Fear Of Death

[Siphorous]

I don't fear death. When I was a little girl I wanted to be a vampire though I fear being trapped in a body that doesn't work but a mind that does. That, I would hate. Shoot me if I am paralyzed please.

This.

I don't fear death itself but I fear suffering and pain and being in a body that might not work. Even worse if the mind also begins to fail too...

 

[Dana]

i used to get into those zones... I try not to think about too much anymore and focus on living.

 

[HK]

Surely agnosticism is the very definition of 'I'm not sure' rather than an actual belief

I don't link my personal agnosticism to any hope of life after death unfortunately. Although I'm open to the idea that there's a higher being out there somewhere, I don't believe it has a personal effect on our lives in the same way organised religion believes, so it's hard for me to think anything out there has a provision for us after we die.

 

[Azazel]

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[Abcinthia]

I don't care about dying. I mean everyone and everything eventually dies. I care about how I'm going to die. I want to die in my sleep.

I don't think most people know just how neurotic I am about it. Sometimes I can't sleep because I'm convinced my house is just going to collapse and I'm going to die. Sometimes when I hear a plane/helicopter, I'm convinced that it's on a death spiral and will land on me. If I'm on a train, I am convinced it will crash and I'll die slowly and painfully. If I'm on a boat, I'm convinced I'm going to fall overboard and drown. That I'm going to get some unknown disease and slowly and painfully die. That I'll die in childbirth. That I'll die on the bus. That some maniac will stab me to death as I walk home. That a dog will maul me... And so on and so on - I've thought of a million different scenarios. I realise I'm being SOOOO stupid so I don't really tell anyone.

The worst one is lifts/elevators. I have a phobia so I fucking know I'm going to die - either from the lift getting stuck and no one saving me so I slowly starve to death or the lift is going to crash down and I will die painfully in fire.

 

[BornReady]

I have already experienced not existing for an eternity so death won't be anything new.

If I thought I was going to die soon then I would be afraid. But not for myself. The thought that I wouldn't be there for my children is unbearable. So I avoid thinking about it.

 

[JoeCool10]

I am absolutely and ludicrously terrified of dying. When I drive, I always think of the worst possible deaths, so I'm extremely careful and sometimes drive like my grandma. I stay away from semis, bridges, drawbridges, narrow roads, etc. I also worry about not being around to see my son grow up. That terrifies me even more. And then I think about if my son ever died, and how I couldn't live if my son died. And then that scares me cause what happens if my son goes and then I go because of a broken heart and then my mom or dad go. I get so worked up that I stay away of most things that can kill me.

 

[Xeno]

I couldn't sleep one night last week because I was lying in bed, freaking out about the idea of dying one day.

Am I the only person who ever gets serious dread? I find it very difficult to reconcile with the idea that I could not exist, so the concept of death is terrifying.

Do people really get to a point where they're at peace with it? It seems like once you get very very old you're supposedly glad of the idea of some peace but I can't imagine being so bad off that not existing was a better option. But then, I've had a very uneventful life (and was the world's least suicidal teenager obviously haha).

I suppose it is different for everyone overall. Some people come to accept it as a part of life or sometimes believe that their is something that lays ahead for them in the afterlife. I know there are others whom ignore it and simply enjoy each day as if it was their last. The idea of living life blindly because thinking of death only seems to waste the days away for a few. For me it is different though. I guess in an odd way I was always waiting to die. No. I am not wanting to die in that aspect of suicide or even homicide. I am just waiting for that same presence that took my loved ones to face me one day and tell me it is time. In my opinion, after going through something tragic, you dwell more on why you are still alive. Why was it not your time? Why everything was taken away except you? I do not know what people do to fill that void of thinking about death, but I do know what I do to "fill" my own void while waiting for death. I simply enjoy the little things in life and offer my hand to help others whom are in need of help at times. I do something that means nothing to many and so little to the few. Why? I suppose I always loved the idea of going against the flow of the way things work in this world. After awhile you forget about death because you are then living life and death just has to take a number in a sense. That is just me though.
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[Guyzerr]

you should try hitting my age:24:

Or mine !

Death itself doesn't cause me to lose any sleep but I do thing about the process. I don't want it to drag on. Going to sleep one night and never waking up would be a good first option.

 

[Peter Parka]

Expanding on my point though, do you think there would be nearly as many religious people if there wasn't that carrot on a stick, the afterlife? What would be the point of doing what you think god wants if you're just going to end up in the same place as people who dont believe or give a shit? Just a man made invention to control people, I'm afraid.

 

[StripedCat]

I don't fear Death. But I fear the procedure of dying.

Apart from that, I conform to hart and Guyzerr.
Hopefully I just sleep away one night and that's it.

At present I can notice it at my grandma who really IS trapped within her own body. Mentally she is really alert and everything, but she can move only slowly and every movement needs much time and is very exhausting. *sigh* Last time I've visited her she moaned about "not being able to do the things I want to do. I remember all the things I once did but my body doesn't let me do it anymore". Horrible... :-(


@PurpleDove: THIS is the REAL Death.
(Sorry, I HAD to show this pic because I LOVE the Sandman comics of Neil Gaiman where this "Death" on the pic posted by you comes from)

Cutie cute cute, isn't she? <3

 

[lauryn tom]

Well i think everyone is afraid to die. I think death is not actually the most fearful part, but rather the manner of death. Will you die in an accident, in your sleep, gun shot, lethal injection, old age or electric chair?

 

[StripedCat]

electric chair?

Not me. I Live in Europe.

 

[Donnajoe]

I firmly believe that you die whenever your time comes. I guess that is a very loose and simplistic answer, but I just want to enjoy life for however long I am going to live, and when I die... then I'm sure at least some people will miss me and mourn for me. And when I do die, I'll go onto the next life for eternity.

 

[Peter Parka]

I firmly believe that you die whenever your time comes.

What about little children who were tortured to death by paedophiles? Jews in concentration camps in Nazi Germany? Was that just simply their time being up?

 

[chaoticserenity]

I couldn't sleep one night last week because I was lying in bed, freaking out about the idea of dying one day.

Am I the only person who ever gets serious dread? I find it very difficult to reconcile with the idea that I could not exist, so the concept of death is terrifying.

Do people really get to a point where they're at peace with it? It seems like once you get very very old you're supposedly glad of the idea of some peace but I can't imagine being so bad off that not existing was a better option. But then, I've had a very uneventful life (and was the world's least suicidal teenager obviously haha).

Oh WOW....I thought I was the only one! I actually start getting short of breath and panicking just thinking of it....and this is only recently that I have started to....I don't WANT to not be here, I want to live and keep seeing things and doing things.....

 

[Panacea]

I don't fear death really, but I do fear my life getting really good around the time I get terminally ill or something and being pissed off lol. I do fear the death of significant others, though...to me it seems much harder to handle.

 

[BadBoy@TheWheel]

I think people have it backwards, we're not living, we're actually dying a little each day. I'm not being negative, I am being quite factual. The day they bury is simply the period after your body realized it had no more dying left to do..

 

[Morticia]

I read on the news yesterday that the world oldest person had died .... aged 114.
Personally I wouldn't want to live that long.

Now accidents aside ... at the age I am ... I probably have 20 years left at most before the Grim Reaper comes and carts me off.
Do I worry?
No.
I've enjoyed myself so far on the whole and death is sort of non-negogiable.
I find the idea of worrying about dying just spoils what you've got now.

 

[Morticia]

I think people have it backwards, we're not living, we're actually dying a little each day. I'm not being negative, I am being quite factual. The day they bury is simply the period after your body realized it had no more dying left to do..

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