I think getting counseling when you need it is important

Having someone you trust to talk to about whatever it is you are dealing with can be very helpful but only if they share similar or a compatible belief system to you. 

My wife doesn't deal with Death very well like a lot of people. However, I have faced death at least 4 or 5 times since I was 50 where I had to face my own death from fall of 1998 until May of 1999 when doctors told me I was going to live after all.

So, making friends with death is one of the things that allows you to survive and to not die because the biggest cause of death is likely panic in people who have never been really sick before in their lives.

However, I have had the advantage of almost dying of whooping cough at 2 then almost dying of a concussion and seizures from ages 10 to 15 at night while I was asleep too. So, once you have faced your own death a few times by age 20 like I did you are sort of different after that. You aren't silly anymore like a child or else you would be dead already.

So, the seriousness and learning not to be afraid of death is really what allows you the level headedness to make good decisions so you don't die.

However, except for hip and knee replacements my wife hasn't had to face her own death much in her life and so worrying about me dying the last month or so is a lot for her.

However, I presently believe I will live a really long time which is what the angels tell me now every day.

However, getting through all this is a lot. So, counseling is helpful when you are trying to stay alive because a big part of staying alive is psychological and not physical at all.

 For this reason, counseling can be one of the things that actually give you the presence of mind to stay alive so your children don't have to have a funeral for you or your parents. You don't want that because your death could destroy many lives in their reactions to your death. 

For example, my own father's death at age 69 somewhat destroyed my life from my age of 37 when he died until around age 50 when I almost died too. Then I was finally able to just be grateful for Each moment I lad left here on earth.

IF you are trying to be young forever often this just kills people because they don't adapt enough to stay alive ongoing.

So unless you are very realistic often you are dead before you know it.

 So, getting some counseling often is the first step to actually staying alive through almost anything in your life.

And praying helps a lot especially if you believe in God or a Higher Power of some sort.

By God's Grace