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I'm not so sure how you distinguish overcoming the fear of death with simply being used to the idea of it being the end. I mean, I know I am much less disturbed by that idea than the religious who do not hold to it, but I don't know that I could say that it does not bother me at all. Eternal life bothers me too. But I know that I want to be alive tomorrow, and I can only assume that I will keep wanting that to be true. There seems to be some emotional contradiction, in which I am disturbed by both death and immortality. I would rather remain less than a century old forever, if you know what I mean.
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Believing in an afterlife solely so you won't be afraid of death doesn't make sense to me, but maybe that's just because I've never been afraid of death myself.
I don't want to die tomorrow, because I am young and my family would be heartbroken and there are things I want to do. I'm not afraid of dying tomorrow because I don't think I will, but even if it was likely I don't think I would be very afraid. I would just get out and do some exciting shit today. There would be great disappointment but, as far as my imagination goes, not fear.
Eternal life would bother me. Death being the end does not, at all, though I am not keen for it to come too soon.