I keep having these feelings that everyone is going to die and everything is going to come to an end...help?

Question

I can't even look my parents in the eye anymore because I know in just 10 years they are going to be 60 and I'm oing to be like 25. We're all getting so old! And then in another 10 years they'll be old, gray, and 70 and I'll be in my thirties. Things will change, I will have a job, my parents will retire...It's just so d**n scary...My friends might even move away, maybe I won't know some of them anymore. My brother might live apart from me, my parents might move to another country...We'll all be old and alone...what can I do to get these feelings out of my head? They intensify as I get older and move on to new schools and grades and realize that we are all slowly aging and things are changing. My dad isn't the big strong man I knew 10 years ago, now I'm almost his height...everyone will eventually grow weak, frail, and alone...AND I JUST CAN'T TAKE IT! WHAT CAN I DO TO STOP IT!?!

Answer 1

I know that it's difficult to handle at your age but you really must stop worrying about tomorrow. I am neary seventy and my wife is already seventy. Legs ache a bit, cannot walk too far, just quit smoking after fifty years  and my lungs are not good. This may be hard to believe but I am not scared of dying anymore. The older you get the more certain it becomes and the more you learn to accept it. Live today and let tomorrow take care of itself. Good luck and God bless.

Answer 2

Sounds like anxiety have you tried talking to a professional.

Answer 3

What can I do to stop thinking this and prevent it from happening!?

Well, firstly you are thinking about the facts of life.  

1. All that is born or created does eventually die.  That includes every single living being or created thing that you meet.  

2. Everything around you is subject to change.

3. There is suffering when we are going through illness, old age.

4.  There is suffering when we dont get what we want.

There is no need for you to stop thinking about these things as they are facts, things that cannot be pushed aside because they are happening and they do happen with all of us.  So instead of trying to avoid these thoughts, embrace them knowing that they are the truth and live your life despite knowing them.

Answer 4

You're experiencing death anxiety. It's very common and I understand. I have been going through it myself lately. It will bring on panic attacks if you don't get it under control, so what I recommend is that you DON'T TRY TO STOP THINKING ABOUT IT. When you try to stop thinking about it, you're telling yourself that these thoughts are not okay, and that makes you panic more. If you let the thoughts run their course and tell yourself, "It's okay to think like this, everybody thinks this sometimes" then it won't seem as scary.

Answer 5

face the fact that these are going to happen, live life to the fullest just DONT kill yourself doing it