Are you afraid to die?

are you afraid to die?

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Nawww, i'm just scared of how i'll die. For instance, getting trapped in a box or sucked up by a vacuum cleaner.
 
I do not like to think about death because it makes me very uneasy. I get into the mind set of thinking life is pointless and I lose motivation to do things, because, why bother? Maybe it's something left over from when I was depressed, who knows.

I also just do not like the idea of no longer existing. The thought is just too unsettling for me.

If I think of there being an afterlife (heaven, reincarnation), it does put my mind at ease. I know it might be just a placebo effect but it does help me to live my life so I don't care too much. Besides, it won't matter after I die.

But usually, I just put death out of my mind.
 
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Yes, and I do find it quite unfair simply because there are tons of things I want to do before dying and honestly a single lifetime wouldn't be enough. I wouldn't mind living forever while leading different lives while still being aware of my past. So between a boring heaven and a life on Earth, I choose Earth. Imagine what we could do with a longer lifespan!
 
I've had my run in with death before from a automobile crash. I'm not afraid of death and I'm always aware it can be at any moment again. The only thing that I try and do is try and conduct my life the best that I can, so I don't fear death or the unknown. In other words, I'd be scared to be someone like Dick Cheney, who conducted their life fairly poorly and it came at the cost of many lives. It's people like that you wonder about what would happen in their death?
 
I try not to think about death. When it happens, it happens, and that's it for me. I don't like trying to wonder what happens after we die. I suppose my biggest fear would be that nothing happens. It's all one big black nothing forever <-and that's why I try not to think about it. It's thinking about what happens after that makes me scared of death, if I ever do feel scared. Sometimes, it won't seem so bad. Sometimes, I'll wonder that maybe I'll get to go into outer space or something. Maybe we do turn into stars after all. But again, I don't know. Nobody does, of course.
 
I used to only fear the pain of death and not death itself. I would have the constant though that if death were painless, I would not be here.

Now, however, I have connections, I care about people and they care about me. I could not live without them and there are so many things I want to do in my life so I fear missing out on those.

I do not fear the afterlife though, whatever it may be I REALLY WANT TO KNOW! GAH! Curiosity killed the cat...
 
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I believe very fully that most, and virtually all people who claim to not fear death are saying it to be cool. Things are a lot different when you got a loaded gun pointed in your face. Now there's two situations there. No gun, and gun... I ALWAYS add the third and most important scenario. Things are a lot different when your knee has been shot, and therefore, the guy has proven he's very willing to kill you.

I am not scared to die.

"You do not even understand life, how could you possibly understand death?" -The Master

Also, quite frankly, it's a good thing to fear immediate death. You have the animal instinct to stay alive, and it's there for a reason. Again, having said that, there's a difference between panicking and getting killed anyways, and actively handling the situation so you don't die.

And, obviously, barely any one fears non-immediate death. 19.2 % of America still smokes.
 
I'm no where near the level of some people in this thread who seem to have accepted it as inevitable and are not scared of it. It just seems like a line from a movie.
I don't know, maybe if you were looking down a barrel of a gun or found out that a disease was going to take your life, people would answer differently.

I am most certainly scared of death. Probably because I am young so it's unlikely that I'll pass away quietly in my sleep. It'll probably be something more painful or violent. I could act 'manly' and shake it off but to be honest, I don't want either of those things.

But even if I did pass away quietly, I'd still be afraid of that as well. It might sound cliched but I do actually like living. Not for any one specific reason but because even though there are a lot of bad things in life, I still actually enjoy doing stuff. I like music, I like eating good food, socialising, learning, traveling... Why wouldn't I be afraid of losing that?

It's not something I think about all the time, something that hangs over me. It's just when I think about it which is rare.
 
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GBJoker said:
I believe very fully that most, and virtually all people who claim to not fear death are saying it to be cool.
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I'm not sure I'd go that far, but I definitely don't dismiss the idea that this is probably the case at least some of the time. I'd prefer to believe that people who don't fear death may simply be misinterpreting the rationale behind why some people do fear death.

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And, obviously, barely any one fears non-immediate death. 19.2 % of America still smokes.
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It always astounds me that tons of kids still insist on smoking, too. I could understand a chunk of that population being adults who started smoking before it was widely known to be detrimental to your health, or even people who have been doing it for many years and can't stop their addiction, but I know that a solid portion of that percentage is still minors who are only beginning.
 
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I'm not sure I'd go that far, but I definitely don't dismiss the idea that this is probably the case at least some of the time. I'd prefer to believe that people who don't fear death may simply be misinterpreting the rationale behind why some people do fear death.
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It's easy to not fear death when you're posting on the internet, in your heating/AC, with plentiful food in the 'fridge, plumbing, lights, roof over head... Totally different when (HYPOTHETICALLY, please don't attack me for the sake of my using of myself in this example) I barge into your house, tie you down, rape/abuse all the women in the house and then hold a knife to your neck. I'm just saying.

