I apologize if this is incorrectly tagged as I’ve never posted on reddit before. I’m 19 and I’ve been experiencing these short periods where I have this intense panic about death. I started noticing it about a year or 2 ago and it comes in short bursts, usually before I go to sleep. I feel like I can’t breathe, I start shaking and crying and the only thing I can think about is extreme distress at the idea of not existing someday. It’s like my brain suddenly comprehends what is going to happen to me and freaks out for few minutes before it becomes numb to idea again and I can calm down.
Recently I started getting this from external things too. I watched a reel with someone talking about turning 25 (not old at all I know :/ ) and my brain immediately started spiralling thinking about death. I can also never tell when my mind will start thinking about it and once it starts nothing can calm me down or stop it from happening until it goes away on its own. Is this some sort of panic or anxiety attack and is there anything I can do about it?