For the last few months, I have been getting frequent panic attacks that come out of nowhere...and they are always the result of thinking about dying. I can just be fine, and I'll hear of someone dying on TV, or suddenly it will just dawn on me: "I can go at any time, and I have no way of knowing how, where, how old i'll be, how scared i'll be, how painful, etc." and I just get all panicky and terrified. It's the thought of how quick and unexpected it will be and then BOOM, you're just gone and everything goes black.
Then I start thinking about all the young people who die from freak accidents in a split second, and start thinking of all the freaky ways I could die, like being decapitated or something crazy, and it's like i can't breathe.
The thing is, I know that it's not worth worrying over because there's no way to stop it, I get that. And I never used to think about death this intensely, just in passing like normal people, but it just terrifies me now and i can't stop these panicky thoughts from occuring every few days. I know everyone is scared of death, but it literally gets debilitating for me lately.
Anyone else dealing with this?
Then I start thinking about all the young people who die from freak accidents in a split second, and start thinking of all the freaky ways I could die, like being decapitated or something crazy, and it's like i can't breathe.
The thing is, I know that it's not worth worrying over because there's no way to stop it, I get that. And I never used to think about death this intensely, just in passing like normal people, but it just terrifies me now and i can't stop these panicky thoughts from occuring every few days. I know everyone is scared of death, but it literally gets debilitating for me lately.
Anyone else dealing with this?