How do I stop thinking about death?

Hello, thank you for reaching out for support. I would like to urge you to seek out help from a professional. Whether these are intrusive thoughts or not, please seek help. The national suicide hotline number in America is: 800-273-8255, they can assist you best and offer you the proper care and support. It can be difficult to cope with this feeling and it is important to remember that help is always accessible through this number. Intrusive thoughts about death are an indicator of suicidality and should be addressed as early as possible to ensure your safety. Please reach out and care for yourself.

When we are lonely and feeling hopeless, our mind often drifts away and starts seeing things in a negative way. This often happens as well when we are idle. Although distraction is just a bandaid to our problems, this also keeps us from thinking of these negative thoughts. But talking about it with someone who can understand us better is usually the best way for us to appreciate life better. If we need help with this, it is important for us to reach out to the authorities so that we can cope with our feelings better. Another way we can do to stop ourselves from thinking or feeling this way is to remind ourselves of our goals in life.

Accept it instead of resisting the thoughts. It isn't a lengthy topic. Problem is assumptions of "what if" which are linked with death. Its a natural limit, the only certainty of nature. By simply accepting it without resisting thoughts about it will bring deep understanding about impermanence of each and everything around a person. May it be humans, things, social status or anything that we accumulate. One will observe value of all these things and understand that it won't last no mater how bad or good it is. Once we have value system in place it helps big time in decision making and we start giving importance to things that we like or feel alive with.

I find it helpful to think about other things. In order to distract yourself from the negative thoughts of death with positive ones that make you think about life instead. Think about a positive experience you had, or one that you want to have. do activities that make you feel better, and that make you want to live. if you enjoy sports, do sports, if you like to paint, then paint. It can even be something like listening to music. If it makes you feel better, and it distracts you in a positive way. It also helps to speak about your feelings and thoughts, and this can help you figure out the source that is making you feel this way, and therefore you can deal with it, and get rid of it, or lessen the presence of the source, and therefore lessen the negative thoughts.

This seems like a no-brainer, but it’s the first step. You have to begin there and work your way up into the deeper practices. One way to accept death is to realize that you really can’t do anything about it. We’re all born alone and we will all die alone. One of the reasons you worry about death is because you’re scared of the unknown. Although many of us believe in spirituality or come from religious backgrounds, we still can’t be 100% sure what happens after we die. As far as losing your loved ones go, it’s almost the same thing. Whether you worry or not, you’re not going to predict when it happens and you can’t do anything to stop it. Letting go of resistance and surrendering to the idea that we’re all going to die is the only way to stop worrying about death.

Most people don’t like to think or talk about death. Even though it’s inevitable that every one of us will die, dread, anxiety, and fear still surrounds death — even the word alone. We try to avoid thinking about it. But in doing so, we actually affect our mental and physical health negatively more than we know. There’s even a term for it: death anxiety. This phrase defines the apprehension people experience when they become aware of death. “This idea,” says Lisa Iverach, PhD, senior research fellow at The University of Sydney, “is based on evidence that death is a significant feature across a range of anxiety-related disorders.” Death anxiety can be perfectly normal. The fear of the unknown and what happens afterward is a legitimate concern. But when it starts interfering with how you live your life, it becomes problematic. And for people who don’t find the right coping methods, it’s possible for all that anxiety to cause mental pain and stress.

(I'm not a psychologist). I think there're can be good sides to thinking about death (and that your thoughts of death is a present/a source of power in disguise): it makes you to remember the value your life and people in it. And not waste your lifetime. Maybe, there's an interesting activity you can distract yourself. Maybe you can write and optimistic plan, what you want to experience from life (traveling to Italy, learn to dance, improve your life, read interesting books) and/or what impact do you want to leave to next generations (make scientific discovery/improve life of your community/ etc)