I started having panic attacks a few years ago, and although I don't experience them anymore (thanks to meditation and therapy), they left me with a lingering fear of death. The first few panic attack experiences I had, I didn't know what was happening. I just thought I was dying and it was the first time in my life I had ever seriously considered my own mortality. About a year and a half later, my grandmother, whom I was very close to, passed away. This only left me with more discomfort surrounding death. I now mostly try to avoid thinking too deeply or for long periods about death, but I have desired to learn more about how other cultures (I'm American) view death and the process of dying. I still intend to look into it, but reading this article and hearing for the first time about "death meditations" just blew my mind?? I rarely comment on anything online, especially not longwinded comments like this, but your article really just hit something deep within me. Thinking about my own death to become more comfortable with it? What a concept. I'm afraid to try it but I think it's exactly what I need. Thank you for sharing that with us today.
I started having panic attacks a few years ago, and although I don't experience them anymore (thanks to meditation and therapy), they left me with a lingering fear of death. The first few panic attack experiences I had, I didn't know what was happening. I just thought I was dying and it was the first time in my life I had ever seriously considered my own mortality. About a year and a half later, my grandmother, whom I was very close to, passed away. This only left me with more discomfort surrounding death. I now mostly try to avoid thinking too deeply or for long periods about death, but I have desired to learn more about how other cultures (I'm American) view death and the process of dying. I still intend to look into it, but reading this article and hearing for the first time about "death meditations" just blew my mind?? I rarely comment on anything online, especially not longwinded comments like this, but your article really just hit something deep within me. Thinking about my own death to become more comfortable with it? What a concept. I'm afraid to try it but I think it's exactly what I need. Thank you for sharing that with us today.