Do you fear death?

[Starfish]

What is your gut reaction when you really think about your mortality?

I am not talking about a rationalization you've come up with about it. I mean, imagine your self getting offed and then tell me what you feel.


I get a light feeling, like I am fluffy and airy inside, and then I feel a little nauseated. Sort of like when your riding a rollercoaster and you get lifted off your seat but that is it.

 

[ksmybuttons]

It is just a sigh...

It is the last experience that I am going to have, so...

 

[plasticman33]

Not something I often contemplate, but, I've faced it when I was in the military. Scared and mad at the same time, were the general emotions. Nobody wants to die, but we all know it's inevitable, just like to postpone it as long as possible!

 

[TinaG13]

I try my best to not think about it, but when it crosses my mind, it gives me complete and total willies....

Hi Starfish!

 

[Cloak38]

At this point in my life the thought doesn't really bother me.
I suppose it would be different if I had children or a mate I'd be leaving behind.

 

[Dillinger]

Seriously - I also try my best not to think about it - but when I do it only makes me more determined to make the most of my life. I do believe that we are eternal in that energy cannot be created or destroyec and that, in some form or another, we do live on - we are eternal. However I have not opinion as to our awareness of different states of consciousness as we move from one state to another.

I savor this particular plane of existence that I currently inhabit and, therefore, the thought of death is scary and unsettling and... sad.

On a lighter note - my gut reaction is to have lots more SEX while I still can.

 

[Dhalgren]

There is this exercise where you visualize a hundred ways you could possibly die…


The thing about death..is it’s a reminder that we are truly alone in this World.

The cool thought about that..is when you realize that when somebody is giving up their time in this World for you; to be with you; to help you on your road..all the while they are truly only responsible for themselves..

That makes me very truly glad to be a mortal that will eventually die..because that feeling described above, is priceless.

 

[DéjàNu]

I'm not really afraid to die, I want so much answers about what is going on after death.... I'm so curious. I'm 100% sure there is something afterward.

But when I think about it I became sad because of all the poeple who are going to be sad when I die...

 

[Dillinger]

DéjàNu
- if I can put a different spin on what you said... you should feel great that there are so many people who will be sad when you die. That means you've affected people positively in your life and have made a difference for the good. Feel great about that. And tell your friends and loved ones that when you do die, they shouldn't be sad - they should celebrate your life!

 

[lobito]

I still remember when I first thought about it. And it's never left me since. It was right around the time that John Lennon was killed. I dont' think it was that night, but it may have been from reading an article about what happened to him, when he was killed. I fear it, simply put.

 

[tswyk]

Two weeks ago I did something really stupid - something we all probably do while driving. I undid my seat belt and reached for something on the floor.

I was driving north on I-55 just south of Springfield, IL. Lost control, crossed the median - CROSSED THE SOUTH-BOUND LANES, into a ditch, up an embankmant, through a fence....finally stopped on the frontage road.

I did not hit one other car. I didn't kill anyone - myself included.

Now, whether you believe in God, or angels or fate...the fact that I'm alive is a miracle. The fact that no one else was even involved is..........unbelievable.

I've thought alot about death since then...and it's not death that scares me...it's the time right before. I guess we associate death with pain - and I don't want to suffer. And I don't want to be spending my last few minutes full of regret, either.

I'm looking at my life in a different way now. And that's a good thing.

 

[lovetoread]

When I think about death,its not the fear of what happens next that gets me,it the thought of the pain that I could be going through that makes me get a funny,achy feeling in my chest.

 

[Xander]

No I dont fear death.
I ahve faced it too many times, though I once was scared of it, I am not anymore.

The way I see it is. Why fear the only sure thing you have in life??

 

[Harbinger]

No Fear

Had an experience when I was eighteen. I came out of it with the full realization that death can happen at any time. I found that I was ok with that. I remind myself every day. I may live a long time yet, but whatever happens, happens. I think it's the best way to live.

 

[VanB]

I don't fear death just the manner of its arrival.

 

[angelika]

when it happened to me

Someone once had his face inches from mine and told me that he was going to kill me and there was no reason for me not to believe him.
I felt numb and sad about it but what stuck with me was the knowledge that there was someone who actually wanted me to die. It took a long time for that dread and fear to cease being near-constant companions.
When I think about it now I have this tightness right beneath my diaphram.

 

[Guest]

 

[Rambrat]

There are times that I would welcome death...

I've been there...that point where you curse life and wish it would end...

I have no fear of dying...though I wish to live.
I am curious as to what is on the other side though...

 

[fallon2]

There is a bridge

There is a bridge between the living and the dead and the bridge is love. When we die we will meet the people we loved and the ones who we leave behind will take the love they had for us and love their families and thus the love continues. I do not fear death but I do not look forward to it either. Let us LOVE,LOVE and LOVE while we are here on earth.

 

[alltherage]

I only fear death when I think about not being here for my kids. If I can live long enough to see them grown and happy I will be satisfied.

 

[kiwiwolf]

I have no fear of death. The way it may happen does give me pause for thought. I just hope that my kids don't have to witness it when it happens or that it is quick and clean. I don't want my kids to have to see me rot away...

 

[MissTaken]

For myself, I don't fear death. I imagine it as an eternal rest, literally. Peaceful, calm and yes, love.

My fear of death concerns my children and that their father should not be the one to raise them.

 

[Jellybeangirl]

I'm not afraid of death itself- only the actual dying part.

Death is a natural part of life and I would like to believe that there is something after death, only because the alternative would make death so much more scarier. I can't imagine being "snuffed out"... a "that's it, that's all" kind of thing.

There are a few different beliefs about the reason we are here- to learn something? to contribute something? to teach others something? for our souls to evolve and move on...

I am going to an intuitive healer to learn more about this & people's purposes in life. Some would call this a crock of bull, but who knows- there may be truth in it. If she can be believed, I'm an Indigo Child- a volunteer w/ no karma, here to try to heal the earth and "spread love with my kind, soft ways"

Even I question that- sometimes I can be such a bitch...so much for my kind, soft ways..

We'll all know what happens sooner or later....

 

[bored1]

Death is part of life,While I dont fear it I would like to put it off for as long as possible.

 

[Ishmael]

The 'ages'

Death seems to be looked at differently by different age groups.

Youth. "I'm going to live forever." Fear seems to dominate when the concept of death is considered.

Middle age. "Oh my God, I'm going to die." The realization hits home. A feverish rush begins to "put things in order". Arrange ones life, make up for lost time. I sometimes wonder if this isn't the root cause of 'mid-life crisis'?

The later years. "I am dying, so what?" The acceptance of the inevitable.

All that being said, I've seen, or heard of, very few, whatever the age, that went without a struggle.

Ishmael