Like said before, I don't fear dying, but I do fear the way I might die. There are too many ways that freak me out to list.
Death. Your thoughts about it.
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I have a healthy fear of death, you know, enough to know I should do what I can to avoid it without it becoming the over-riding motivation of my every decision. As for what happens after death, I try not to think about it too much. It helps me to accept the losses of loved ones I've suffered to think that I'll be re-united with them, so that's what I tell myself, but reminding myself that when I die I'll "learn what happens for myself or I won't be around to care" keeps me from dwelling on it.
I want to believe in an afterlife, I really do......but it just doesn't seem likely to me.
Note: Do not argue with me on this because we likely see different things as evidence.
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It'll probably be exactly like passing out or getting knocked out.
Note: Do not argue with me on this because we likely see different things as evidence.
Slightly more OT:
It'll probably be exactly like passing out or getting knocked out.
I have this crazy thought that runs through my head sometimes when I think about death. I wonder if before I get old, science will figure out how to make us live forever, like that jellyfish that reverts to an embryo at the end of its life cycle. It's like I'm almost anxious that death from old age will die out, excuse the pun.
It's really weird, because you'd think that would be a somewhat good thing, but I dunno... the thought of a giant never-ending sleep is somewhat comforting in the midst of life's little annoyances.
It's really weird, because you'd think that would be a somewhat good thing, but I dunno... the thought of a giant never-ending sleep is somewhat comforting in the midst of life's little annoyances.
We will all one day die i have come to terms with this and, i belive i will go to heaven afterward therfore i do not fear death because i belive that something infinetly better will come afterward. BUT i fear the way i will die i don't want a slow painfull death or vegitate.
I think it's just a total loss of consciousness and that's it...then some big letters show up and form two words: GAME OVER!
I'll be brutally honest, you just made death so much more badass for me. That is exciting, well not death but what you described.Freeze_L said:
I believe that you just stop being. I don't think there is really anything after. Once you're dead, you're dead. I don't fear dying since I will be dead and probably not really care. I only fear the painful way in which I might die. The only other thing about death I fear is the loss of a loved one.
As for my experience with death I am a firefighter and deal with it on a regular basis. I have ran calls ranging from people who died of old age, illness, car accidents, and random accidents like being kicked in the chest by a horse. I have also dealt with suicides, self inflicted gunshots, people laying on railroad tracks and overdoses. It sucks sometimes, but it is part of the job and you have to try and distance yourself from it. If you run a call on someone and they die you can't dwell on the family's grief much (and trust me it is hard sometimes) because if you do it will slowly tear you apart inside. Then it will most likely lead to depression and then possibly your suicide. Worst way in that case is to fall into the whole "I could have done more" ideology of 'maybe if we just kept doing CPR for another minute or two'. That way of thinking takes you down hill fast.
As for my experience with death I am a firefighter and deal with it on a regular basis. I have ran calls ranging from people who died of old age, illness, car accidents, and random accidents like being kicked in the chest by a horse. I have also dealt with suicides, self inflicted gunshots, people laying on railroad tracks and overdoses. It sucks sometimes, but it is part of the job and you have to try and distance yourself from it. If you run a call on someone and they die you can't dwell on the family's grief much (and trust me it is hard sometimes) because if you do it will slowly tear you apart inside. Then it will most likely lead to depression and then possibly your suicide. Worst way in that case is to fall into the whole "I could have done more" ideology of 'maybe if we just kept doing CPR for another minute or two'. That way of thinking takes you down hill fast.
I'm not afraid of death, I'm just a little afraid of dying. And I hope there's nothing afterwards, or I'd be seriously pissed off. I guess I just sort of accept death. The alternative is living forever and I don't want that. If death is just ceasing to exist and be conscious of anything, then it's nothing for me to be afraid of. Besides there's no point - it's going to happen so I may as well like it.
In all seriousness, I wanna find the formula of immortality. The youth version if possible. I fear death, I fear that I may never exist again, and I fear that a mere 100 years (if your lucky/unlucky) is truly not enough to experience anything, and sadly I know I will die, and I know that I will cease to exist.
Everyone dies.
Thats the end of you
No heaven
No hell
The goal isnt to live forever
its to create something that will
Thats the end of you
No heaven
No hell
The goal isnt to live forever
its to create something that will
Death is the end of one journey and the beginning of another. However, 'end' is inappropriate since a circle has no beginning. It can therefore have no end.
I view death as an old friend I'll get to embrace once again.
Course, what's there to fear? When I die, I go unto my Mother (or Father, whatever metaphor appeals to you). When you stop fearing losing control and not knowing what is gonna happen, you start being more than a mere animal as man is.
I view death as an old friend I'll get to embrace once again.
Course, what's there to fear? When I die, I go unto my Mother (or Father, whatever metaphor appeals to you). When you stop fearing losing control and not knowing what is gonna happen, you start being more than a mere animal as man is.
Death is a inevitability. It will happen, you can't stop it. I have accepted that I will die, but not just yet. You decide how you die through your actions. It may not be a direct concequence but it will be a concequence hence my motto.
'Death is known, how is not.'
I belive their was somthing afterwards. I'm not religeos but their is somthing. A eternal bliss of pure happyness preferably. Or maybe it's the begining of a new journey. Science has taught us that nothing dissapears, it just changes.
'Death is known, how is not.'
I belive their was somthing afterwards. I'm not religeos but their is somthing. A eternal bliss of pure happyness preferably. Or maybe it's the begining of a new journey. Science has taught us that nothing dissapears, it just changes.
So many people in this thread are terrible liars. We all fear death, it's part of being alive, and why we spend so much time and effort on screwing each other (literally, not metaphorically) and spawning more of us so that when we inevitably die at least SOMETHING of us will continue existing. The idea that anyone is "ready for death" or anything similar is yet another delusion we create to prevent us losing our sanity (well, more of it).
Ah the amazing miracle of death one moment your walking around breathing talking next your an object.
sansamour14 said:
If mortals truly accepted their own mortality the world would be a fearfull insane place. Lets be honest EVERY person in the entire world lives their lives in the ignorant bliss that, because they are alive now: ergo they will be alive tomorrow. I live in his ignorant bubble, its the only way to truly live. I think we evolved it along with concious thought to avoid insanity.LemonMelon said:
i believe in a soul, a primal life force that makes us more than a load of fluid ans squishy organs. Theres the breath of life, the spark of humanity. I have no idea where that goes when we die but as an energy i dont think it is destroyed. I think guessing is presumptuous and more than likely will hilariously understate what it actually is. I reckon no ones got it right yet, its gonna be bigger and more amazing than we can possibly imagine.