I've been having the worst possible dreams lately. Tense situations would lead up to an event, that if something happened, I would surly die. For instance, A glass object, somehow labeled as my life, would be held by a dark dressed man. I knew if this jar broke, I would die instantly. He would smile at me and drop the jar, and the instant before it hit the ground, I'd wake up, hart pounding, running out of my room, screaming "NO!" as loud as I can. For a moment, my mind seriously thinks I'm going to die any moment. I never know where I'm going, but I got to leave the room. After I realize it was a dream, and my dad comes to comfort me, I lay awake for the rest of the night. Not because I fear of dying, but because I fear that emotion. That strong, heart pounding emotion that rips me from any peaceful reality, and makes feel I only have just a few seconds to live.

To be honest, I really do fear death. I fear the concept of nothingness, eternal nothingness. And sometime when I get to thinking about it, how it is inevitable, a wave of sheer fear hits me so hard, that the rest of my day is spent trying to get it out of my mind. I know I have to face death, but I don't really know how.

But that's not the problem right now. I NEED these dreams to stop. I fear going to sleep at night. A day might pass, and I can't fully comprehend my feeling I had when I woke up, but I can remember me trembling, screaming, and the utter fear of sleeping that night. I've had them often, and I can't figure out why I can't remember it's just a dream when I'm having it. It scares me to know I might have this dream 100 times and each time, the fear never lessens. It's driving me crazy. What also troubles me more is if this is how I might really face death. With terror, regret, pain, agony, fear, and utterly powerless. If so, I fear that day more than anything.

I'm not asking anyone how to deal with death, but how to deal with these dreams. I can't go on like this.

Please help me.

(I'm 17. I don't know if age has anything to do with it)

ANY comments will be accepted and well appreciated. Thank you all very much.