Anonymous
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- 1y
Fear of death
I have a big fear of dying and death. Is there anyone out there that isn’t afraid of this? If so, can you please give me your perspective on it?
Moha🍃Moha🍃
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- 1y
Sharing my experience here since I've had the same fear when I was younger, I was petrified of idea of death but what I noticed is that fear slowly started to fade with time as I grew older and my perspectives about life started changing and I realized that death isn't as bad as people think, it's apart of life and there's no way around it, sooner or later we gonna hit that stop and get out of the bus which is life.
Anonymous532Anonymous532
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Yea, I can relate! I’m not a super religious or spiritual person which makes me more fearful of death. I’m actually struggling with an episode right now of harm OCD which a big part of it for me is being scared of dying so much that it causes a lot of panic and anxiety. I’ve tried to become more religious to become more familiar with the concept of death, which has helped a little. Overall, it’s definitely scary, so I do try to live day by day and think about what I can control in the present rather than worry so much about the future. The truth is we don’t know when we are going to die, but I rather keep living and be in the present than have this fear consuming my life. Still working on taking my own advice tho lol.
AnonymousAnonymous
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@Anonymous I’m the same way. I would love to believe that something is out there, but I’m not necessarily religious. I wish I was because i probably wouldn’t fear it as much! But I’m glad you can relate with me. 🤞
UphamiaUphamia
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- 1y
I’ve definitely struggled with this, sometimes I still get random waves of realization that holy crap, death is completely inevitable and I have no clue what’s waiting on the other side, or if there even is one. I think I just started to realize that it’s normal to fear the unknown, and the things we can’t control, but if there’s absolutely nothing I can do about it, is stressing really going to change anything? If I spend my life worrying about death, I’ll still die, and if I don’t worry about it, I’ll still die but at least I didn’t spend my life worrying about it. I know it’s all cliche to say, but if we can’t fix the outcome of our lives, we might as well just focus on all the things we can do now, right? I also found reading up on different cultures/religions perspectives on death a helpful thing, even if I don’t completely believe in any specific religion, I found it fun to learn about instead of only viewing death through a negative lens!
AnonymousAnonymous
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@Uphamia Thank you! This helps change my perspective a little bit! It’s definitely still really hard but I do want to try to stay in the moment. Thank you :)
Moha🍃Moha🍃
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- 1y
If u need any kind of advice to dismantle this fear I'm here, you'll be alright.
AnonymousAnonymous
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@Moha🍃 Thank you I really appreciate it. I noticed it kind of comes and goes. But everything related to my OCD is related to death or losing someone. So in a way, I’ve been indirectly thinking about death my whole life. I hate it though, I hope my perspective can change
Moha🍃Moha🍃
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- 1y
@Anonymous Oh it will, but it won't be overnight, it'll take longer than we'd like and you gonna have to sit with discomfort now and then but it's doable!!
AnonymousAnonymous
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@Moha🍃 Thank you 💕
MacsgigiMacsgigi
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Im constantly afraid of becoming sick and leaving my family. I cant sleep every ache pain or bump i panic. Its exhausting 😓
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