I've been dealing with fear of death, and for a while now, my therapist has said that once people get to the root of this fear, they often realise they've actually been afraid of living. For a long time, this didn't register with me, but now I've realised that indeed, I am scared of living!

I think it's because, as a child, 'there was no life' - this is what my inner voice keeps telling me.. There was a chance my dad might get violent, so 'there was no life to be had'. It was too dangerous. I survived by dissociating, by cutting off my emotions. Now I'm working on getting them back so that life will have meaning again..

Think I just needed to share this.. thanks for reading!

[JustJenny]

I am scared of crippling accidents or dying suddenly in an accident. Almost every day when I am outside I imagine something gruesome. Like getting ran over by a truck all of a sudden. Or a brick falling on my head. Today I was taking a train and I imagined getting hit by it. I don't know where this is coming from, I didn't do this before.

For me, I fear death because I feel I am not living my life. I haven't experienced many pleasurable things in life. I fear to die as I've never lived. I don't know if it is the same.

[PieceofMe]

Originally Posted by Nickname

For me, I fear death because I feel I am not living my life. I haven't experienced many pleasurable things in life. I fear to die as I've never lived. I don't know if it is the same.

I have that issue too. I'm afraid of living (getting hurt, abandoned, failure, all that **** that goes wrong in life) and afraid of death too (leaving too early, not doing all that i could be doing in life) I have no life or friends and feel like life would better if i were dead, but then again, I'm afraid of the other side too. It's a painful experience, these fears

[Thunder Bow]

Your fear of death is associated with your depression, than came from your growing up.

[Fuzzybear]