I feel like I am going to die

[thesam]

Last night, before I went to bed, I tried to remember whether or not I had sworn to God that I would abstain from sex until marriage, I got a kind of a thump feeling in my gut that the question was irrellevant.  It was irrelevant, because I felt, with no reason or evidence to back it up, that I would not live to see the day where confronting that decision would be an issue. I am 20. My birthday is in March, and I don't think I am going to live to see it.

I don't think I am dying of cancer or any other terminal disease, I just think that I am going to die in a very blaze', mundane, statistically common fashion, like in a car accident.  There is no panic associated with these thoughts and feelings, more like a resigned realization.  I simply cannot see myself graduating from college, going to graduate school, being a professional, getting married, having sex, anything like that.
I don't believe I will get to see those things, have those experiences.

Is this normal?

[Not_Alone]

Sounds crazy and I am no scientist but this same question is all over the internet with very different explanations from beliefs, to anxiety, depression, mental illness, dreams  and it could be those things but I dont believe it is always a simple medical reason. I have the same feeling and would love to hear different stories and look into them. Maybe a variety of individual concerns would give some light into this. Ive been there and sought out help from many resources with no relief.

[floriflo]

I think my heart iits going to stop, like im gonna have a heart attack please help

[Hameedbaloch]

Dear younger, I had all these symptoms for the last 20 years and i am 50 now, i had sever heart palpitations, anxiety , dizziness, severe depression, i have been facing all these problems for the last 20 years in which i lost friends, and i was unable to make new friends cause i was all the time afraid that i am gonna die soon, i knew that i was mentally absolutely fit but there was something wrong inside me, ,. but my dear i didnt die, i have a beautiful wife and 3 kids now but frankly i still have these symptoms but i have never shown anyone that i am sick inside, , this is a strange sickness, you are fit but you are not, so my dear dont worry just eat well, sleep well, change the location frequently, go out side and try to watch funny movies that's all, you will be fine, thanks a lot if you need anything else write me , ***@****

[noirecrivain104]

When I was twelve, I got this feeling suddenly that I wouldn't make it to much past 23 years old.  My 24th birthday is in a week and a half and I've had severe panic attacks recently. I'm terrified that I'm gonna kick the bucket any day now.  I know this is irrational, but it's been making me have severe headaches and some dizziness and disorientation, as well as heart palpitations.  These symptoms cause me to experience even more panic and anxiety attacks, which in turn makes me suspect even more that I'm going to die soon!  I really don't want to, and I really don't want to feel this way anymore!  I don't think I will feel any better until after my 24th birthday...if I make it that far.

[noirecrivain104]

When I was twelve, I got this feeling suddenly that I wouldn't make it to much past 23 years old.  My 24th birthday is in a week and a half and I've had severe panic attacks recently. I'm terrified that I'm gonna kick the bucket any day now.  I know this is irrational, but it's been making me have severe headaches and some dizziness and disorientation, as well as heart palpitations.  These symptoms cause me to experience even more panic and anxiety attacks, which in turn makes me suspect even more that I'm going to die soon!  I really don't want to, and I really don't want to feel this way anymore!  I don't think I will feel any better until after my 24th birthday...if I make it that far.

[DYSLEXIC]

looking to GOD ------------------------RELIGION  is just another addiction

[sbabee33]

I am reading everything that everyone is saying and I've always wondered about this. I have anxiety and not on medication for it but it is really clear that I have it because I get myself sick and cannot speak to anybody...I become highly agitated and stressed about every little thing when these anxiety attacks occur. I actually worked myself up to ( TMI) projectile vomiting. So bad. Anyway, I see similarities between everyone and myself. Years ago I would have that impending doom feeling, for years I always saw a future for myself but for some reason I don't see anything after 30? So weird. It scares me. I have had those palpitation issues as well. I want to know what is wrong with me just like everyone else. I was comforted by "Be still my beating heart 13" and what they had said. It was a familiar feeling. I don't know if it has anything to do with me thinking my youth is escaping me and I feel after 30 that I literally will have no life?  I don't know.. I'm 25 but I can't even believe it..I am afraid.

[motlatsi]

Am a 16 year old boy,,and its been over 6 years,, hope ur still alive,, well sister I feel ur pain,, its affecting my life so really bad,,and this one time my prophet said I should be carefull on roads and I was like **** I'm going to die,, well I have an anxiety disorder not sure if it is or its actually a message,,feels so real!!! Hope I helped though? If I don't post another comment in 5months know that I have died!! Ciao!

[ksousa1]

I am 43 years old and lately when I go to bed something comes over me telling me that I am gonna die and to write my kids a letter..i get really scared because I have had this feeling before recently.i am not sick or suffering from anything that I know of and I want this to stop..it is really scaring me to the point I start crying because it feels so real..my heartbeat goes stronger and I start thinking about how my kids would be without me.

