I Have a Severe Fear of Death

For the last 8 months I have been consumed with my mortality. I know death is inevitable, but I fear it. It is not so much death, but what happens after death. Is there nothing; an empty void with no self-awareness, or is there truely...

I dont really know how to explain it but I have an extreme fear of being dead. I dont really have much of a story except that this fear has not allowed me to eat, sleep, I have nasty panic attacks, and i throw up alot. I feel this...

my fear of death
is related to not having anyone to relate my death with.
there are two life events that matter; birth and death.
the rest are just spaces we fill up in between.

i am fearful of no one asking deep enough questions...

Hello Everyone,

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