What happens after death, this question comes to the mind of most people. Death is such a subject that one gets goosebumps just thinking about it. Everyone celebrates birth but mourns death. Most people ask astrologers when and how they will die and how they can avoid death but can death be avoided? If birth gives happiness then why does death scare? Is death really scary? Some people are so scared of dying that they have to be treated?
Many people suffer from thanatophobia
People who worry excessively about dying or are afraid of losing their loved ones to death suffer from death anxiety. In 1915 ‘Thoughts of that time on war and death’ author of the book of the same name Sigmund Freud named death anxiety as thanatophobia. He believed that death is a person’s subconscious belief. Life is like a short story that begins with birth and ends with death. Death is an essential part of the life cycle.
Death anxiety is a mental disorder
Some studies say that thoughts like how will we die, what happens after that, what will happen to our children after our death, will we go to hell after death, will the messengers of death take us away tormenting us, what will happen to our husband or wife after our death, these thoughts make a person a victim of death anxiety. This is a kind of mental disorder.
Like birth, death should also be accepted. (Image-Canva)
20.3% people are afraid of death
Some research has proved that people who suffer from death anxiety are bothered by everything related to death. They cannot even see someone’s death. In 2017 Chapman University conducted a survey in which 20.3% people said that they are afraid of death. Out of these, 18.3% people are afraid of being murdered by an unknown person.
A past event can be scary
Life coach and psychotherapist Dr. Binda Singh She says that some people escape the clutches of death, whether it is due to a road accident or illness. When such people see death closely, they start fearing it. On the other hand, if someone has lost their loved ones, their death also has a deep impact on the mind. Such people are unable to recover from their death.
The stories heard around me are disturbing
Many stories related to death are told in our society. For example, when a person is dying, he starts seeing a white light. Some stories associate death with good and bad deeds. Some describe death as painful but these stories have such a deep impact on the minds of some people that they start fearing death. In such a situation, the counselor explains to them that stories are only stories. How can a person know what happens after death? All these stories are myths.
Death anxiety can be cured only through counseling (Image-Canva)
Death activity is done
Dr. Binda Singh She says that people who are saddened by someone’s death or are victims of death anxiety are treated with Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). In this, they are talked to and asked the reason for fear, it is understood from where such thoughts come to their mind. After asking some questions, they are made to do some death-related activities like writing preferences, visiting hospitals, showing death scenes from films, making them write imaginary stories about how their children and partners are living their lives after their death, they are asked how happily they want to die, what things they want to do before dying. By doing this, the fear of death can easily go away from their mind.
The mind is made stronger through counseling
Some people are so attached to material things that they start fearing death. Like some people are very attached to their money, land, jewellery and their relationships. The reality is that no one can take all these things with them. The happiness of these material things can be enjoyed only while being alive. To explain this, some people are given death counselling. They are told that all this is an illusion. Often this kind of death counselling is given after the age of 70 because at that time some people start fearing death a lot. They are mentally prepared that death is like birth. When you were not born thinking, then why do you think much about death.
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first published : September 25, 2024, 9:37 pm IST
