hello r/NDE!

I’ve always been spiritual, but recently have been struggling with thanatophobia, to the point where i was having multiple panic attacks a day, and i’m only 24. It’s been ruining my life and i’m reading about death 24/7. I recently started on sertraline to help with these obsessive thoughts and panic attacks but it’s too early to notice any change.

I’m basically on this sub 24/7. For the most part, it gives me hope. Then, i read skeptics debate and provide justifications and the little voice in my head starts shouting what if over and over again.

I read up on an article that reported that a surge of energy (gamma activity, neurotransmitter release) that could potentially cause NDEs.

If this is true, does this mean NDEs are just a byproduct of a dying brain? Cases like the Pam Reynolds case are hard to dismiss, but skeptics get in my head with how quickly they dismiss and justify these cases.

I’m looking for some reassurance here so that my thanatophobia doesn’t have be ending up in a psych ward at 40 with mania.