How do I stop being terrified of death?

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I'm not very old; I'm 16.

But I worry about dying almost every night. It's to the point where I struggle to sleep because I'm so scared thinking about dying and what it's like after death.

I even start to cry thinking about not existing forever and the world just being pitch black forever and ever- all of eternity.

This fear plagues me and it creates intense emotions in my body. My heart always starts beating extremely fast when I think about it.

How can I stop myself from thinking about it so much? How do I stop being afraid of death?

Mars Mission Australia · Answer

Please talk to your dear good folks thanks.

Very best wishes

Mars

Source:) Study & Ethics.

? · Answer

Yes

? · Answer

everyone is going to die eventually just stop thinking about it especially since you´re only 16.. the life expectancy is almost 80 these days anyway.

Anonymous · Answer

Be afraid of the dying process itself, not death.

sats · Answer

Death is the light by which the shadow of all of life’s meaning is measured. Without death, everything would feel inconsequential, all experience arbitrary, all metrics and values suddenly zero.  Don't fear it embrace it.....................Humans are unique in that we’re the only animals that can conceptualize and think about ourselves abstractly. Dogs don’t sit around and worry about their career. Cats don’t think about their past mistakes or wonder what would have happened if they’d done something differently. Monkeys don’t argue over future possibilities, just as fish don’t sit around wondering if other fish would like them more if they had longer fins.

William · Answer

Why worry about something you can't control?

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