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Are you afraid of death?

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Well i'm not, although I wouldn't want to die before my son reaches adulthood.

I also wouldn't want to die at the hands of someone else...i.e murder.

But essentially in my mind I know it will happen and when i'm gone, I won't know the day, hour or means.
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    BirdcageBirdcage Posts: 6,499
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    I'm really scared of having a painful and prolonged death, hope it's sudden and quick.
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    skunkboy69skunkboy69 Posts: 9,506
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    Not at all.Theres nothing you can do to avoid it so I can't understand people worrying about it.It's part of life.Face it.
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    cookie_princesscookie_princess Posts: 1,601
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    We are all slowly dieing a little bit every day, and I'm not ready to die! I wanna live forever :(
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    lordOfTimelordOfTime Posts: 22,372
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    Not scared of death at all.

    If he comes anywhere near me I'm gonna kick him all the way to oblivion. :D
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 1,282
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    If death is simply going to sleep and no need to wake up, no pains involved, there is no need to be afraid of it. Actually I hope I can die like this when the time comes.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,440
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    Nope thinking about being dead cheers me up. I often lay on the bed perfectly still with visual images of being dead on the mortuary slab. Another one I like doing is laying on my side with an mental image of me laying dead with my stomach torn open and my guts hanging out on the floor. :)
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    HelboreHelbore Posts: 16,069
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    cunningham1471 wrote: »
    Nope thinking about being dead cheers me up. I often lay on the bed perfectly still with visual images of being dead on the mortuary slab. Another one I like doing is laying on my side with an mental image of me laying dead with my stomach torn open and my guts hanging out on the floor. :)

    Seek professional help! :p
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    annette kurtenannette kurten Posts: 39,543
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    yes terrified.
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    AzagothAzagoth Posts: 10,169
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    Scared of death or scared of dying? I'm not really bothered by either to be honest. Just along as I'm not going out strapped to a cellar wall with a crazed Serbian doctor going at me with power tools, keeping me alive for months on end, then I'm happy.
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    lemoncurdlemoncurd Posts: 57,778
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    It's the living that I'm scared of!
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    haphashhaphash Posts: 21,448
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    I am scared of death because I'm not religious and therefore don't believe in going to heaven.
    Anyway I hope its not painful and that I get to come back as a cat.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 9,455
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    I could care less about dying. I mean, who cares?? Once you're gone, you're gone, people will get over it, and soon you won't be remembered at all by anyone. If you think about it 100 years isn't even that long in earth terms.

    Sometimes I do think about missing out on stuff, but the people who I would be having fun with will be dead soon enough anyway and I won't even know about it so it doesn't truly matter the only exception I could think of is if you have a child, but once you're gone you won't care about it and it will survive, plenty of children live without parents and get over it.
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    nessyfencernessyfencer Posts: 9,195
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    Yes. More afraid of my loved ones dying though.
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    FearFactorFearFactor Posts: 2,547
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    As long as I don't die before my parents, I'm good with it.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,440
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    Helbore wrote: »
    Seek professional help! :p

    The professionals already know. :p
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 7,440
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    lemoncurd wrote: »
    It's the living that I'm scared of!

    Ditto
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    nessyfencernessyfencer Posts: 9,195
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    lemoncurd wrote: »
    It's the living that I'm scared of!
    Really? Shame :( Living is great - you should try it. I love it!!!

    I love food, friends, sport, sex, fun, family, music... I love heading out for a night out, I love the anticipation the night before you go on holiday, I love the excitement of the new house, the memories that I create... I love the simple things like smelling fresh cut grass or the first snowfall of the year.

    I'm scared of losing it all, yes.
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    teresagreenteresagreen Posts: 16,444
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    I'm scared of dying and death. Also, thunder, darkness, heights, balloons and noisy, pushy people.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 4,223
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    I have no fear of death. I will be sad for those I leave behind.

    For Christians, death is an upsetting time, especially if the one who passed was evil, but after the initial upset, it's also a time for joy as the faithful have only passed from this mortal life to eternal life. :)

    We can live in hope.

    I have the later stages of Kidney disease, and as far as I know, people with kidney disease tend to die of some form of heart failure.

    I don't fear that. I don't want it to happen, but I don't fear it.
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    Vast_GirthVast_Girth Posts: 9,793
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    My death itself, not in the slightest.

    Dying early and leaving the behind people who depend on me.. a little.

    My loved ones dying... yes a lot.
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    cartreecartree Posts: 1,562
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    No, but the thing that really irks me is that I won't be able to see how everyone I know reacts. I'd like to know.
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    [Deleted User][Deleted User] Posts: 6,820
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    Not at all, my strategy is in place. Challenge Death to a game of Battleships and then "Melvin" him.

    Don't fear the reaper :cool:
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    Mrs de WinterMrs de Winter Posts: 2,867
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    Terrified, actually.

    I'm creeped out at the thought that one day I'll exist no more, but there will probably be people I love who will still be alive and will have to deal with my death. People who'll have to cremate or bury my remains, sort through my possessions and affairs, talk about me. That their lives will continue and I'll no longer have any part of it, witness or know any of it

    It's just too weird to think about.

    The process of dying itself scares me too. I wonder how much the brain realises as you're dying, whether you feel panic or pain as all your brain is shutting down and your cells are dying.
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    Stiffy78Stiffy78 Posts: 26,260
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    nessyfencer wrote: »
    Really? Shame :( Living is great - you should try it. I love it!!!

    I love food, friends, sport, sex, fun, family, music... I love heading out for a night out, I love the anticipation the night before you go on holiday, I love the excitement of the new house, the memories that I create... I love the simple things like smelling fresh cut grass or the first snowfall of the year.

    Totally agree - life, despite the sometimes crap bits, is awesome.
    nessyfencer wrote: »
    I'm scared of losing it all, yes.

    I'd be scared of losing all the good bits of life and still being alive but I'm not scared of death. I won't know I've lost it all then.
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    darkmothdarkmoth Posts: 12,265
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    i'm scared of dying before I've done all I wanted
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