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Trigger warning: Fear of death / oblivion / Existential Crisis

Jax

I wanted to know if anyone has extreme issues with this that have been helped in any way by anything

I had a psychiatric episode recently in relation to this and its been getting worse over the years

TBC I am not asking for medical advice and I am being seen and looked after by medical teams 

I just want to know (without triggering detail) if anyone has gotten through the same and what helped them

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  • I have had this fear of death numerous times. I will mention that religion has played a big part in helping me though.

    What I found ironic for me was my mum who was at the time more agnostic had reassured me about heaven and afterlife and even got me into playing some angel characters I had to give up playing (due to other family members bullying me) again. My “dad” however, who is supposedly catholic, didn’t help at all and got annoyed when I took religion more seriously and also bullied me for playing these angels on my game. Basically what helped me get through was my mum, the little characters and reconnecting with my faith and the more I practiced to better I felt, until my “dad” ruined everything. But since then a therapist I used to see was a nurse in a small private hospital for patients who had major surgery and the ones who were actually proven dead had said they got to experience heaven so that has made me feel reassured as well. I mean that’s me and there will be others who are against religion and that’s their choice I won’t change that but I hope they can respect my choice and views too. 

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  • I have had this fear of death numerous times. I will mention that religion has played a big part in helping me though.

    What I found ironic for me was my mum who was at the time more agnostic had reassured me about heaven and afterlife and even got me into playing some angel characters I had to give up playing (due to other family members bullying me) again. My “dad” however, who is supposedly catholic, didn’t help at all and got annoyed when I took religion more seriously and also bullied me for playing these angels on my game. Basically what helped me get through was my mum, the little characters and reconnecting with my faith and the more I practiced to better I felt, until my “dad” ruined everything. But since then a therapist I used to see was a nurse in a small private hospital for patients who had major surgery and the ones who were actually proven dead had said they got to experience heaven so that has made me feel reassured as well. I mean that’s me and there will be others who are against religion and that’s their choice I won’t change that but I hope they can respect my choice and views too. 

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