Does anyone else experience the extreme fear of death or preoccupation with death? And would you connect it to your illness?https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_anxiety_(psychology)
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I have a fear of death, but I wouldn’t call it extreme. Sometimes I feel like I want an exit from life.
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I don’t fear death as much as I used to. Yes I do think about death often. It probably is related somehow to my illness.
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A year ago my brother was driving home and was hit by a motor bike on the wrong side of the road going way too fast.
My brother survived.
Ever since I’ve been scared of cars… cars = death…
I worry about it a lot.
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Yes, I suffer from this. I have no idea if it’s connected to my illness or not.
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I have no fear of death but am definitely preoccupied with it.
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I don’t want death but I don’t fear it, it doesn’t occupy my mind. Death is something you accept as part of life. From the time you’re born you’re on your way to death. It’s inevitable, and outside of taking rational precautions to avoid it it shouldn’t be a obsession.
I like to say live your life as you’re dead and remembering. Make your choices so that you’ll be happy with them when your dead
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I felt it as a child and it changed my life
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Yes but less so as got older
We all die
Even those people who seem lucky in life die
Some die young it’s the luck of the draw
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I don’t consciously fear death, I’ve longed for it often over many years. I fear being old and weak and losing the ability to control my mind while still alive.
I watched my mom lose control of her mind in her last two years. Heavy doses of pain medication actually caused her to be raving, and afterward she was just a simple and silly version of herself. It was horrible.
Now my dad has dementia and has to be taken care of too.
I don’t fear death. I fear not dying soon enough.
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I’ve come close to it twice from suicide attempts. I fear the pain leading up to death more than death itself. I fear disability of any kind far more than death. And ultimately, we all get there someday. What comes after it, if anything, no one knows for sure. I don’t fear it either.
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