Is a fear of death keeping you awake at night? Death anxiety predicts insomnia through nightmare severity
Death Studies July 2, 2026 Rachel E. Menzies, Jessie Brown, Mitchell Turner et al.
The fear of death (death anxiety) is a risk factor for various mental health conditions. Death anxiety has been theorized to elicit physiological arousal and worry and is empirically associated with attachment insecurity, each of which has been linked to disrupted sleep. However, limited research has explored the relationship between death anxiety, nightmares and insomnia. We examined the...