I enjoy life and other people's company and I don't like the idea of just not being there, Nothing is the scariest concept of all to me, so I'm pretty scared of being it.
Why do you fear death?
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Think more like someone or something else when thinking about death:
Did the dog fear death before an Asian ate it?
Does a fly fear death before you swat it?
Will a virus feel the fear of death when it's host dies,
Is the fear of death just a abstract idea or does this fear drive us closer to our deaths?
Living for ever....
that means living with myself for ever, then no thank you.
But at the same time I fear death above all other things, even the pain of my death.
Even still, this does not stop me from doing things that kill or could potentially kill me.
I AM SO CONFUSED.
Did the dog fear death before an Asian ate it?
Does a fly fear death before you swat it?
Will a virus feel the fear of death when it's host dies,
Is the fear of death just a abstract idea or does this fear drive us closer to our deaths?
Living for ever....
that means living with myself for ever, then no thank you.
But at the same time I fear death above all other things, even the pain of my death.
Even still, this does not stop me from doing things that kill or could potentially kill me.
I AM SO CONFUSED.
The state of death does not frighten me. It just makes me sad: a unique life with hopes, wishes, dreams, visions and knowledge gone forever.
The actual dying frightens me a little. How will I die? Will it be painful?
What frightens me is the stuff going on in the heads of those close family members left alive, and the difficulties they might face.
Empathy can be such a ***** at times, even when it is indispensable for all societies.
The actual dying frightens me a little. How will I die? Will it be painful?
What frightens me is the stuff going on in the heads of those close family members left alive, and the difficulties they might face.
Empathy can be such a ***** at times, even when it is indispensable for all societies.
Basically this. Hopefully there won't be death, or at least an age retardant by the time I'm fourty. I'm such a dreamer...thahat said:
I have no religion, I know that i'll just rot in the ground when I die... So I fear and don't think about it.
Mostly just because it's the long arm of the great equalizer- time?
Ultimately the excessive, excessive minority can carve out their spot in human history. People like Alexander the Great made a name by conquering the known world. Nothing big to live up to, right? What if we expand it? What have we as humans done to carve our name into the universe? Basically nothing. Not only does simple probability stipulate that we're not alone in the universe (No, not getting into it) but it can really feel at times like we're going around in circles as a race.
But I digress. It's mostly the idea that things have to come to an end. It's not something we fully understand, and try though we may there's probably no full way to ever know what really happens, and what science suggests isn't terribly pretty. I for one don't like the idea that I'm going to rot in the ground, but that's the reality of it. I'll worry about it when I get there though.
Ultimately the excessive, excessive minority can carve out their spot in human history. People like Alexander the Great made a name by conquering the known world. Nothing big to live up to, right? What if we expand it? What have we as humans done to carve our name into the universe? Basically nothing. Not only does simple probability stipulate that we're not alone in the universe (No, not getting into it) but it can really feel at times like we're going around in circles as a race.
But I digress. It's mostly the idea that things have to come to an end. It's not something we fully understand, and try though we may there's probably no full way to ever know what really happens, and what science suggests isn't terribly pretty. I for one don't like the idea that I'm going to rot in the ground, but that's the reality of it. I'll worry about it when I get there though.
This pretty much sums my views up. I don't want my existence to end anytime soon, but that doesn't mean I'm going to worry about dying. If it happens, it happens. And I'll be dead, so what will I care?Fridge said:
Because once I'm dead, I'll cease to be aware. So I won't be all "Oh, why did I take for granted what I had when I was young?" (even though I won't say that at all, cos what I had when I was young was pure fecal matter)
Dead is dead. It's not boring, it's not painful, it's just dead. No big deal. I do feel sorry, however, for the crowds and CROWDS of people mourning my death, who's lives, with the absence of mine, are now purposeless.
That's gonna happen right? RIGHT?!
Dead is dead. It's not boring, it's not painful, it's just dead. No big deal. I do feel sorry, however, for the crowds and CROWDS of people mourning my death, who's lives, with the absence of mine, are now purposeless.
That's gonna happen right? RIGHT?!
Damn, that sounds like something that could be really tough to live with. Still, you seem to be dealing with it very well, so good on you, man.2fish said:To this day we are not sure what I had but the best guess is encephalitis, an inflamation of the brain. I have no memories from the illness and for years afterwards it is fuzzy. Age 8 through 16 have gaps or are fuzzy. Before the Age of 8 I have tiny bits of memories, but usually they randomly appear through some odd context.L1250 said:
After 16 there are still memory issues but just not as big and easier to figure out the missing details. Sorry I have no real memory of the even I have more of gut feelings and emotions. Since I got sick at age 8 it was early enough to make it hard to notice anything other than a huge difference in my behavior.
In the end I think it became a confidence booster as I gained a deal with it or get the fuck out of my way attitude. I have often wondered how I would be different today if I had not gotten sick, would I be able to turn my emotions off, and if so would I want to?
But on the bright side you get great stories, I had a seizure at a movie theater on my first day working there. I was the only one in the ticket box, there is only one key to the room and it is with the manager who is out to lunch. I had a seizure; I fall over hit the ground and have the convolutions. Everyone freaks out, the other new employee calls 911, managers go nuts trying to find the key and call the manager at lunch. I wake up in the corner surrounded by paramedics, 3 managers and roped off. While I am going through the routine with the paramedics I see that there is a fire truck and an ambulance outside (this is bad because all light after a seizure is like setting your eyes and brain on fire). Then this little old lady walks up to me and says, "Are you the ticket taker?" Everyone kinda stops for a second, the paramedics then keep going on with their job, but I look at my friend who is a manager. He quickly took her ticket and walked her to her film.
I never had to work tickets again.... odd huh? If you are epileptic the best stories are the ones you don?t remember.
The idea of just ending. The feeling of not feeling. The fact that no one knows what death is like; it truly is the one unknown. Do we truly know that all feeling stops? Or could there be a single spark of conciousness left, forever stuck in an endless hell.
I don't want an end to "me" and I don't want everything I have seen and lived in taken away from me. I want to see how society develops, I want to be a part of it. I want to live in this world and do things and meet lots of people. I don't want to become nothing, experience nothing and feel nothing for the rest of time. I just can't imagine anything worse than that.
And if heaven is there, i'm frightened of going to hell.
And if heaven is there, i'm frightened of going to hell.
That's understandable, and an interesting concept, but I still don't know why we should fear it. There is as much scientific evidence pointing towards the theory that we are conscious in death as there is that a race of man-eating robotic unicorns from outer space will arrive next week and begin torturing all humans constantly for the rest of eternity.Joshroom said:
I don't mean to ridicule your point, just trying to say that if we are to fear something simply because "we can't prove it won't happen" then we won't get far in life. There's no proof we won't all spontaneously burst into flames. There's no proof a killer isn't waiting around the corner. But no point worrying about it, right? So why should death be different?
I either cured your fear or came off like an intrusive jackass xD
I like being a burden on society.
But in all seriousness im terrified of death, I freak out every time I think about it.
My biggest fear is what if there is nothing after life, that this is it, but another of the things that makes me fear so much is that when im gone I will be forgotten, nobody will remember me a hundred years after im gone, my life will mean nothing.
But in all seriousness im terrified of death, I freak out every time I think about it.
My biggest fear is what if there is nothing after life, that this is it, but another of the things that makes me fear so much is that when im gone I will be forgotten, nobody will remember me a hundred years after im gone, my life will mean nothing.