i feel like im going to die

[yourhead]

well im 17 and i feel like im going to die.... i got a dream of myself dying on the end of the world and till now i feel like this...i have shortness of breath and fast heartbeats and feeling like definately gonna die but....you know!!! i find it hard to sleep at night... please help..ive had this long ago when iwas 14 because i was shown some videos on death and i aslo felt like that day was gonna be the day.... now i feel the same.. please guys show me a way to solve my panic/anxiety disorder... i have this every day and i also have hallucinations.. every day is like the day i day but then i sleep and get up the next day again.. and it starts again so please help !!!!!!! please i find it so hard to sleep...

[yourhead]

looks like were the same huh.. howd you get over it???

[msl0n3ly]

Hi i suffer the same thoughts u do, i thought i was alone in havin these thoughts, i cnt even talk to nobody because am afraid in case they laugh, i wake up everyday thinkin am goin to die and like u said the next day u wake up and start it all over again, wen i was about 20 i suffered a complete breakdown, i shaved my hair off and cut myself and even wrote died everywhere and the date i was goin to die, i finally managed to get myself better, i didnt go to the doctor or took pills, i just took 1 day at a time until i felt better, and am nearly 30 now and am really scared am goin to go through it all again, i lost my son the first time it happened cause i didnt want to put him through wat i was goin through, and now i have a daughter, and i dont want to lose her, bt i really dnt knw wat to do or who to go to for help, so i really understand wat ur goin through, and if anybody else has some helpful information i wuld be glad to hear it, thanks and i really hope u find some1 to get u through this. Mssad

[mammo]

We hear from teens younger than you and there is always help.  Have you spoken to your parents about this?  They love you and need to know what you are going through.
NEVER feel like there is no help!  I'm sure your school has resources for this, and talking to your counselor would help. It is mind over matter, and if you can stop worrying that you may die, then great, but often we aren't able to do this alone.  Try to look at this logically, you've been worrying for 3 years of dying and yet you haven't!!!  This should tell you something.  You dream of dying because your mind is consumed with this thought all through the day.  By dwelling on this, it's feeding your anxiety which in turn is creating even more anxiety and problems for you.  If you don't get this under control one day you will wake up an old man and wonder where the years went.....you will have worried them away!  Fears and worry creates and maintains our anxiety, until we stop this worrying our anxiety is not going to get better. I used to get panic attacks, always worried when the next one would strike, a vicious cycle.  Then I lost my son, and I welcomed my next attack because I no longer cared about anything, and NOTHING worried me.......the next panic attack never came.  No worry or fear equals no anxiety.  You need to get a grip on this now or you will have this for the rest of your life, and I know you don't want that, nor do I.  You're so young and have a lot of living to do, don't alow this irrational fear to hold you back.  You've been proving it wrong for three years, every night your brain throws the thought out, only for you to let in back in the next morning.  I wish you all the best and hope you get help.

[Jon81]

I was your age when it started for me. It's a life changing event that you need to get control of asap the longer it drags on like this the harder it is to deal with it took me many years and alot of heartache to figure it out . The way I control the beast is i look at it as a "Mind over Matter'' situation, As long as I don't Mind it doesn't Matter'' Hope this helps.

[yourhead]

im a 17 year old kid all i can do is help myself no proffesional help... there are no therapists near my place so.... i really can but i really agree about what you say and thanks

[mammo]

I totally agree with nursegirl, you need to get some help with this because it is consuming your life!  Don't try to interpret dreams, we sleep so our brains can "re-coup" and when you dream of death it's your brain trying to rid itself of that thought, so you need to allow this to happen.  Put all your efforts into getting help and not dwelling so much on your dreams.  You're going to dream all of your life and putting so much emphasis on them is setting yourself up for a big anxiety problem!  This fear of death started with a video, your anxiety has latched onto it, and you need to learn how to let go of it.  Therapy can help you to do this. Dreams aren't predictors of anything, they can be indicative of our worries, but no more.  Please get professional help right away so you can get your life back.  Good luck and take care.