Thank you for sharing DownandLonely. My greatest fear is winding up alone forever while alive I mean...to me that would be hell. I wonder if you have ever read 'The Denial of Death' by Ernest Becker? I think you may find some solace in those pages. I personally don't believe in Heaven or Hell. I think my energy will head back to the stars in a different form when my body dies...not a conscious or knowing energy like humans...more like being a basic part of nature....just as when a plant or animal dies. Though I realize that the idea of a loss of consciousness is terrifying to some people. That doesn't sound like your fear though...you're afraid of being trapped, right?