Having problems with thoughts

[Anonymous746382]

I routinely have thoughts of growing older which spiral into panics of me dying of old age. Like I will sleep and open my eyes and I am 80 on my deathbed. I am only 23 at the time of writing this for reference. I just want to shed these thoughts and spend time with my son (3 yo) and my wife. I have so many people telling me that I am far too young to be having these thoughts and I agree, as I don't want to be worrying day in and day out about something 60+ years in the future. Has anyone felt like this and how did you cope? I am desperate for any help.

[Chase888]

I look at old age this way, it doesn't matter how gorgeous or successful a person is they have old age to come and I have read about people who were very active suddenly got stricken down with an illness.

Think of that song about the streets of London.

Anyway, just concentrate on now and you have a child who will grow and become more helpful to you if you take good care of him.

Hugs to you and family.

[hypercat54]

What makes you think at 80 you will be on your deathbed? You might still be very active and the life and soul and live to 100. 😁

[Hidden]

Hello I am seventy, now, Seventy One in August and to be honest now death does not bother me, we have time allocated on this world and when you start to worry about it at twenty six yes you may consider your departure from this Mortal Coil, Why ?????

Now I feel in many ways I have seen massive changes in my Life and have learned a great deal so now I am in need of a rest because of my Mental Health and Disabilities. I make errors every day and my memory is terrible I am loosing Core Strength with age also my Eyesight is becoming bad, although they are watching over me. I am loosing my interests and my Wife is preventing me from undertaking more challenging occupations because of age, so to be honest stop worrying, it is not really bothering me as long as I keep my Sight and I can see my picture books and remember places I have travelled to

At twenty six Yes I would worry although in my eyes it was a waste of time I have reached my three score years and ten, it was counterproductive to worry because when the taxi driver calls we need to pay out for the travel to the next world

Either Heaven or Hell, We all will follow those who went before so why worry. When you have Fulfilled the chores set for you sad or not we will meet family and friends who have gone before. Forget the worry, we have no choice when the Death Transporter arrives

BOB

[Jadebangle]

It sounds like you may be suffering from anxiety. Try to seek professional help before it gets any worse. Unchecked anxiety can lead to full blown depression. It did in my case. There is plenty of advice on how to cope with anxiety online. The NHS has a good website and there are others. With any luck you can wait until you're my age (79) before thinking about dying from old age.

[Sueha]

This happened to me a lot and I realised it was because my parents passed when I was a baby and I was getting closer to that age. I was diagnosed with health anxiety. What helped was identifying the differences between our circumstances and concentrating on what I can control to give me the best possible chance of remaining healthy. Eat well, exercise, stress less etc. It is hard and overwhelming but with time we can train our brain x