Struggling with the fear of death

The Overwhelmed Brain

Paul Colaianni

Therapy, Emotions, Sad, Health, Mental Health, Personal, Abuse, Anxiety, Relationships, Health & Fitness, Psychological, Self-improvement, Mind, Stress, Emotional, Anger, Philosophy, Divorce, Psychology, Addiction, Happiness, Happy, Development, Thinking, Success, Education, Frustration, Sadness, Manipulation, Resistance, Brain, Depression, Overwhelm, Mental

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🗓️ 29 October 2023

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Some people have an existential dread surrounding death and dying. For some, death remains a profound mystery, while others hold steadfast beliefs about what lies beyond. Regardless of where you stand, if the fear of death consumes your thoughts, we need to talk about it. My hope is that this episode will offer you a fresh perspective on this inevitable aspect of life. Stick around until the end, where I'll pose some thought-provoking questions designed to help you navigate your anxieties about mortality.

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0:00.0	The Overwhelmed Brain is about navigating the difficulties of life while my other podcast
0:05.0	is about something even more challenging, navigating the difficult relationship.
0:10.6	If that's what you're dealing with right now, head over to loveandabuse.com.
0:14.6	Welcome to the Overwhelmed Brain, where you'll learn to make decisions that are right
0:18.4	for you so that you can create the life you want now.
0:21.8	Hey, this is Paul Coliani and I'm here to help you learn to deal with difficult people
0:26.5	and tackle life's challenges without compromising who you are.
0:30.7	The show consists of my personal opinions and is meant for informational purposes only
0:34.7	always seek a professional for your mental health and well-being.
0:38.3	I had a head scratcher a few weeks ago that had to do with a fear of death, fear of dying,
0:47.3	a fear of death, and especially when this person who we're talking about, a couple people
0:53.9	who were talking about it, saying when they go to sleep at night, they have anxiety
0:58.7	about death and that it's quite the bucket, it's a huge bucket to put a lot of thinking
1:06.0	into and it made me wonder how I would approach that and I've not had anybody ever come to
1:13.8	me and tell me that.
1:15.9	Made me wonder what I would do if I had this fear of death and I think in my past I did
1:21.6	in my past I had a fear of death and I thought it was debilitating, I didn't want to die
1:29.4	like flying on an airplane made me think of dying.
1:33.2	I don't want to die because if I fly and the plane goes down, I'll die.
1:38.4	That's my, that was my fear back then and I know I got that from my mom because she refuses
1:45.5	to fly and her choice, of course, even though now that I'm older and I have witnessed
1:54.2	a number of car accidents, I haven't been in a major one at all and I know that death
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