how do i move on with this fear? - Aging Issues Message Board

angel444 · 12-29-2002, 10:41 PM

HOW do we go on?
everyday we are getting closer to the very end of our time
im so scared of that day
How can we be happy when we know we are going to die?
the thought never leaves my mind i am terrified of it and i cant escape
i feel like a caged lion
how can we all be normal and not be scared of our inpending recline with age then death
i need help with this
please share your thoughts

Treasures · 12-30-2002, 02:36 PM

Angel, I cant share thoughts, which are continous and disrupting my every day living. Im in the same boat as you, and cant understand it. Im afraid of death, a little about my death, and an overwhelming fear of those i loves departures. I dont know if its the fear of pain ill endure, the fear of lonliness, the fear of abandoment, the fear of not having anyone, etc..... I know my mom also had this fear around the time my started, 28ish, yet hers went away on its own. MINE CONSUMES ME.

angel444 · 12-30-2002, 03:39 PM

Im sorry you too suffer from this horrid fear How do we control the terror and just get on with life other peaple seem to handle it okay
i wish it would just go away
thank you for your reply
at least im not alone although i wish you did not have to feel this way

1goodgirl · 01-02-2003, 04:10 PM

Angel; you are definitly not alone with this fear. I started being afraid just before my 70th birthday, and it seems to get worse every day. I have tried to discover the exact reason; fear of possible terrible .pain before dying, fear of the unknown, fear of leaving those I love, fear of being incapacitated, lying in a vegatative state. I really think the fear of the unknown is what frightens me the most. I do believe in God, but I don't have a strong religious background. I just want you to know that you are not alone,.....there are probably more people with this fear than we will ever know. My doctor has suggested that I quit reading the obituaries.

angel444 · 01-03-2003, 05:39 PM

im so sorry you suffer from the fear of death too i would really like to swap emails if you would like to
do you believe in reincarnation or the other side?
i do and that helps some
best of luck to you

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