How do I stop being afraid of death?
Since I was 8 years old I was always afraid of dying. It's not that I have some disease or anything but it just hit me one day that I'll be dead forever. It was really frequent, I rarely think of it now though I keep myself busy to avoid thinking about it. But I don't think anything causes it, and the second I start thinking about it I start to panic and almost yell. It's incredibly terrifying but as the seconds go by I start to calm. How the hell do I convince myself to stop being afraid?
I have tried religion although I'm and have always been an aethist. I tried saying that it won't matter I am just atoms after all. I tried searching on the Internet but no had the Same problem, please someone help ;/.