Fear of Death

Been going through a tough time. Would really appreciate any help

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Anyone ever felt uncomfortable with the body? Not your body, but the body. . When I think about how I'm made of guts and blood swirling around, it's super disturbing. How can I become comfortable?

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Fear of Death

I am fearful/discomforted by not so much death, but the road to it. I'm just 22. But I'm very sadly witnessing the decay of those I care about. And after an article I just read...

"Many Americans are dying tether to machines, actually having their arms restrained so they don’t pull out their breathing tubes and the like, similarly 50% of people dying in hospitals, and 30% or so in nursing homes."

Thanks so much for any help.

It might help if think of the body as an incredible machine, the most complex, wondrous machine ever built. The systems that keep us alive complete a phenomenal number of tasks to keep us going. We are the most adaptable mammal the world has ever know.
I believe our bodies evolved for the sole purpose of housing our minds, the spark that makes us who we are. Try not to think of how easily we are damaged but instead how amazingly strong we really are.

One thing about the universe is everything is always changing, becoming new reborn again as a different form of energy. Why would people be any different? Everything must break down in order for it's energy to be used elsewhere. I am not religious by any means so I look at the scientific principle that states "energy can be neither created nor destroyed, only transformed into another state".

I cannot say your last statement is wrong. Just the opposite. The medical community has a lot to learn about death and the disgraceful way that many people are forced to die. So right out an advanced directive, living will, or whatever you may call it to ensure you are allowed to die on your terms.
I have made all precautions to ensure I am allowed to die at home, where I can be near my wife and my own couch and I will have peace and quiet. Also for as long as is possible I will be able to access this website and one other.

some add.. hehe..
actually our body is our tool. i can collapse if we don't care it.. so if is not comfortable then is our job to analyze and overcome it.. love your body couse is the only tool that you have.. broken.. no change.. hehe

about.. death.. don't worry .. your life is long if gods will.. so don't think about it.. coz death mean changing world. from world to otherside.. (religion view ). enjoys your life. life is short if you think sad. ok.. thats from me..

So im not crazy !!

I had this phase once where i was so afraid that i would die and who is going to take care of all my debt and pay my funeral(its expensive). It became an obsession with me and people told me i was constantly speaking about death and its disturbing. So i started an anti depressant which calms anxiety and that went away without me noticing. So the new thing i have is the body issue ... I cant stand something on a body being weird. So i read this article about parasites and ... Im hysterical and i realized that i have this fear for anything being wrong with my body especially the things i cant see and if i do see it i get hysterical ... Good luck i dont know what to do either

Its due to that swirling mass of guts and blood that you're able to ponder on such questions...most miraculous things can be both beautiful AND unpleasant; birth, sex, death...life itself.

Death will always be of fascination to us because we're alive - its difficult to come to terms with a state so unimaginable to the one we're in presently. A degree of interest is healthy - but when thoughts become obsessive it's an indication that we need to reevaluate our priorities. The bottom line is that life is for living - it's not in the amount of things you do, the number of achievements or even the understanding gained but the quality of all the above. We can't choose how we die but we can choose how to live.

You're young and you're bound to question; so do so, but most of all just enjoy what you can and be thankful for the happiness that comes your way.

I was once very afraid about death, it still scares me but not as much as it did. I use to think about it more than I should. I was always imagining the moment, the pain, the suffer, the darkness. What frightened me the most was the thought of I will never do this again, the world will continue while I am a vacuum.
It's not worth. I still think it is scarring, more scaring that sadness of losing someone. I just quit on imagining it. And with the years I started to see it in a different way. I don't fear it as much as I did. But I think everybody is afraid. In fact I am more afraid of being sick and get dementia than I am afraid of dying. The worst thing is having an end in which you are not yourself already.

My first thoughts after reading your post OP were that you are very young and do you want to be fearful the rest of your life? No, I am sure you don't. I started being afraid at an early age of having a heart attack, it stayed with me for a long time, but eventually went away until recently. I wasted many years over a non-existent threat.

Try to realize, which I do know that 99.999% of your fears are NOT going to come true. Really! I am 59 going on 80 from worrying myself to death, I inherited the habit from my parents plus add in my own pathology. I studied the human body, worked in cardiac units of hospitals and came to realize that my fears were ridiculous. Unless you are born with some genetic malformation, or you take drugs or do something to harm yourself, most likely you are not going to die anytime soon.

Both your of symptoms are obsessive thoughts and probably stem from depression and anxiety. If you can get some therapy and find a way to stop the obsession over dying and the functions of the body it may help. You are a living, breathing human. If you did not have all those bodily functions, you could not live. It may not be pretty on the inside, but who looks at that regularly? Maybe a surgeon. I used to see it all the time but the key is that I did not obsess over it. You are not a mannequin. You are alive, just like all creatures in the universe. Those are irrational fears=they have no basis in reality, not rational.

I hope this helps, I know all about the obsessive thoughts and truly empathize with you.

This is actually a real psychological issue, and can be routed in other experiences:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Death_anxiety_(psychology)

The body is an awesome creation. Absolutely amazing the process of being created and each part building.... growing... From bones to skin to eyes to liver to lungs.... And each time all of these are "generated" - and in their proper place.

As for the other topic - life is life, death is death. You have no control over it - so (IMO) do not fret about it - that is wasted energy.