[Phil153]

I'd also add that there are a lot of things needed to keep a person healthy and vibrant. If you stopped eating food you'd start getting sick, and it's no different with your emotional and social needs. We're very much built to live highly active, socially saturated lifestyles in small groups, and if those needs aren't met then we can easily fall into a state of unhealthiness. We need adventure and meaning in life and without them we can tend to stagnate.

The other thing to realize Western society sterilizes a lot of the joys and sanities of life, especially if you're older, and it really is up to the individual to continue creating a meaningful and diverse life. I don't know you at all, and I may be wrong, but in most cases I think the problem may be more related to that than actual the fear of death.