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Massive intense fear of death

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HelpMePlease32 · 02/10/2024 23:02

I've had anxiety mainly health anxiety and OCD for many years, sometimes it can be very well managed and other times not so much. I have developed this intense fear of dying and death. It terrifies me and fills me with dread. There the fear of becoming sick or dying suddenly, checking my body obsessively etc and then there is the thought that one day I will die and I won't be here. I can't comprehend it. I think about it and it sends chills through my whole body, my whole body feels Shakey and horrible and it just makes me want to cry. Sends me into complete panic and meltdown. I just cannot get my head around one day I won't be here and I won't be a living person. It's fucked up. It's destroying my life. I've had many therapies and medications over the years but nothing has stopped it, it's always there. Anyone else ever felt the same?

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Elizo · 03/10/2024 10:09

Hi - not that exact anxiety but I have a lot of general fear and worry a lot about other people dying (my family). I have no answers other than general steps to manage anxiety - exercise, meditation, less caffeine/ alcohol. Sorry you too are going through this.

HoppyFish · 17/10/2024 00:21

Don't worry - there is nothing to worry about. The feeling of being a separate self, located in time and space, is an illusion. Quantum entanglement demonstrates this. "You" were never born, so you will never die.

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