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...

[Alisonj29]

It takes alot. You need time to meditate. It takes ALOT to get use to but to have a completely empty mind for even 15 minutes is a huge help. Just be in a very quiet comfortable place and keep repeating one word over and over. Any word, open, peace, calm whatever word you choose. If you start drifted into other thoughts refocus and start again.
Also get some books on mindfulness. Jon Kabat-Zinn has some very good ones. Replace negative thoughts with positive every time you have one. When you feel out of breath or like your heart is beating funny just think "but I am alive, breathing, awake, young and strong" My mom used to say if you can talk you can breathe just fine and if you can sit and panic about having a heart attack its not a heart attack. Mainly because you wouldnt be in a state that would allow you to panic, you would be in severe pain etc.

[yourhead]

thanks man...but how do i retrain my mind??

[Alisonj29]

I have a huge fear of death. My dad died when I was 14 and it affected me badly. However at 17, the chances of you having heart issues or anything life threatening are very slim. You are dealing with anxiety. Its horrible that the mind can control our mind and bodies so strongly. Have you talked to a doctor at all? Do you talk to anyone about how you are feeling at all? It can be a complicated thing to deal with. You need to retrain your mind with positive thoughts. Hang in there, you are not alone, you are not going to die anytime soon. You have a long life ahead of you. If you ever need to chat let me know. You are going to be ok hun

[yourhead]

hey...thanks for the reply... i still feel this right now .... i mean im going to sleep and its scary!!!! what about you? how to get over this... ive had this onece and it went away ... so hopefully this does too.. what you think does happen!!! what i mean is symptoms. like i thought your sole wii come out your forehead and i actually felt it but thst was 2 years ago....

[Nelly34e]

I also fear death.  Maybe not in the same way that you do, but ever since I had my daughter (who is now 4 years old-I am 25) I have feared death.  I feel like I am getting old and life is passing me by.  I constantly think about death, which causes me anxiety.  I get terrible chest pains all day every day.  I feel dizzy at times and I constantly think that I am going to have a heart attack or stroke.  Death is scary and I don't get how more people don't think about it all the time.  The most scariest thing about death is the unknown.  Am I going to die at 40, at 60, at 80.  Am I going to die in pain?  Thats what makes it so scary.

I feel you and can understand what you are going through.  I have no answers because I am dealing with my own things and feel pain every day from them.  But reading what people have to say on here brings me a little bit of comfort in knowing that we may feel these things, but we are still alive.  We have all been talking about these issues that have been going on for months and years, and were still here, yet its so hard to realize that we are all ok and maybe that mentally something is wrong.