Coping with the death of someone you loved dearly is never an easy thing to do and for many it involves the love and support of family members and close friends. If it happens to you it is not uncommon to develop a fear of death after losing a loved one. Fear is a type of pain and the fear of death comes from the realisation of our own immortality.

Some of the most common symptoms of the fear of death include breathlessness, excessive sweating, shaking, dry mouth, nausea, heart palpitations, the inability to focus and think with a clear head, the fear of losing control of one's body and life, a feeling of being detached and in some cases, an extreme anxiety attack.

The fear of death, especially when death has hit so close to home is a very real and intense one for a great many people. There are many different ways to cope with this fear once it sets in.

In order to ease the anxiety and tension you feel, when the fear starts to close in on you and occupy your mind, sit down or lie down and take a deep breath. Take as many deep breaths as you need to. Concentrate on breathing in and out until you become aware of your breathing pattern and also this will help to stop your heart from racing.

Reach out to family members or friends whom you know will be willing to listen to you talk about your loss and your fears and allow them to comfort you as best they can. Do not be afraid to show others how you are feeling. Ask other people you love and trust who have lost someone they love how they coped with it. They might have something valuable to suggest to you that could help a great deal.

If you are religious then speak to your priest or someone in the local congregation who can help you understand death better and give you some insight into how to overcome your fear of your own death.

If you need to cry then do so and don't be embarrassed about it. Crying is a very natural response to the death of a loved one.  It is healthier to cry and let it out then to keep your feelings bottled up inside.

Speaking with a counsellor or joining a support group might be helpful so you can hear other people's stories and be assured that you are not alone in your fears. Some people look to hypnotherapy to help them overcome their fear of death. Hypnotherapy works on the subconscious part of the brain to help a person reprogram their fear.

Basically what happens is that the subconscious programs are "de-bugged" by undergoing hypnosis. This may help to minimise some of the fear you have developed about death. Hypnotherapy is a form of alternative medicine that is a safe method for alleviating fears about death as well as other types of fears and it generally works relatively fast.

To get the most out of life it is wise to heighten what is known as your Personal Death Awareness or PDA. While we all give thought to the death of others we are less inclined to think about our own eventual demise.

The PDA encourages up to live life to its fullest potential and to have no regrets and to live as courageously as possible. It also encourages us to make sure that we tell out loved ones that we love, cherish and appreciate them all of the time so that we will not have any guilt to live with after they are gone.

There are many ways to cope with the fear of your own death and here a few have been presented. Do what you must in order to feel better and remember that too much fear can often make it difficult to live life as richly as it was meant to be lived.

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