Overcome Death Anxiety (Thanatophobia)

We all have some level of Death Anxiety. Fear of dying is common to all humans. But we manage to live our lives despite knowledge of our mortality. But some people suffer crippling Death Anxiety and Fear of Dying is constantly in their thoughts. In this video I look at why some people suffer Thanatophobia and what they can do to overcoming constant thoughts and feelings of death.

[@CarlCiullaBenavides]

“I could faint, this could be it” is so accurate I can’t even begin to explain

[@Corellian_qt]

I went from suicidal to petrified of dying. It keeps me awake at night now

[@mahachowdhury826]

Literally me this past few weeks

[@soulpaw4592]

Ok same, r we that messed up 😅

[@Corellian_qt]

@@mahachowdhury826 it plagues me dude. Everyday nonstop

[@Corellian_qt]

@@soulpaw4592 I guess we are 😭

[@YadhuSB]

I can't sleep at night

[@Lahtiny]

It’s so cool that I felt like maybe I was tripping , until I see there’s a whole community of us 🤞🏽 I am 4 years into my journey of life with Epilepsy , & I am terrified of SUDEP but I don’t let it make me scared to live , I use it as an excuse to live everyday like it’s my last ! We got this 🤞🏽

[@JuanEnriqueFloresJr]

I know what you feel girl. In my case, I used to get constant seizures as a child that then went away. I also had an extreme fear of death as a child to the point where I used to get small panic attacks, cry a lot, and stomach ache before I went to sleep that eventually went away when I woke up in the morning. I stopped having that fear years ago but it resurfaced some reason this past week and it's killing me to the point where I'm neither eating nor sleeping as much as I should be doing. I am seriously considering talking to a professional. Thank you for your comment. There really is a lot of people like us out there isn't there? Don't worry. We've got this girl.

[@phunkymind23]

I remember learning about this for the first time and couldn't stop thinking about it. It was the catalyst of my worries.

[@Ryan____Z]

Mines got worse since having my son. I think it’s the thought of not being able to see him grow or him not having me in his life. I have bad health anxiety as it is and always watch your videos as they help. I’m only 35 so I hope it doesn’t get worse as i get older

[@seadragon4425]

My fear originally began with my aunt’s suicide. I had grasped the idea of death by that time (I was 11) but the fact that she died so young scared me. But now I know why she died, she had a lot of mental issues and some other factors I won’t name for her privacy. But it still haunts me to this day. Even when I find a stink bug in my house (they are invasive here) and flush it down the toilet, I feel guilt because the bug doesn’t know it’s invasive and it doesn’t know any better, and it haunts me and makes me think about what it was like for that poor bug to die. Even the death of my one chicken who lived a happy long life for a chicken who was dying. We gave her the best life possible, but her death still comes into my mind.

[@Bellissima2]

It’s ironic isn’t it. We are that petrified of dying that we are too scared to live 💔

[@JuanEnriqueFloresJr]

Yep. Same here. Agreed.

[@rubenesquivel4465]

Appreciate you! Been dealing with a lot and this helped me tremendously!

[@ZikraOktarina-ht6up]

Oh, one more thing, doc, I always check my body condition, such as counting my heart rate, then I become quiet, never laugh and am not interested in hobbies, lazy, weak, always want to lie down and hang out. thank you doc 

[@JCSun77]

❤

[@julijachernova8694]

Such a nice ending of the vidoe to remind us about more valuable things than fears - your family :) Thank you a lot! for all what you do!

[@Known1211]

I have , anxiety from last 2 months 😭 please pray for me to get rid of it.

[@phunkymind23]

What I don't understand is why death is even here at all. Why would every living thing, fighting for its survival, decide one day to end forever? I wouldn't see the point of life otherwise because non-living things have a much easier time. It makes me question why I was even born at all.

[@k4rsz_]

Same here, for some reason, the universe just decided we need to die. But, there doesn't always have to be an answer to everything that happens, that's just what people are wired to do, to find meaning in everything that happens for some reason..

[@hayam-uu3gr]

ur videos always makes me relaxed

[@Spiderr_Gas]

I’m going on about 11 years of my extremely intense thanotophobia and it’s bad idk what to do I’m scared constantly and have these episodes where I blank out and cuss and hit stuff and it’s terrifying

[@NafisShahariar-e8l]

Immortality can be gained

[@Twelvedemon]

I do to it’s like really bad it’s affecting me mentally

[@Spiderr_Gas]

@@Twelvedemonwanna get my number or snap so we can talk about our experiences and maybe make eachother feel better about this stuff

[@jenniferearl1170]

I think the idea of an afterlife dismisses death completely. At a viewing, people will look right at a dead body and say their not really there, thats just a shell, their "somewhere else." Basically, their physical body has been replaced with a spirit body, and life goes on...that's not death. Biological cessation means you can't think, feel, or miss your children. Your memories, your personality, everything, is all in your brain, and being dead means being brain dead. That is why death is terrifying, its very final. My only comfort is i think you simply lose contiousness, and thats it, you wont know what happened. Being dead will be like being unborn.