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It always astounds me that tons of kids still insist on smoking, too. I could understand a chunk of that population being adults who started smoking before it was widely known to be detrimental to your health, or even people who have been doing it for many years and can't stop their addiction, but I know that a solid portion of that percentage is still minors who are only beginning.
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The statistic doesn't include minors. I've smoked for four years. Started on my 18th birthday. I've no reason to stop, because, as I said, it's really hard for humans to fear non-immediate death.

Rydia said:
I do not like to think about death because it makes me very uneasy.
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And therein lies the problem. Only just over a hundred years ago, death was in your family room. You most likely cremated your grandparents or whoever, put them in an urn, and left it on the fireplace. The only people who were buried were rich people who could afford to buy the land.

Now, because of the funeral business, death has been moved away from us and put in places we don't have to see. Really, how many people even drive by a graveyard on their way to work? Or any where for that matter?

We are practically forced to seek out death, because as the funeral economy dictates... We shouldn't have to see death, right? Naawww...


On a related note... If you ever get terminal cancer in the late stages...

The Suicide Tourist

http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/pages/frontline/suicidetourist/view/
 
GBJoker said:
It's easy to not fear death when you're posting on the internet, in your heating/AC, with plentiful food in the 'fridge, plumbing, lights, roof over head... Totally different when (HYPOTHETICALLY, please don't attack me for the sake of my using of myself in this example) I barge into your house, tie you down, rape/abuse all the women in the house and then hold a knife to your neck. I'm just saying.
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Oh, certainly. I could understand someone coming to terms with their death if they were growing old and weak (I'd still be scared, though), but if you claimed that you wouldn't be terrified of having some crazed lunatic (not implying you, of course, heh) pointing a gun at you're head, I'd find that hard to believe.

GBJoker said:
The statistic doesn't include minors. I've smoked for four years. Started on my 18th birthday. I've no reason to stop, because, as I said, it's really hard for humans to fear non-immediate death.
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I'd be interested to see that statistic with the inclusion of minors; I wouldn't be at all surprised to see a relatively significant increase. Then again, even without them, I'm surprised that the number is so low.

I mean, not to sound rude or anything--I've got no problem whatsoever with smokers and if anyone is upset by this I apologize--but it's just strange to me how many young adults smoke, and though it's absolutely none of my business I do tend to wonder why it is they choose to. I'm more curious about it rather than put off. I work in a tobacco shop, and I sell plenty of cigarettes and cigars to people younger than I am, and I almost always experience a fleeting sense of weirdness about it. But I suppose that's neither here nor there.

And I suppose the whole smoking aspect is in a somewhat similar vein to fast food and unhealthy diets in general. I love eating at Taco Bell and Hardee's, and I'm sure that if I continue to do it, it will rot away my insides. But knowing that isn't going to stop me from doing it. The tacos and burgers are too delicious.
 
Im not afraid of death. But for the most part, I do not like talking about it either. It is a rather dismal topic. That being said, it is what it is.
 
I'm not particularly scared of death itself, but rather not having any impact, and not being remembered. My life's ambition is to be a grandad, which obviously also encompasses being a father, and a husband.

Certain death scenarios scare me though, drowning would be horrible.
 
Personally, I believe that I can live until the end of the world, and stay young. Don't worry about dying, worry about living.
 
Am I scared of dieing before I get (insert whatever) done? Yes

Am I scared of what may await me after I die? No. Atheism allows me to believe that -nothing- happens after I die. It's quite relieving.
 
Not really,but i don't want to die before I see all my dreams come true.When I accomplish my goals then I can die in peace.
And of course I don't want to die in pain,but in a good way.For me it'd matter a lot the way I die,just not in pain and not young please.
 
I'm not afraid to die. Why be afraid of the inevitable? I mean, we're all gonna die soetime. It doesn't matter to me if I died today or tommorow. To me, the only thing to be scared of is how you'll die. If it would be quick and painless or slow and painfull. That's my opinion on this subject.
 
I believe in some sort of afterlife, so I'm not afraid of death for the most part. There are times where I question the existence of an afterlife and that usually scares me.

But besides that I'm usually more afraid of how I die, rather than death itself.
 
Im scared of dying cuz no one knows whats after death and no one came down from heaven to tell us,so i have no clue and that makes me scared,what if theres no heaven and you just get reborn as someone else with no memories of your past,abandoning your original family,that hurts so bad.Hope there is a heaven...
 
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