What that called is Thanatophobia. I have had this for quite a long time. The earliest I remember was when I was about 7-8 years old. I am 25 now. I have not o

What that called is Thanatophobia. I have had this for quite a long time. The earliest I remember was when I was about 7-8 years old. I am 25 now. I have not overcome it really. It just goes and comes with periods - makes it incredibly hard to sleep when it does. The periods are worst when I am stressed but they seem to get a bit better as I get older (ironically I suppose). A thing that helped greatly is talking about it with my wife and going to sleep together, it relaxes me enough to fall asleep relatively easy.. I am not sure what would work permanently as I tried various things over the past 17 years but nothing made it go away entirely. If you want to talk more in detail about it, you can sent me an email (it is in my profile). Good luck with it!