[Candiqueen777]

I have been feeling similar to many of you. I am 23 years old and have two young children. I have a history depression, anxiety and OCD and I was tired of living in fear. I am literally scared of everything, so I made a conscious decision not to be afraid anymore, a few days to a week after that, when my daughter was only a few weeks old I was rocking with her in a chair and had a voice tell me loudly in my head I was going to die before summer 2014. There was no point planning for the future because I won't be alive past then. I had spiralled back into living in fears since then. Then recently today I decided it was just fear and anxiety and not to pay attention to it when I had this overwhelming feeling in my gut that it shouldn't be ignored, I shouldn't
Ignore the feeling of death I was having and so now it's back full force. I really don't know what to do. I don't want to leave my children and my parents have already lost one child. My dad fully admitted to saying he would kill himself if anything happened to me. I just wish I had some answers...

[regina23]

I just turned 23 on jan 17 and from that night on I been having the feeling that I am going to die. Its an on and off feeling.one second I'm fine then the next second thoughts are running through my head that I am going to die. Is this anxiety? Its a really horrible feeling I don't feel normal it kind of feels like an out of body experience on a daily basis. Do they have medicine that will make me feel normal again? I'm suppose to get married in April and don't want to have the feeling of me dying on my wedding day.someone please help!

[kari2737]

I have been there before! Oh man do I not miss when that happened to me.
I have an anxiety disorder. Look it up and you will see that everything you feel is real and youre NOT going to die its just your racing thoughts that tell you that, but its all caused by anxiety. As soon as you read about it and you see that others feel the way you do and your not alone that will be a step for you to feel better. I went through the same thing. Going from hospital to hospital seeked therapists because I too kept having thoughts that I was going to die in a car accident.. it was jst a feeling and I was paranoid to drive for some time because of it. Jst look it and read abt it. Eat healthy and excercise. I promise it will help and keep your mind of things. Take long walks tht helps me a lot. It took four months for me to feel better, but I have accepted thts its anxiety and I jst learned to cope with it and you will too. Dont worry :) you will be ok

[FlossinN01]

Uh Oh... Did you die?

[sawyercakes]

Definitely feel like I'm going to die lately for no reason, not afraid of it, not sick...just feel weird.  After reading all these posts I really feel like it could be a "message" or "wake-up" to start living life.  Life is just so short and we only have so long to do things.  Watching your kids grow up can be scary and probably make you feel like life is going by even faster.  Having this feeling is definitely making me have more patience and realize what I do have in life.

[TheSpiritMolecule41320]

Maybe the majority of the population really does have this feeling, some people probably just don't say anything to anyone, but I'm thinking it could... Maybe, possibly ( and I'm going out on a limb) have something to do with the end of civilization as we know it in 2012, no matter how much you want to deny it, look up facts and do your homework and you will see, This approaching time in history (winter solstice 2012) cannot be dismissed as a possibility of a very grim time on planet earth. Maybe we humans have the same natural instincts as animals and we too can feel that something just is not right. Something weird seems to be weighing heavy on all of our minds...we are all connected in some way that we can't even begin to grasp the depth of, throughout time many Mannnnnny humans and animals have passed away and fertilized our planets soil with their body's, and we consume these plants and fruits that our beautiful planet provides us with that have grown in the very soil our bodys made fertile. And the law of physics says that matter can never be created or destroyed, therefore even though our flesh body's remain after we die, our conscious mind must go somewhere, so in some way we as humans are all connected to each other, it may sound crazy but please LISTEN to and actually digest what I said and try to open your mind to a bigger picture and I think you migh understand where this "feeling of impending doom" feeling comes from. I too have this feeling and have spent much time putting a puzzle together in my mind. I could be wrong, but only time will reveal the truth, I hope this helps someone. -me

[JuJu86]

Yes its normal when you really can't see your self doing things in the near by future or you don't see a future at all it doesn't neccessarly mean your going to die yes its your mind playiing tricks on you diffinetly anxiety i am sure you'll live and be fine live life to the fullest that's what its meant and don't stress to much about the future leave it in gods hands

[Mustafa0907]

Basically your suffering from depression , ANXIETY is the very form of start for depression i had the same problem too years ago but it went down when i started to take medicine and prayers im a Muslim. By allowing  your soul to understand that there is a divine power out there helps , try meditation tap into your subconscious mind ..understand that your having thoughts which is rather distracting . calm down And most importantly PRAY before your prayed on.

[JGF25]

Hi there...if you have had all necessary medical checkups and everything has been ruled out and what you are being told is you have anxiety, then you really need to make an appointment with a psychologist.  Yes, meditation helps to calm you down when in a crisis situation but what you really need is to learn some long-term techniques that you can use everyday in any situation such as controlled breathing.  You learn these types of techniques when you learn cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT).  It is best if you look for a psychologist that specializes in CBT.  All of the life situations you mentioned above can overwhelm us and sometimes we just need a bit of help to get us back to where we used to be.  So hang in there, be proactive and get the help you need, and you will be better for it.  

