Thinking about death makes me panic

It's something nobody knows, so I think it's natural to be afraid.
By the way, who brought you into this world?
It's my father and mother, right?
So who led my father and mother?
It's my grandfather and grandmother, right?
So who led my grandfather and grandmother?
It's my great-grandfather and great-grandmother, right?
Well then my great-grandfather and great-grandmother...
In other words, you were born into this world under the guidance of many of your ancestors.
This is true even after you die.
I'm not lonely when I die, I'm not painful, and I'm not sad.
That's because many of your ancestors will guide you even after you die.
This is because even after death, they will teach and watch over you, “be born here,” and “live like this here.”
So don't worry.
When you're in a panic, put your hands together in front of the Buddhist altar and ask your ancestors, “Please guide me in case of emergency” and “please stay by my side in case of emergency.” If you don't have a Buddhist altar, close your eyes and put your hands together while imagining your ancestors.

I read your question.

Everyone is afraid of things they can't see, things they don't know, things they can't imagine.
That's because it's like walking blindfolded without any help.

Now, I think there are various ideas about how to think about death and how to understand it, but it seems that the Buddha's thoughts have also been studied a bit, and I think I've received advice from various other people, so I'm going to talk about it from a slightly different perspective.

It means “having room to accept people's opinions.”
Not limited to “death,” people worry about various things. If you can get out of that trouble on your own, there's nothing better than that, but when you can't get out on your own by any means, it becomes necessary to get help from others.
There is a possibility that you will receive help in many forms, such as physical help, advice, etc.

But no matter what kind of help you have, it won't help if you don't have the feeling to accept it.
Even if it's physical help, “do something unnecessary!” If you think so, it's probably nothing but a nuisance to me.
Even if you get advice, if you say “I can't believe it, what you said is different, my point of view is more correct,” then receiving any kind of advice won't help you.

Of course, this doesn't mean that you should accept someone's help unconditionally. However, if you don't accept something and change your actions and thoughts, that problem will not be solved forever. This is because they can't solve their problems on their own, so they ask for help from others.

If you apply it to Mr. Yoshino's case this time, if you stick to the stance of never bending your own thoughts that “you don't know what the reality is,” no matter what advice or thoughts you hear, it would be impossible to get out of your current suffering and fear no matter what advice you hear from whom.
Aside from your own thoughts, please be flexible in your thoughts so that you first accept other people's advice in your heart and then think in various ways from there.
If you do that, different ideas will be born than before, and you will be able to see a different landscape.

Even in Buddhism, it is explained that you should be careful about unfounded arrogance that “only you are right.”

Please use it as a reference even a little bit.

It's a natural feeling to be afraid of dying and to panic when you think about it. I'm scared too, Yoshino is scared, and the people around me are afraid. So, there's no need to worry about what you think is scary.

The same goes for not wanting to die. I don't want to die either, Yoshino doesn't want to die, and the people around me don't want to die either. Do people commit suicide (commit suicide)? You might think that, but since it's hard to live, I think most people don't want to die if possible.

Why don't you want to die? It's “because I want to stay alive.” I'm sure your friends have already told you, but please value “I want to be alive” even more. It's a lifetime even if you make every day fulfilling, a lifetime even if you complain wow, a lifetime even if you cry, and a lifetime even if you laugh. The Buddha said that if you had time to think about the world after death, you should work hard at ascetic practices now. I think so too.

While thinking I'm afraid of dying, then what should I do about myself? Why don't you move on to the next step?