Thanatophobia is a form of anxiety disorder that involves an intense fear of death. Some people may call it “death anxiety.” It can lead to overwhelming feelings of anxiety about a person’s death or ...

Emily Laurence is a journalist, freelance writer and certified health coach living in Raleigh, North Carolina. She specializes in writing about mental health, healthy aging and overall wellness. For ...

Fear of death is normal to an extent, but it doesn’t have to dominate your life. Worrying about death is something I struggled with when my father was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. It was even ...

Death is something that we all, sooner or later, have to face. But how do we respond to it? Why are some of us more afraid than others? And what is it, exactly, that scares us about death? We offer an ...

Thanatophobia is a form of anxiety characterised by a fear of one’s own death or the process of dying. It is commonly referred to as death anxiety. Death anxiety is not defined as a distinct disorder, ...

A recent bout of influenza pneumonia had me in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) for a brief five-day period. Since it was a respiratory ICU, all patients obviously had severe breathing problems. When it ...

Although the fear of death is normal, when it becomes an extreme feeling that interferes with a person's daily activities, keeps them awake at night or even stops them from leaving home, it's time to ...