I'm a hospice volunteer and I've been with dozens of people when they died but when my own time comes I'm terrified and I feel like a fraud for all the comfort I gave other people.
More people experience this than they realize.
Witnessing death as a helper creates a different relationship to mortality than facing it as the dying person.
“Where Are You with Palliative care and comfort medicine?”
If this sounds familiar, the Library can help you find the bigger picture.