fear of public speaking worse than fear of death

I'm in therapy I still have these thoughts I don't understand I was so normal a year ago. I did extreme sports all the time wasn't afraid of public. Now I'm afraid of a lot of things.

ya i get this a lot even do im not afraid of dyeing the thought of it just puts my stomach in knots i think its more a fear of un-none will it be painful,l how will i happen, all these questions run in my head, i sometimes convince myself im dyeing and send myself into a full blown panick attack so now when i start to think of death i do something to take my mind off it!

have the exact same thing, when my grandad died when he fell off a ladder and had severe bleeding in the brain, I had bad anxiety but go over it and then my other grandad had a heart attack about 4 months ago in the middle of uni exams and the fear of death has not escaped me ever since. I think about how much life I would miss out on if I died today, think about my mates and family and the emotional toll it would have.

I have a fear of death. Mostly the death of a loved one. I worry so much that if I lost one of my family members I don't know what would happen to me, I think I would go crazy, it would ruin my life, I feel like crying when I think about it, I shouldn't worry but I do, which makes it worse because they are going to all die one day, this scares me because they are so important to me.

What you descrive is a panic attack when you have this intense fear, then you become afraid of the fear and so on until it becomes a vicious circle. You came to the right place! You should browze a lot of these threads as you will quickly see that you are not alone in your fear and anxiety and you will perhaps learn from how others have coped with it.

When placed in the context of other occupations, this calculated death rate was more than the national average, less than that of policemen and firefighters, and much less than that of the most dangerous occupations like fishing, construction, flying and being a part of the military. (Lawyers and waiters, interestingly enough, came at the bottom of the entire list with some of the safest jobs.

I know that sounds sick, but after so long with this constant torment I guess I have just lost my fear of death simply because the condition to me is worse than death.

m betting it has to do with fear of failing in something, or of not meeting expectations, or of something you have not completed, something you are afraid to try. Or a mix of stuff like that. It may be extremely difficult to talk about this with a parent or with anyone at all. But you can talk about it HERE, if you want to. You are very fortunate to have this fear of dying right now, because the causes are fairly recent.

A fear of death is quite normal and is actually a fear of the unknown. Has he know someone or something (pet) that has died or seen it on TV? I don't know your spiritual background, but whatever it is, that is a good place to start talking to him about it. Speak to him about (your belief) of what happens after death and that it is a natural process of life.

m having a heart attack, i have a terrible fear of death, i think all that just comes along withthe anxiety, ya know? and it *****, dont worry, you have so many people here that experience te same things you do. you're not alone. promise.

So, JESSiCA, we meet again! I'm glad to hear you're involved with a partner and a project, but I do understand your fear of public speaking. I'm positive the vast majority of us would rather streak through Wal Mart than get up in front of a group of people. (Would anybody notice us in Wal Mart? Somehow I think we'd just "blend!") I suppose there are a number of things you could try before it was your turn to be on stage.

I have an intense fear that I am going to die suddenly, and what will happen to both my family/and I.I could really use some advice on how I can seek relief of this. I'm still trying to ask myself the right questions to figure out the solid root of my fear, and I wish I could be more specific, but I'll give it a shot. When I was 19 I started suffered from what I think were anxiety attacks.

On average, I have about 4 anxiety attacks a week, on my medication. It seems as if my anxiety is getting worse due to the fact of my fear of the dark is getting worse. I can hardy sleep because I am so afraid of the dark now. I can lay in bed, cuddling with my boyfriend and be fine. However, if he were sitting beside me in the dark, I can't handle it. I can not handle the dark. I want this fear to go away. It is so embarrassing, so tiring, and just plain on my nerves.

To them, going to heaven was something to strive for, but for me I often just imagined myself floating on a cloud into eternity and the fear was worse than any physical or mental pain I have ever felt. I would often jump out of my bed at night shaking and sobbing just at the thought of eternity. I am 18 now, and I haven't experienced the same fear for several years. I don't know if it's just repressed or if I actually got over it.

