Does 2012 scare anyone else?

I'm not usually one to fall into these stupid prophecy hypes. In the past year Japan was hit by an earthquake and tsunami, we had a blizzard in the winter, the south and Midwest were destroyed by tornadoes, we have had flooding, and now there have been solar flares, and volcanoes erupting. It's been erie, and I'm beginning to think maybe all this isn't just some hype. I'm becoming very depressed. I'm almost to the point were I can't stop crying. I know it seems ridiculous, but I just want to die from old age or disease. I want the same for my son. I don't want to die in terror, clutching my toddler son and watch him die. I don't know how to cope with these feelings. I'm just so upset and full of so much anxiety.