I used to drive myself crazy with those thoughts. I've noticed that by drawing my attention from the abstract to my immediate surroundings,I could reduce the feeling of anxiety. It becomes more difficult to think about infinite nothingness when you are looking at a lamp, or a doorknob.I also pay attention to my breathing and heartbeat, it calms me to think that for as long as I can fear death, I will have a heartbeat to remind me that I am still alive. Finally, have you listened to loud dubstep recently? Try imagining yourself in a room with complete and true silence after the bass drops. I find it to be impossible. I think there's a parallel between this exercise and imagining death while you are... thinking. You can know that whatever "silence" you imagine during dubstep noises is certainly NOT true silence, and whatever "death" you imagine while conscious is certainly NOT true death. So, it could give you some comfort knowing that whatever it is you imagined that is giving you nausea is nothing like death: if it scares you, then you have nothing to worry about, because it cannot be death.
Is it normal to be afraid of death every night?
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I used to drive myself crazy with those thoughts. I've noticed that by drawing my attention from the abstract to my immediate surroundings,I could reduce the feeling of anxiety. It becomes more difficult to think about infinite nothingness when you are looking at a lamp, or a doorknob.I also pay attention to my breathing and heartbeat, it calms me to think that for as long as I can fear death, I will have a heartbeat to remind me that I am still alive. Finally, have you listened to loud dubstep recently? Try imagining yourself in a room with complete and true silence after the bass drops. I find it to be impossible. I think there's a parallel between this exercise and imagining death while you are... thinking. You can know that whatever "silence" you imagine during dubstep noises is certainly NOT true silence, and whatever "death" you imagine while conscious is certainly NOT true death. So, it could give you some comfort knowing that whatever it is you imagined that is giving you nausea is nothing like death: if it scares you, then you have nothing to worry about, because it cannot be death.
I hope this doesn't make things worse.