Are You Afraid Of Death?

Recently I've had a crippling fear of death. I don't know why I started having this fear, but I just started having it out of the blue. Maybe I've been overwhelmed about life because in school we talk about the future so much. It doesn't make me lose sleep, but it makes me teary eyed and hold onto my loved ones even more. My mom is older and has had heart failure and had to have her gull bladder removed and even then I didn't think about it. I'm just scared of growing older and losing people especially my boyfriend or things like that. I believe in heaven and I meditate whenever these things flare up, but it's not something I can stop. If you have this fear, how do you get over it?

I'll definitely get a therapist when I can.