Death

Fear of Death

Most of us go through life blissfully unaware that we and the people we love are mortal . The father that hoisted you far above his shoulders will be strong forever , the mother who kissed your cuts will always be around to kiss them and the best friend who always made you laugh will never run out of jokes . We have thrill-seekers who do everything they can to cheat death . That may be jumping out of a plane or driving a car too fast on a crowded street . Unfortunately that need

for thrill and ignoring mortality is incorrect . People die every day , every hour , every second and the older we get , the more aware of our own mortality we become . For me , watching my ill grandmother has caused me to worry about my parents dying unexpectedly . I find myself worrying about a car crash during my daily drive or a sudden stroke . I can directly attribute that fear to watching my grandmother 's own sliver of life left on this earth slowly dwindling . Some days I worry so much , even about my own demise that I wonder if I would be safer staying at home , yet I do not because I know I am being irrational . Writing about thanatophobia is important to me because I feel like it will give me a better understanding of the aspect of death that I fear the most

I felt my acute fear of death increasing with minor events , most of which...