Im really looking forward to it. Having communicated spirit for many years now (don't work as a medium), i think it will be a wonderful thing to move to the spirit realm and out of the physical body. I am looking forward to meeting Cpl Andrew who i have had discussions with about his time during world war two.
Yes, but each of us is only alive once (in all probability anyway!) and only gets to die once. We'll never know what it's like until it's happened. I think fear of something so unknown and unknowable is completely natural.
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.
I was quite close to death once. I wasn't in pain and in a tiny moment of lucidity I thought if I go now ( in my 50's) that will be it. No prolonged suffering in old age, no dreadful indignity or worries about money etc. But I felt awful guilt when I recovered as I know it would have hurt loved ones. So, no I'm not afraid at all, I just hope it's quick and as painless as possible.
Quite when I think too much about it. All my experiences mean nothing in the long run? But it's tough titties as there's no escaping it. It just is. So savour each experience!
"I do not fear death, in view of the fact that I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it." - Mark Twain
No I'm not scared of death per se, however I am petrified of dying before my children are adults as I have no idea what would happen to them or how they would manage without me
Quite when I think too much about it. All my experiences mean nothing in the long run? But it's tough titties as there's no escaping it. It just is. So savour each experience!
I'm really scared of having a painful and prolonged death, hope it's sudden and quick.
No...not afraid of death....but as you suggest there`s something to be said for being hit by the proverbial bus......if it looks like it`s going to be a long and painful ordeal I may be slipping the Doc a few quid to encourage him/her to up the morphine dose.
No I'm not scared of death per se, however I am petrified of dying before my children are adults as I have no idea what would happen to them or how they would manage without me
Same here! I also add my elderly mother to this reason:( Everyone has loved ones.. well most people but it doesn't stop death, it could happne anytime to any of us so I agree with got to take each day as it comes, be happy as best as we can and try not to worry about the inevitable. (we have to try and leave healthily as it helps to live longer)
I have life insurance so at least my child is financially and marginally supported.:)
Before I had my baby, I wouldn't think much about my own death, but now the thought of it worries me. I'm not scared of death itself and whether it'll be painful, I just worry about it being while I'm young, before I've had time to enjoy my son and teach him things, take him places, watch him grow up. It makes me sad to think of leaving my partner and him having to bring up our son alone, and him having to explain to our son where I've gone, or if I pass away before he understands (he's just a few months old), my partner will have to show him photos and explain who I was and what I was like. God, it's really depressing thinking about it!
I had a complicated birth. I had become ill and so had the baby and was given an emergency cesarean. When I was told I was ill and to be given a cesarean within a couple of hours, I kept thinking, "What if something happens to me? What if I have my baby and my partner and son are left without me?" I kept thinking about the excitment we'd had throughout the pregnancy and now it had all got scary. Luckily, we're all fine now, but at that moment I realised how scared I was of my passing.
Need to go and watch a bit of comedy now I think after that downer!
Before I had my baby, I wouldn't think much about my own death, but now the thought of it worries me. I'm not scared of death itself and whether it'll be painful, I just worry about it being while I'm young, before I've had time to enjoy my son and teach him things, take him places, watch him grow up. It makes me sad to think of leaving my partner and him having to bring up our son alone, and him having to explain to our son where I've gone, or if I pass away before he understands (he's just a few months old), my partner will have to show him photos and explain who I was and what I was like. God, it's really depressing thinking about it!
I had a complicated birth. I had become ill and so had the baby and was given an emergency cesarean. When I was told I was ill and to be given a cesarean within a couple of hours, I kept thinking, "What if something happens to me? What if I have my baby and my partner and son are left without me?" I kept thinking about the excitment we'd had throughout the pregnancy and now it had all got scary. Luckily, we're all fine now, but at that moment I realised how scared I was of my passing.
Need to go and watch a bit of comedy now I think after that downer!
It would seem to be common your thoughts, before I had my son I didn't care if I died, now I want to live to nurture him and see how he turns out as a man.
I am still not afraid of dying though and when it happens it will happen and I will be no more.
I told my sons father when I was pregnant and if they had to choose me or the baby then he was to sacrifice me, I would still sacrifice myself to let my son live.
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Yes, but each of us is only alive once (in all probability anyway!) and only gets to die once. We'll never know what it's like until it's happened. I think fear of something so unknown and unknowable is completely natural.
I wish I could think like you
Being found with a sheep and a lady's thong:eek:?
This is exactly how I feel too.
Same with me. Just taking one day at a time.
No...not afraid of death....but as you suggest there`s something to be said for being hit by the proverbial bus......if it looks like it`s going to be a long and painful ordeal I may be slipping the Doc a few quid to encourage him/her to up the morphine dose.
Same here! I also add my elderly mother to this reason:( Everyone has loved ones.. well most people but it doesn't stop death, it could happne anytime to any of us so I agree with got to take each day as it comes, be happy as best as we can and try not to worry about the inevitable. (we have to try and leave healthily as it helps to live longer)
I have life insurance so at least my child is financially and marginally supported.:)
I had a complicated birth. I had become ill and so had the baby and was given an emergency cesarean. When I was told I was ill and to be given a cesarean within a couple of hours, I kept thinking, "What if something happens to me? What if I have my baby and my partner and son are left without me?" I kept thinking about the excitment we'd had throughout the pregnancy and now it had all got scary. Luckily, we're all fine now, but at that moment I realised how scared I was of my passing.
Need to go and watch a bit of comedy now I think after that downer!
It would seem to be common your thoughts, before I had my son I didn't care if I died, now I want to live to nurture him and see how he turns out as a man.
I am still not afraid of dying though and when it happens it will happen and I will be no more.
I told my sons father when I was pregnant and if they had to choose me or the baby then he was to sacrifice me, I would still sacrifice myself to let my son live.
Yes I would like to know aswell especially my husbands.
If that makes sense...