[@BarbiePeachy1]

yes 😢

[@soulpaw4592]

Literally sometimes I feel short of breath because of the aninxtiety because I’m always thinking about what happens when I die, I won’t exist, do we exist?

[@angelenaboden]

Thantatology is my field of research. Im 67 and no longer fear death. I would not welcome any after life.

[@DrApfelwurst]

How did you manage to da that? I struggle with this since the age of & years old and cannot find any peace with the topic of death 😢

[@kellybulanek3887]

I am petrified of death

[@Spiderr_Gas]

Same

[@abaidshami]

Can you please make a video about thunderclap headache .....

[@RamotaAjagbemokeferi]

Thank you❤

[@Acro_gmd]

If you have TikTok you can overcome it by looking up reset aging, this is how I overcame it and I don’t wish this fear opon anyone so now I’m telling you this

[@vxrtex6460]

dawg I searched up a gd level and this came up

[@ZikraOktarina-ht6up]

Good afternoon, I'm from Indonesia, doc. Permission to ask a doctor. I hope he can give you instructions regarding the diagnosis of my complaint 🙏🙏. So sis, I first got this from the doctor when I was having coffee with a friend on an empty stomach at that time, because I'm an active person who socializes and socializes wherever I dare, but when I was drinking coffee and smoking, suddenly my heart suddenly started to get worse. I felt like I was falling, I immediately felt uncomfortable, uncomfortable, immediately I remembered people who had heart attacks, suddenly I panicked and cried because I felt uncomfortable, I was afraid, until I panicked, afraid of heart disease too, until my blood pressure rose 180 at that time, starting from that moment. That's when I started to be afraid of going anywhere, feeling dizzy, afraid of gatherings, afraid of going to the mosque, afraid of having my blood pressure measured, afraid of going for coffee, afraid of going far, afraid of being in crowds. Just when I was planning to go, I was already nervous, starting to get tense, restless, and my mind started making up all kinds of things, afraid of it happening again and afraid of fainting and dying suddenly, in the end I was always lying at home, lazy about meeting people, lazy and not productive anymore, afraid of having a chronic disease, afraid of heart disease, afraid of kidney disease, afraid of dying, my body will be weak, lethargic, have no energy, every time I meet people or chat I immediately become tense, uncontrollably anxious. chaotic mind unfocused. Every day checking the condition of the body, counting the pulse, checking the color of urine and feces, losing weight. Basically, it's tiring to the point of feeling uncomfortable and every day I'm anxious and panicked if there's a strange sensation. If you see symptoms that are similar to a chronic illness, you keep thinking so much that you worry and sleep is disturbed, even at the start I can't sleep until my vision feels strange, like I'm not at one with myself. The feeling is only good when I'm alone and at home. Even though I am an active social person, doc. But I'm not congested, my stomach ache isn't sore and my stomach is fine. Hopefully the doctor can provide enlightenment regarding my complaint 🙏🙏

[@PhoneContacts-dv6gl]

Are you fine now?

[@ZikraOktarina-ht6up]

@@PhoneContacts-dv6gl yes i'm fine. N you?

[@Mxybe_Inker]

Honestly sometimes I just wish that when I was a baby I would die so I could be on heaven with god instead of living here sinning over and over again❤ may god be with you ( if you believed :)❤ )

[@VinnyScavuzzo]

Me too wow I always think that same thing 😢

[@devinmango]

I have health anxiety and I am currently doing EMDR it’s going well

[@nidhisindhwani9871]

Weird sensations whole on my body plz help something crushing my body palpitations ,hearing heart sound so loudly plz help me .. is I’m in depression I’m fearing of death plz help

[@BrandyEvansVIsBackAgain]

Are you doing okay? How are you now?

[@nidhisindhwani9871]

@@BrandyEvansVIsBackAgain still suffering

[@BrandyEvansVIsBackAgain]

@@nidhisindhwani9871 Do you need any help?

[@JCSun77]

​@nidhisindhwani9871 you're post hit me so hard. I am a nurse, I've had many patients like you. Can I help you (i have to stay within boundaries)...but is there anything I can do to help you???❤

[@nidhisindhwani9871]

@@JCSun77 plz help me about my symptoms sensations in legs lower body .. I can’t live my life

[@devikaps8070]

I never fear of my death but my loved one death

[@saiyensoldier]

Hi i have a question. In december i had my first panick attack. After that i felt fine for a couple weeks when i got another. After the second one i kept having heart palpitations and other side effects of anxiety. Not too long after my second panick attack i woke up with pain in my eyes. The insides of my eyes were swollen and blood vessels in my eyes started showing. I also started having extremely dry eyes. I wondered, can my eye problems be the result of my anxiety?

[@Bellissima2]

No. See a doctor.

[@Ryan____Z]

Yeah out of the 100s of symptoms of panic and anxiety I don’t think I’ve ever had that one. Always best to go get checked by a doctor if it’s your first just to be sure also anyway

[@nidhisindhwani9871]

Legs sensation all the time can’t stand for long time could be the sign of depression ???

[@hellie_el]

❤❤❤

[@hot_soup]

Geometry dash.

[@themarchoftime]

as a gd player whos actually fearful of dying i approve of this