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cheerlover25
cheerlover25

For some reason, I have been terrified about growing old and dying lately. It all started a few nights ago, when I had an awful panic attack. I was laying in bed thinking about how my grandma used to tell me, "Every time I look at you, my heart breaks since I will never be young and fresh ever again." This made me so anxious about how when I am old, I'll be looking back on right now, as a healthy and young 16 year old girl, who has much to experience. Then I started to think about death. I started thinking about how I don't know a lot about what happens after death, other than Heaven. However, my mind wandered and I started thinking about reincarnation, and how my mom may be the mom of other children if she gets reincarnated. This made me so so sad and instigated my panic attack. Now I can't stop thinking about these things and I feel so afraid and anxious. Please comment your thoughts.

Sazx
Sazx
Actually I get worried about death but I try not to. I think I'm worried more about the growing up process and if I will ever be normal and be able to do normal things like having babies etc. I haven't really had panic attacks but I get scary dreams especially when I'm stressed by things like exams.
ChirstyAnn
ChirstyAnn
It's so easy to get scared for death. I used to have frequent anxiety over it but has mostly past now. Truth is , we will all die and no one really knows what will happen. Some believe things and others don't. I choose to just accept I'm not sure but that it's important to make the most of your life and be the nicest possible person you can. If your worried your going to be old and looking back wishing you were young again, truth is - quite possibly will. But even at this age, people quite often look back to when they were kids and wish they were back then. And in your 30s you look back and wish you were in your 20s. It's natural to miss times but it's also important to remember to enjoy the moment and don't let the worry stop you from making the most of your life right now. Maybe we will all be young again one day. Who knows. Everything is always fine in the end.
Hope_for_All
Hope_for_All
I thought like this a lot for a very long time. Through therapy, I've been able to flag these thoughts as intrusive and irrational. It's not easy but it's worth it. My worries would be focused on one issue and as soon as I dealt with that one, a new one would pop up and the cycle would restart. That's when I realized I needed to seek help outside of my head. This forum is great ❤️
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