And oral sex is basically safe sex -- completely safe with respect to HIV and although not zero risk for other STDs, the chance of infection is far lower than for unprotected vaginal or anal sex. Please educate yourself about the real risks. If you stick with oral sex and condom-protected vaginal or anal sex, you have no HIV worries and very little worry about other STDs.

m not sure how that forum is more relevant than this one.. The immune system thing is only a tiny part of the problem (I mentioned it in relation to my throat problems). The question itself is ALS-oriented, or at least BFS.

-) Finding out that you have MS can be similar to the grieving process you go through when someone close to you dies. Anger and fear are part of that process. Elisabeth Kubler-Ross outlined 5 stages of grief. There listed below. Reading some of her thoughts on the process may help. Here is a link to a summary of the five stages. http://grief.com/the-five-stages-of-grief/ 1) Denial 2) Anger 3) Bargaining 4) Depression 5) Acceptance Hope this helps.

Fear of heights in all its forms is, I believe, the 2d most common phobia (the first is fear of speaking in public, officially, but I'm guessing more people confront heights than the need to speak in public so I'm guessing heights might be the most common fear). I have this phobia, but didn't have it until I got a full-blown anxiety disorder. If this is your only phobia, good; if you have several and are anxious about a lot of things, harder.

well....i had a panic attack 2years ago....i had shortness of breath...anxiety...

There are many out there and they all have different side effects. One particularly nasty one for most of them is that they make the anxiety worse in the beginning until about 4 to 6 weeks later when they are fully working. That anxiety subsides and you would feel so much better. The medications allow us to think the thought (which even "normal" people do) and let it go.

, burning sensation in throat and esphog..weight loss..groin pain..these all symptomps are making me to fear about death..because of these symptoms I could not believe my 9th week test result which was -ve..I am very scared about next test...will it turn +ve? Is this correct time for next test or need to wait until 6months?

Then he put on a condom, before he could get the head of his penis good inside of me i asked him to stop. The next day i asked my did he have anything and he got very offended. He stoppd speaking tp me.. 3 weeks later i got tested for STD and everything came back clear, On April 15,2010 I went to my doctors and got HIV tested, becasue o was always nasuse,tired, and forgetfull. Nothing came back, now i have lower abdominal pains and jus now ive been having what i think are night seats.

One more thing... Alot of times the FEAR of Wd's is Worse than the actual experience.. IF you end up having to go cold turkey it probably won't be as bad as your imagining (although it's no cake walk).. It's comparable to a nasty case of the flu!

Hi my name is Mallory and I am 21. I am having severe problems with the fear of death/dying, I think about it all day everyday and it prevents me from living my life. I have also woke up 6 times in the past 2 weeks screaming a loud siren like noise because of death dreams. My fiance has to cover my mouth and wake me up and when I wake up from the dream i am so scared my skin feels like it is crawling.

Is there a way we can accept death? Since i was about 7yrs old i've had thoughts of death and over the years it has turned into a terrible fear.I am 15 now. i usually only think adout death at night and the fear never affects me during the day. If i talk about death during the day i often wont be bothered by it even if i attend a funeral the fear wont reach me but at night its truley awful.

But as time passes, I fear life more than death, as I believe that dying is more of a transition than an ending. One thing that has helped me is actually studying the death process, especially the phenomenon of near death experiences. The majority of those who have been clinically dead and resuscitated are profoundly changed in regards to their attitudes and conceptions of what is on the other side.

Hi everyone, do any of you want to quit taking pills, but keep taking them for fear of withdrawal? Well that was me too, for over 7yrs I took methadone everyday, just to keep from having withdrawals. I started taking methadone for an addiction to other painkillers, I was told that methadone was easier to withdraw from!! I think the not knowing what to expect is much worse than the actual withdrawal. So if you want off the pain pill roller coaster, you can so do it!

My husband has a strong fear of death. Obviously, not as strong as the fear you or your daughter is experiencing. I come from the opposite end of the spectrum - I not only don't fear death, I look forward to it. Because of that, I cannot even begin to imagine the deep terror the two of you feel. What I do know, from dealing with my husband's fear, is that it doesn't ever seem to get resolved. It can be ignored, but never disappears.

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