to die, and I think thats my biggest irrational fear. With my depression im quick to get fed up and welcome death even. But anytime i hear a stat flight helicopter, ambulances, screams, etc., i go into full blown panic mode. I attribute the fear to losing so many people close to me at a vital time in childhood where my brain was changing. I lost my dad, the first love of my life, my two best friends, and other family members before I was even 18. I dont know how to shake the grim feeling and the fear that everyone around me at some point or another will cease to exist. But i know theres no avoiding death. And you feel like a piece of you dies when others die. I guess I feel like I cant take any more pain sometimes. I try to distract myself by engaging in activities that require my full attention, I research things im anxious about and see whether or not they’re likely/probable, etc.

This is so me! I get so scared and even embarrassed about how scared I am of everything. I constantly get that fear of dying from scenarios unlikely to happen. Like if I go to sleep right now I could have a stroke or stop breathing. Things like that. You are definitely not alone!