Fear of death and panic attacks

I am about to be 18 and have panic attacks about dying, also about my loved ones. I also get existential anxiety and all I do is sleep through.. My appetite has decreased to almost zero and sometimes I feel like vomiting.. This has started in last 15 days or so... Had anyone taken therapy for a feat like this? Will seeking help make it worse? Should I consult psychologist or psychiatrist?

Please do consult a psychiatrist. Medication would probably be very helpful for you.

You should consult a psychiatrist for anti-anxiety meds. Also a therapist to work with your thoughts.

I started with high dose xanax because I can't take antidepressants and buspar did nothing and combined it with therapy. I still have a long ways to go, but it helps.

Can you please tell me what did they diagnose you with- phobia, irrational thoughts, etc? Or are you self medicating?
I will be telling my counselor tomorrow at school... My mind is full of nihilistic thoughts and I feel so weak and no purpose at all to exist

I am afraid of death and am obsessed by it. I don't like the idea of being in a graveyard. my mother tells me i won't need my body anymore and my religion says i will rise again some day.

I get these panic attacks sometimes. Death is something we don't like, but it's inevitable. Accepting this fact is probably the only way get rid of this fear.

Me too, obsessed with the horror of death since I was a kid, but alternating with wanting death so I could remove myself from a horrible life to be.

It still scares me but I don't have enough energy about it anymore due to one thing or another. Also, I believe life is not random. Since that belief went through me, I lost my fear of death completely. But that was a long time ago.

Angelique, Hi! I'm curious what you mean by 'life is not random.' If you want to, can you explain a bit more? Thanks

Hi Laurie! I meant that we aren't blank slates when were born. If I can think of another way to put it, I LL post it.

"Suppressing the fear of death makes it all the stronger."

"The fear of death is completely absurd. Because if you’re dead, you’ve got nothing to worry about, so you’ll be alright."

- Alan Watts

You must have a pretty great life, to feel this way

The very fact that life follows patterns removes the whole notion of randomness. Just in my own life, which is patterned in certain ways, and in everything else (other people's lives, lifetimes of observable patterns) it demonstrates that there is a design for each/all of us. A totally random or chaotic world would not have these patterns. Sorry, I'm still not describing very well. But the opposite of random is patterned.

I'm having the same trouble... It's late and I'm afraid of laying down in fear that I won't wake up....

Death is easy. You just let go. And no more pain. Life on the other hand is hard as nails. Death is fair, it comes for every one, no matter how rich you are, or poor you are. Life can be and often is very unfair. Someone who hurts, cause pain and suffering to others can live contently, and lavishly whereas someone who is kind and a caring soul might end up lost in a darkness.