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Thanatophobia is the fear of death. The word is originated from the Greek thanatos, meaning "death", and phobos, meaning "fear". It is normal for people to be afraid of death, since everyone will die eventually, but people suffering from thanatophobia are extremely afraid of death and may have excessive thoughts about death. They may become overwhelmingly scared when encountering a trivial accident or catching a typically non-fatal illness. Sufferers may also constantly fear being murdered. Traumatic experience in the past, like witnessing a tragic accident in which the victim died or narrowly escaping a deadly situation, is a common cause of thanatophobia.

Thanatophobes may wonder tremendously about the afterlife. According to religious beliefs, the afterlife may depend on the qualities of the person's life. Thanatophobic people may fear consequences in the afterlife due to potentially negative things they have done in the past. This may lead to stygiophobia.

Thanatophobia affects more women than men. The age group most commonly affected by thanatophobia is ages 40–59. Despite their young age, many young children have been known to suffer from thanatophobia due to their lack of knowledge about death, but they are quickly treated when they are taught about death.

Triggering thanatophobia induces a panic attack, causing symptoms such as trembling, numbness, rapid heartrate, sweating, breathlessness, and dry mouth. Thanatophobia can be treated using cognitive-behavior therapy, which is used to heal phobias step-by-step, talk therapy, which treats phobias by exchanging rational thoughts about them, support groups, where people gather and share their experiences with phobias, and relaxation techniques, used to relax the thanatophobe and get them to face their fear calmly. For severe thanatophobes, medication can be provided. While it doesn't cure the phobia, it suppresses symptoms for a short period of time.

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-'''Thanatophobia''' is the fear of {{wp|death}}. The word is originated from the Greek ''thanatos'', meaning "death", and ''phobos'', meaning "fear". It is normal for people to be afraid of death, since everybody will die eventually, but people suffering from thanatophobia may be excessively afraid and have excessive thoughts about death. They may overwhelmingly get scared when encountering a trivial accident or when getting sick. Sufferers may be afraid that someone may attack them as well. Traumatic experience in the past is the common cause of thanatophobia, like witnessing a tragic accident in which the victim died, or narrowly escaping a deadly situation like an accident.
+'''[https://wiki-phobia.com/thanatophobia-the-fear-of-death/ Thanatophobia]''' is the fear of {{wp|death}}. The word is originated from the Greek ''thanatos'', meaning "death", and ''phobos'', meaning "fear". It is normal for people to be afraid of death, since everyone will die eventually, but people suffering from thanatophobia are extremely afraid of death and may have excessive thoughts about death. They may become overwhelmingly scared when encountering a trivial accident or catching a typically non-fatal illness. Sufferers may also constantly fear being murdered. Traumatic experience in the past, like witnessing a tragic accident in which the victim died or narrowly escaping a deadly situation, is a common cause of thanatophobia.
+Thanatophobes may wonder tremendously about the {{wp|afterlife}}. According to religious beliefs, the afterlife may depend on the qualities of the person's life. Thanatophobic people may fear consequences in the afterlife due to potentially negative things they have done in the past. This may lead to [[stygiophobia]].
+Thanatophobia affects more women than men. The age group most commonly affected by thanatophobia is ages 40–59. Despite their young age, many young children have been known to suffer from thanatophobia due to their lack of knowledge about death, but they are quickly treated when they are taught about death.
+Triggering thanatophobia induces a panic attack, causing symptoms such as trembling, numbness, rapid heartrate, sweating, breathlessness, and dry mouth. Thanatophobia can be treated using {{wp|cognitive-behavior therapy}}, which is used to heal phobias step-by-step, {{wp|talk therapy}}, which treats phobias by exchanging rational thoughts about them, {{wp|support group}}s, where people gather and share their experiences with phobias, and {{wp|relaxation techniques}}, used to relax the thanatophobe and get them to face their fear calmly. For severe thanatophobes, medication can be provided. While it doesn't cure the phobia, it suppresses symptoms for a short period of time.
+==Related==
-Thanatophobics may wonder tremendously about their {{wp|afterlife}}. According to religious beliefs, the afterlife may depend on the qualities of the person's life. Thanatophobic sufferers may feel afraid of the consequences in the afterlife due to potentially negative things he/she had done in the past.
+*[[Necrophobia]] (the fear of dead things or of things associated with death)
+*[[Gerascophobia]] (the fear of aging and the associated destruction of health)
+*[[Athazagoraphobia]] (the fear of being forgotten and oblivious)
+*[[Stygiophobia]] (the fear of Hell)
+*[[Foniasophobia]] (the fear of murderers and serial killers)
+== External links ==
-Thanatophobia affects more women than men, since women tend to be more afraid of dying than men. Elderly people is surprisingly not the most common age groups of having a thanatophobia, but middle-aged groups (ages 40–59). Despite their very young age and lives had just begun, many young children suffered thanatophobia, because they lack any knowledge about death, but they are quickly treated by giving them knowledge about death, especially when people typically die.
+* {{wp|Survivalism}} on Wikipedia
-Symptoms of thanatophobia include trembling, numbness, rapid heartrate, sweating, breathlessness, and dry mouth. Thanatophobia can be treated using {{wp|cognitive-behavior therapy}}, which is used to heal phobia step by step, {{wp|talk therapy}}, which is used to treat phobia by exchanging rational thoughts about it, {{wp|support group}}s, where people gather and share their experience together, {{wp|relaxation techniques}}, used to relax and try to face their fear calmly. For severe sufferers, medications can be provided, but it doesn't cure phobia, but it suppresses symptoms for a short period of time.
-==See also==
-*[[Necrophobia]] – fear of dead things or of things associated with death
 [[Category:Phobias]]
+[[Category:Death phobias]]
+[[Category:Common phobias]]