Necrophobia

Necrophobia, is also known as Fear of Death and Fear of Dead Things.  It is a surprisingly common phobia.  If you have this phobia, you can suffer from panic attacks, and it may cause you to isolate yourself from your family and friends.  Symptoms include:  shortness of breath, rapid breathing, irregular heartbeat, sweating, nausea and an overall feeling of dread.  

Your fear of dead things is created by your subconscious mind, and it is a defense mechanism that makes you avoid certain situations.  Probably, sometime in your past, you experienced a moment when a death or seeing a dead thing caused you lots of emotional trauma.  In other words, you probably had the stuffing scared out of you by some real-life brush with death or something dead!  This may not always be the case, though, as some people experience this phobia after seeing something really grisly on TV or in a movie.  

You may suffer from this phobia all the time, or you may only suffer if something triggers your fear, like a close call with a dead animal or the funeral of a loved one or friend.  In any case, if this fear is getting in the way of your daily life, please seek professional help and/or counseling.