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Sometimes I get paralyzing fear of death

Discussion in 'Off-topic Discussion' started by ShadyPerson, Mar 27, 2020.

  1. ShadyPerson

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    Usually I don't even believe that death would be the end. I've heard things, read things and experienced things that have had me question if the world could be so secular as some would have me believe. I wish that one day I'll come across experiences that could confirm what I suspect. Although I suppose these kinds of things can never be 100% confirmed. I suppose to an extent that's better. After all if we knew for sure that we have infinite amount of time at our hands, how could we motivate ourselves to do something. No, death gives life meaning and structure. If life was created with an intelligent design, I can totally see what purpose death serves.

    Still though, sometimes there are just time periods in my life when I start thinking about death and the possibility of it being just the end for me. Sometimes I can accept it and just think that there's no way to know and thus no reason to worry. But sometimes I start thinking about it way too vividly and I just get this paralyzing fear washing over me.

    At that point there's just no stopping it. No reasonings will help. The sensation is just so strong that I doubt I could stop it even if I had all the proof I needed to believe in afterlife. I've been having thoughts about death lately (for obvious reasons I suppose) and yesterday it reached it's peak. I rolled in my bed awake for a couple of hours, then managed to distract myself for long enough for me to fall asleep.

    I don't know why I chose to tell this. I guess it helps to get it off my chest. And hopefully it might help someone else with similar thoughts and feelings.
     
  2. I look at it this way... Remember being in deep sleep without any dreams or consciousness? That's death for you minus the temporary nature.
     
  3. Raven King

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    Dude. I have been there. One of the reason I started NoFap was I was dealing with constant, anxiety, worry and sometimes a crippling fear of death. Sometimes I would literally tremble with fear. It was horrible. Especially when going to bed, because I would usually MO before going to sleep. I still struggle with some anxiety before going to sleep because of withdrawals, but it has gotten so much better. Trust me, you will find your self less worried and more relaxed over time as well.

    Just stick with NoFap. You can do it.
     
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  4. ShadyPerson

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    Sadly that's never helped. Whenever I get really terrified of something, logic doesn't seem to cut it anymore.
     
  5. I think everyone fears death at least a little. The trick is to feel it, name it, and let it go. Remember: remind yourself that you should fear not having a good and rewarding life more than death. And you only have control over this moment. One moment at a time. That’s it. If it persists, I have a thought you may want to talk to a professional about it because it happens a lot, you are not alone in this, and fairly often is perhaps due to underlying past traumas that you aren’t aware of.
     
  6. I used to sometimes get chest pain and worry that I'd have a heart attack.

    Then one day I said, you know what, I don't care. If a heart attack is going to happen, bring it on. I don't care if it kills me.

    Somehow that seemed to work.
     
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  7. Ricardo26

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    Do you mean porn and masturbation can cause death
     
  8. ShadyPerson

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    No.
     
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  10. Penninesandcheviots

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    I went through something like this a couple years ago. I went through 6 months of constant, crippling fear of death.

    I never used to be scared of death, in fact the idea seemed to excite me in a morbid curiosity kinda way, the way I saw it (And somewhat still see it now) is that, we can never truly know what happens after death - it's unknowable, but that makes it exciting. If there is an afterlife, I look forward to going there, to seeing what that is like - if not, well then that doesn't matter either, because I just wont exist to be disappointed.

    I look back on that time in my life and I think it's rather funny. But I still know how awful it was to experience. For me, time healed those wounds. Now i'm just curious again.
     
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  11. You could listen to some Alan Watts stuff on YouTube. That might help.
     
  12. Ricardo26

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    do you mean masturbation can cause a heart attack
     
  13. No I don't mean that.
     
  14. Ricardo26

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    ok i get scared when i masturbate i feel get a heart a
    i get panic when masturbate i feel im get a heart attack this i dont know if its true its on
    Wikipedia A study published in 1997 found an inverse association between death from coronary heart disease and frequency of orgasm even given the risk that myocardial ischaemia and myocardial infarction can be triggered by sexual activity. this story too i dont know if its fake news i panic with things i read about masturbation https://metro.co.uk/2014/09/13/trai...ack-while-masturbating-at-sperm-bank-4867124/
     
  15. A paralyzing fear of death is self preservation. You know you need to get right with God. I'm afraid of the pain of death, but I'm not afraid of death itself, because I know where I am going when I die. If you had that security in Jesus, you would no longer be afraid.
     
  16. Maybe that's because some unhealthy guys have erectile dysfunction from physical causes, so they don't orgasm much. They're more likely to have a heart attack, but that's because they're unhealthy, not because they don't orgasm enough. One of those "correlation does not equal causation" things.
     
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  17. goodnice 3.0

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    If you die without Jesus, then you have a right to be very scared.

    Accept Jesus as lord and savior before you die. Know that he died for you so you can have eternal life with him in heaven

    This world is just a vapor. How can people think so temporally, about just this short time on earth. Any moment your life could be snatched from you. When you are driving on the highway, just one wrong jerk of the steering wheel and your life is over

    It’s gonna end for everyone, you and me included. Following Jesus is the only thing that really matters at the end of the day

    Look what the bible has to say:

    “Come now, you who say, “Today or tomorrow we will go into such and such a town and spend a year there and trade and make a profit”— yet you do not know what tomorrow will bring. What is your life? For you are a mist that appears for a little time and then vanishes. Instead you ought to say, “If the Lord wills, we will live and do this or that.”” (James 4:13-15)

    “Jesus told her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Anyone who believes in me will live, even after dying.” (john 11:25)

    so there is hope for you. Hope my words save you
     
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  18. Ricardo26

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    Stop scaring people please
     
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  19. goodnice 3.0

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    You stop. I ain’t scaring no one. You are the one who has a sinking suspicion masturbating is causing some kind of heart or nervous system issue. I’m tryna tell you that if you overdo it, it’s bad for you and yes you are damaging your body big time

    And i’m also trying to help people get saved. If you die right now, what will happen?
     
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  20. Ricardo26

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    i have autism you dont know what im going through
     

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