Dear one and all of TSR,
I was just wondering if anyone suffers from Thanatophobia, that is a fear of death. Increasingly, especially when I am overtired and trying to fall asleep, I find myself fearing my own death. It's the whole fear of the unknown and missing out on all those great things that may be invented in the future etc. I feel like I have so much left to do (obviously, unless something bad happens, at the age of almost 21 I still have the time to achieve a lot), and don't like to waste a day and so always try and make sure I've achieved something.
Its something I've been thinking for years, since about the age of 13 or so. I even started at 13 saving most of my money so I would be alright in case my parents died. When my nan died two years, I would have thought it would have bothered me a lot, but I justified it because she wanted to go as she was fed up at the age of 86 of not being able to walk much without difficult and she missed her husband.
People seem to really take this fear of death to extremes. I suppose mine is more because I am agnostic and really just don't know what to expect at death and I don't want to die yet. Maybe as I get older I will change. I was just wondering, what are other people's thoughts on this? Do you also feel this in various ways? Or is really just illogical seeing as we all will die someday? Thanks for your time.