Sorry for the late response.

Good on your therapist. I dealt with debilitating anxiety for some time and outlets like controlled breathing and meditation were extremely helpful.

I find that critical analysis as a pathway to understanding is such a great tool for handling fear or anxiety. In the same way that understanding something magical often reduces that sense of awe, understanding something eerie [mortality] often reduces that sense of anxiety or fear.

I agree that it is completely natural to fear mortality. And I’m sorry you’ve been dealing with such deep fear. Sisyphus 55 on YouTube has some great content on suffering, death, meaning, et cetera, that I personally have benefited from. Do you feel like you’re able to think about death frequently without being crippled?

What a beautiful outlook. For what it’s worth, I think you’re right. I think of how after death, the atoms that made up our bodies continue on. So, in a way, we also continue on.

I think it depends on the source of the fear. There is the fear of losing those things or people you value through your death, yes. But there is also the fear of death itself—what comes after life, if anything.