Hi all. 

I’ve never been diagnosed with anxiety but I’m starting to suspect I have it. In the past six months or so I’ve been experiencing something really upsetting when I’m lying in bed trying to sleep, or when I wake up in the middle of the night and am still sort of dozing. It just hits me that I’m going to die someday and that time is passing and it FREAKS me out. I obviously know I’m going to die. But this intrusive thought feels incredibly scary because it’s REAL (aka, yes I will die someday), and it comes on out of nowhere. It’s terrifying. It used to only happen every couple of weeks but now it’s practically daily whenever I try and sleep, and it’s starting to bleed into my day and making me constantly think about death and time passing. 

Nothing specific brought this on. I’ve also only just turned 27 years old, so it’s not like I’m old or hit a milestone birthday. I have no idea how to manage this but I feel like I can’t go on like this. It’s making me miserable and scared and detracting from my joy. 

Has anyone else dealt with this sort of anxiety specifically? If so, how do you manage / overcome it? Does anyone have any advice for me?