Dear Stephen, I am a 65 year old woman and have a terrible fear of death. My sister and best friend both died in the same month this year and I can’t seem to overcome my grief. I lost 3 other people during the last couple years. I feel dread and fear about dying every day. How can I lose this fear? I’m so afraid of death I can’t live, suffering from panic disorder. Will everything be okay? Thank you so much for your help. Beatrice
Hi Beatrice,
Sorry for your loss. Your grief is certainly understandable.
If you could communicate with the loved ones you lost who are now on the other side, they would tell you that they are “alive” and well, and that there’s nothing to fear about death. In fact, they’re probably more concerned about you than you are about them.
Once you understand that “you” don’t die, only the physical body does, death becomes easier to accept. One way to be more comfortable with death is to read about accounts of what happens afterwards. Two authors who did an excellent job with this subject are Michael Newton and Stafford Betty.
Stafford Betty describes, in great detail, what he found about life after death of the physical body in his list of The Nifty Fifty.
Another way to overcome a fear of death is to experience it indirectly through past life regression. Once you return to a past life, then move forward through the death of that body, you’ll realize, first hand, that death is not final, but just a transition to a different state.
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