I'm losing power because of my death fear... Help
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I had a near death experience when I was 18. I had a tension pneumothorax (look it up) and wasn't able to breathe. I felt extreme panic until right before I passed out when I experienced calm, inquisitive thought and complete satisfaction with my life. It was almost a, "well fuck it, let's see what happens next" type of moment. We are hard-wired to fear death, but I have come to be more curious than fearful. The way I see it life is just a little vacation from whatever not-life is. Enjoy it, explore it, but don't spend it worrying about the inevitable. Shit, for all you know death is going to consist of duels at the Breastriary in Nippopolis and a never ending blowjob from Kate Upton.
^^^ This + a few nitrous hits ought to sort you out. Smoke a big bomber when you're coming down, chilling with your friends and playing Mario Kart. Everything will be better. I guarantee it.
I would suggest the opposite... get off all chemicals that fuck your body chemistry up such as alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, drugs etc... sleep good and get some sun... get to work and in 3-6 months see how you feel
this will cleanse your brain and your thoughts will revert back to normal
this will cleanse your brain and your thoughts will revert back to normal
One ego death is all it takes. Then you will WANT to get clean, go running, and live life.
Speaking from experience, obviously do what you think is best.
Don't worry man, most people who don't fear death think that there's an afterlife one way or the other. Even many atheists, if you grill them, end up believing in a fucking soul lol.
So just join the dumbass club and makeup some shit to make you feel better about it all. Everyone does it.
So just join the dumbass club and makeup some shit to make you feel better about it all. Everyone does it.
"Remembering that I’ll be dead soon is the most important tool I’ve ever encountered to help me make the big choices in life. Because almost everything — all external expectations, all pride, all fear of embarrassment or failure – these things just fall away in the face of death, leaving only what is truly important. Remembering that you are going to die is the best way I know to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart…
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
Steve Jobs, after just finding out he only had a few months to live.
No one wants to die. Even people who want to go to heaven don’t want to die to get there. And yet death is the destination we all share. No one has ever escaped it. And that is as it should be, because Death is very likely the single best invention of Life. It is Life’s change agent. It clears out the old to make way for the new. Right now the new is you, but someday not too long from now, you will gradually become the old and be cleared away. Sorry to be so dramatic, but it is quite true.
Your time is limited, so don’t waste it living someone else’s life. Don’t be trapped by dogma — which is living with the results of other people’s thinking. Don’t let the noise of others’ opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."
Steve Jobs, after just finding out he only had a few months to live.
I know that exact feeling, because I felt exactly like that after my mother died. It resulted in pretty bad health anxiety which I still have some of today.
People who say they're not scared of dying are lying, but as another poster said, it can be used in a good way. Too not care so much what others think.
As for your health anxiety and fear of dying, you should just find a doctor and talk about some of your concerns. If they start suggesting medication just gtfo, this is an existential problem not a psychiatric one, but most psychiatrists wouldn't know an existential crisis if Soren Kirkegaard himself sat in their office.
But what a doctor can do is ease some of your concern that you are probably going to drop dead from a heart attack. It doesn't happen like that very often. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is also ok.
And lastly I'd recommend going out and doing something physically demanding. Climb a small mountain or run a half-marathon or try to lift some weight. Once you realize you are still alive after that, you will feel more secure about your body not just suddenly quitting on you.
People who say they're not scared of dying are lying, but as another poster said, it can be used in a good way. Too not care so much what others think.
As for your health anxiety and fear of dying, you should just find a doctor and talk about some of your concerns. If they start suggesting medication just gtfo, this is an existential problem not a psychiatric one, but most psychiatrists wouldn't know an existential crisis if Soren Kirkegaard himself sat in their office.
But what a doctor can do is ease some of your concern that you are probably going to drop dead from a heart attack. It doesn't happen like that very often. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy is also ok.
And lastly I'd recommend going out and doing something physically demanding. Climb a small mountain or run a half-marathon or try to lift some weight. Once you realize you are still alive after that, you will feel more secure about your body not just suddenly quitting on you.
