Wow, everyday since 2 days aftter my 24th birthday, I've developed this terrifying phobia of aging then dying. All started through a dream of me waking up in another person's body. The brain transplant was a success but, when I woke up, it had me thinking, "Do I really need that brain to exist?"

The whole idea went against my religion. I was a true believer in God, which made death in my mind, a pretty kick butt event. Not only would I rock through this life, but, there would be a better one after this. No need for me to complain.

But...

Curiousity led me to google, NDE, where I found out some people did have supposidly out of body experiences, but science pushed those results to the side with the knowledge that low oxygen in the brain was most likely it's cause.

Suddenly, I went into panic and the severity of it lasted for about 5 months until I found ways to get it under control. Getting rid of it 100 percent wasn't easy as planned. The doom and gloom is now gone, but, I still get that wave of eeriness, knowing that day of "nothingness." is coming. I can distract myself for a bit, but, in the end, I'm still heading into that trap. No, I'm not special. We're all heading towards the same place. But, for me, this is so creepy that it's hard to live as I used to.

Most of my day is spent in the room, doing breathing exercises so my mind doesn't wondor. And, if I get lucky, I might get about 6 hours in my day without a whole lot of worry about death. But, even through the non worry, I just know it'll come back once it's time to settle down for the day.

Even through calm moments, my mind knows the body is slowly starting to grow old and I catch myself rubbing a hand over my face to assure it's still young x.x

Fear of death is like a bug that won't stop attacking me in the face. I feel like one of those computers where you gotta rig it up to get good use out of it for about a few minutes or couple hours, then the problem starts back up. (In other words, I feel like I overcome my fear, then the fear sort of lingers back in.)

Aslong as the day of death is approaching, I'm not sure if I can ever really get over this fear, and there's nothing we can do about death, but, I'm sure there's ways to hold sanity over the whole mortality thing and keep the mind focused away from death, without death making it's way in through even the happiest moments.

I'm not sure. Some people say it's a trick of anxiety which is making me feel like I do about death. I'd like to see a therapist, but they cost too much dang money and it's hard to even trust them since a lot of it is most likely about getting my money to begin with. Will they offer me a pill cause it works, or will they do it just to make the pharmisutical companies some money?

This is why I'm doing self help, through a book called, "Overcoming anxiety for dummies."

Some of the techniques help to an extint, but it's still a tough battle.

Has anyone ever gone through this? If so, how the heck do you stay calm, all the time, knowing that day of doom is slowly making it's way? I've considered cigs X.X But, the results would most likely not be too pretty.

Religious answers probally wouldn't help. Every religious answer I've gotton so far seems to be a form of mind manipulation. It all requires me to auto assume god exist and ask in faith to receive answers for my prayers. The whole "Silent Voice." is a sub C. talking

Basically, I'm not looking for people to tell me I won't die, I'm just looking for ways to keep the cool for about fifty years until it happens. I feel like I'm under water and using air bubbles for breathing.

(07-05-2011 12:53 AM)FamilyGuyFan1986 Wrote:  Wow, everyday since 2 days aftter my 24th birthday, I've developed this terrifying phobia of aging then dying. All started through a dream of me waking up in another person's body. The brain transplant was a success but, when I woke up, it had me thinking, "Do I really need that brain to exist?"

The whole idea went against my religion. I was a true believer in God, which made death in my mind, a pretty kick butt event. Not only would I rock through this life, but, there would be a better one after this. No need for me to complain.

But...

Curiousity led me to google, NDE, where I found out some people did have supposidly out of body experiences, but science pushed those results to the side with the knowledge that low oxygen in the brain was most likely it's cause.

Suddenly, I went into panic and the severity of it lasted for about 5 months until I found ways to get it under control. Getting rid of it 100 percent wasn't easy as planned. The doom and gloom is now gone, but, I still get that wave of eeriness, knowing that day of "nothingness." is coming. I can distract myself for a bit, but, in the end, I'm still heading into that trap. No, I'm not special. We're all heading towards the same place. But, for me, this is so creepy that it's hard to live as I used to.

Most of my day is spent in the room, doing breathing exercises so my mind doesn't wondor. And, if I get lucky, I might get about 6 hours in my day without a whole lot of worry about death. But, even through the non worry, I just know it'll come back once it's time to settle down for the day.

Even through calm moments, my mind knows the body is slowly starting to grow old and I catch myself rubbing a hand over my face to assure it's still young x.x

Fear of death is like a bug that won't stop attacking me in the face. I feel like one of those computers where you gotta rig it up to get good use out of it for about a few minutes or couple hours, then the problem starts back up. (In other words, I feel like I overcome my fear, then the fear sort of lingers back in.)

Aslong as the day of death is approaching, I'm not sure if I can ever really get over this fear, and there's nothing we can do about death, but, I'm sure there's ways to hold sanity over the whole mortality thing and keep the mind focused away from death, without death making it's way in through even the happiest moments.

I'm not sure. Some people say it's a trick of anxiety which is making me feel like I do about death. I'd like to see a therapist, but they cost too much dang money and it's hard to even trust them since a lot of it is most likely about getting my money to begin with. Will they offer me a pill cause it works, or will they do it just to make the pharmisutical companies some money?

This is why I'm doing self help, through a book called, "Overcoming anxiety for dummies."

Some of the techniques help to an extint, but it's still a tough battle.

Has anyone ever gone through this? If so, how the heck do you stay calm, all the time, knowing that day of doom is slowly making it's way? I've considered cigs X.X But, the results would most likely not be too pretty.

Religious answers probally wouldn't help. Every religious answer I've gotton so far seems to be a form of mind manipulation. It all requires me to auto assume god exist and ask in faith to receive answers for my prayers. The whole "Silent Voice." is a sub C. talking

Basically, I'm not looking for people to tell me I won't die, I'm just looking for ways to keep the cool for about fifty years until it happens. I feel like I'm under water and using air bubbles for breathing.

I think about the fact that I'll die one day a lot too.

I'm almost 37, so I'll probably live for another 40+ years, but I will cease to exist one day, & it makes me unhappy a lot. The thought of my soul leaving my lifeless body, thinking 'holy crap, it's actually happened, I'm dead, what happens now?' scares me.

Firstly I don't believe in nothingness after death. Time is infinite, & if you only live once, then your life would've been an infinitely long time ago, or an infinitely long time in the future, which is impossible.

I don't really believe in religion, centuries ago, death was everywhere, & I think people became religious to make some sense of it all.

I think fear of death is instinctive in humans, after all we are animals too. If someone is really unhappy, barely eats or turns to drink, can't concentrate on daily tasks that need to be done to survive, the subconsious dominates the conscious mind with a fear of death if the way he/she is living is sending him/her to an early grave, because maybe the primary instinct in humans is to survive & reproduce.

No, don't see someone, save your money, maybe talk to other people about what they think about the fact that they will die one day.

I'm thinking of doing past life regression one day, but I think that's uncharted territory, and I may not like what I find out.