[tamtam01]

hey guys

Im 22 years old and for the past month i have been feeling like all of you im really concerned i dont know what to do ive gon through all my medical check ups and everything is normal but i dont know why i feel like this -- like im wondering is this like a message from god can one know they actually going to die soon or it this all the effects of everyday life stress such as work school family and all that -- whats going on with me can someone help me with some ideas? i was told to meditate and all that stuff but so far im just praying to god to make these feeling go away

P.s hope to hear again soon

[Sweetwitch]

Its amazing, I thought it was only me...Im 44 and i have lost 3 husbands, 2 to Cancer and one got lost at sea qith my brother..I have raised my kids on  my own since an early age of 16..I have never gotten psycological help because I was too worried about taking care of someone else...I think everything has caught up with me..Im over emotional, everytime I hear that someone died of Cancer i feel i will die of cancer also like my husbands and that I will leave my kids alone, Im unders so much stress right now...shortness of breath, no energy, i cant sleep at night,I cry for nothing, even if im watching a sad movie ill start bawling....please someone tell me there is still hope for me...:(

[deedee111]

Hi i also feel like iam going to die and leave my daughter. i had a bleed from my bottem and thought is was bladder cancer it was piles but for three weeks i did not go anywhere kept crying and every medicail issue i have cant cope.

[thesam]

Hey, its thesam, OP. funny story, these symptoms went away... well, not really so much went away as bigger things happened in my life that either made it better so that whatever anxiety symptoms i was having decrease or somethings happened that overshadowed some ambiguous future demise.  

The funny part is that i google searched and came up with this as a result.  when i read it, i though, "WOW! thats exactly what i'm experiencing! then i looked at some of the details, and realized that I'm the one who made the original post.  go figure.

Well, now I'm almost graduated, but I just got that panic pang of impending doom again. I think its just a stress reaction, an anxiety thing.  I drink more now, so depressants take the edge off (unhealthy, but meh) and im almost finally graduated.  i think its probably just the stress of a particular situation combined with my fear of failure and living a meaningless life. The only solution is to work through it; the only way out is through. its not easy.  i'd talk to my mom about it, but i dont want to upset her.  my friends are asleep right now, normally i'd talk to them and they'd comfort me.  its not easy, but its manageable.

[applemoon]

.I have been suffering since 15 years till the moment. feeling that i am going to die very soon.I was in the last year in the high school(its very ipmportant in our Arab countries)I was only thinking how to get high average,I did my best untill the last day of this year,the night before the last exam i suddenly felt that i am going to die  soon,before i join a university.I did my exam,i succeeded and got very high everage,at this moment i felt am not going to be in the university,may be the plane will crash or for any reason,( I wasin Saudi arabia,and (i had to regiter in a university in Jordan)but God be praised,this did not happen. i joined the best university in my country,and i graduated in 4 years,these black ideas were following me during these days ofcourse,i was engaged after that  and still thinking that i will die before marriage,now i am married and i have 2 children.now when i look to them this feeling comes to me,i immagin them without a mother,I also think about that in most imotional moments with my husband.i don't know why thinking of deing very soon comes to me when i feel that am very happy,for example when i feel that we are a happy family,i connect happiness to death,some times i feel good when i fight with my husband,coz i think if we are happy together someone will die in bad cercumstance,however if we are facing problems this makes me feel that death is away at least these moments.I believe that i have fear of happiness.anyone has such an experience?I would like to hear it,specially from o50 or 60 aged people.this started with me when I was 17 now i am 32

[applemoon]

.I have been suffering since 15 years till the moment. feeling that i am going to die very soon.I was in the last year in the high school(its very ipmportant in our Arab countries)I was only thinking how to get high average,I did my best untill the last day of this year,the night before the last exam i suddenly felt that i am going to die  soon,before i join a university.I did my exam,i succeeded and got very high everage,at this moment i felt am not going to be in the university,may be the plane will crash or for any reason,( I wasin Saudi arabia,and (i had to regiter in a university in Jordan)but God be praised,this did not happen. i joined the best university in my country,and i graduated in 4 years,these black ideas were following me during these days ofcourse,i was engaged after that  and still thinking that i will die before marriage,now i am married and i have 2 children.now when i look to them this feeling comes to me,i immagin them without a mother,I also think about that in most imotional moments with my husband.i don't know why thinking of deing very soon comes to me when i feel that am very happy,for example when i feel that we are a happy family,i connect happiness to death,some times i feel good when i fight with my husband,coz i think if we are happy together someone will die in bad cercumstance,however if we are facing problems this makes me feel that death is away at least these moments.I believe that i have fear of happiness.anyone has such an experience?I would like to hear it,specially from o50 or 60 aged people.