Why am I so scared to die? I think about it so often at times. And I completely break down and sob for hours. I'm scared I'll end up in a black hole alone forever.

I'm sorry about the heavy distress you're in. Death is a heavy topic, and it may not be easy to accept. It sounds like you are afraid of what happens after you die. Everyone has different answers to that question. Some believe we go to heaven. Some believe we reincarnate into another life as another living being. Nobody truly knows, since nobody has died and came back to tell us what death is like. However, I think it is reasonable to believe that being dead is like how things were like before you were even born. Billions of years have passed before you were born, yet you don't remember a single thing about it. It is only now that you are aware of yourself and the environment because your experience of consciousness is created by your brain. When you finally die, you become unconscious like you were for millions of years, since your brain is no longer working. The quote from Mark Twain summarises my view nicely, who said: “I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.”

Sometimes it can be overwhelming to concentrate on things that we have no control over. Especially if a person is full of anxiety. The more anxiety there is, the more control it feels like a person needs. When something is completely out of our control, it can feel overwhelming. There is a great training material on 7Cups for anxiety. Having that outside perspective and learning more about it, will help release that need of feeling like a person needs to control it. Which interestingly enough, when they learn to control less, they end up having more control over their anxiety.

Dying is an extremely scary event in one's life. Everyone dies, but the fear of the unknown is evident in your fear. You do not know when you're going to die, how you're going to die, where you're going to die and so many other factors that we don't know. Death is very common fear and you are not alone! I personally am afraid of death since it is not something I can control. You will not end up in a black hole alone forever. I promise you that! It is all going to be okay, and it is normal to feel scared about death.