Are You Scared Of Dying?

[manoftalent]

ok you can quote me on this ......"I am too busy Living to fret about dying"

[zenwood]

I put lots of time and energy into staying alive: eating, looking both ways before crossing the road etc. In this sense I 'fear' death.

Most deaths these days have long physical or mental preludes. I certainly don't look forward to those, and would put lots of time and energy into avoiding them.

Death may be due to some sudden catastrophe. I don't particularly fear that, because the risk is low. Apparently Spike Milligan wanted to die by being crushed by a falling elephant. Sounds good to me

What about after you die? My view is that a person's existence stops at death, so subjectively I won't exist after I die. The subjective experience of being dead would be the same as the subjective experience of not yet being born: none at all. Loved one's left behind should get on and keep living their own lives to the full.

I forget where I read it, but I remember being impressed by someone who compared the march of brief human lives to a string of pearls stretching out though the ages. Each life is a pearl, and once ended has its place, shining on in history. Maybe the string is more like a net, as each life is connected to the others it touches.

[Andy Mac]

I suppose I fear death like everyone else, in one way because it means you can't acheive any more...do the things you hoped to do, go to those dream destinations, or make the things you'd wanted to. Fear of failing to reach your potential?
But I mostly fear the manner in which I will die, how will I handle the knowledge that I'm dying. Will I calmly accept the inevitable, or will I react with fear and anger, scream and cry?? I hope I can somehow manage the fortitude and calm my Dad managed, when he died of leukemia at 34. Us kids went to see him for the last time in hospital and he knew he was dying. My twin sister and I were 12, we didn't realise, hadn't been told, and Dad somehow didn't let on that it was the last time we'd see him...just some cryptic comment about you're the man in the house, so look after your Mum. That must've taken an incredible amount of strength not to break down. Seems the worst part of it is the pain in the people left behind, like my Mum who has never stopped grieving, 35yrs later...

Regards,

[Capt. Zero]

As a nurse, I've seen entirely to many slow/painful deaths and have thought about it muchly. Here in the U.S. our system garantees everyone a very slow and expensive exit if you have insurance. I do without.
As a MD I work with told me , You can live apprx 15 years longer by maintaining a healthy diet, plenty of exercise and moderation inbibing....Just remember those are the years you spend in a nursing home messing in your jeans





"I think we're all bozo's on this bus."

[Sebastiaan56]

[quote=Capt. Zero;534197]
As a MD I work with told me , You can live apprx 15 years longer by maintaining a healthy diet, plenty of exercise and moderation inbibing....Just remember those are the years you spend in a nursing home messing in your jeans


Well said!, Ive always admired a bikie mate's credo, "Live fast, die young and leave a good looking corpse". Here in Oz the long lingering bit comes courtesy of our loving government. The hospital system will make sure you cant choose your exit and give just enough medication to keep you breathing. If you dont have health insurance you can wait three years for dental, etc etc. Ask my dad.

Of course trying to exit is bad, even though a consistent 70% of voters reckon you should be able to, and even suggesting ways to help end the suffering for others can land you in jail. Ask Phillip Nitschke. My twisted take on all of this is that it means you have more time to vote and consume which stroke the pollies egos and help keep the economy growing.

Sebastiaan

[dazzler]

Havent you lot read the old testament.

Apparently I'm screwed so have decided not to die.

[Grunt]

I'm terrified of dying. I just know I'll meet some of you lot in the afterlife.

[Daddles]

I'm terrified of dying. I just know I'll meet some of you lot in the afterlife.

Not a hope grunt, we're all going to 'the other place'

Richard

[ubeaut]

Quote:

Originally Posted by ubeaut
DEATH.... Been there done that. First time dead didn't kill me so the second time holds no fear for me.

Neil

Do tell

Died during an operation to remove my tonsils in 1956, was resuscitated and am still here to tell the tale.

Reckon I died a couple more times in 1967 when I was in the army but it turned out that I was just really paralytically drunk. The images in my mind were similar to 1956 and even though I survived the 67 near death experienced I can tell you, for the next few days I certainly wished I had died.

Nearly bit the bullet again in 76 when run over from behind by a drunk driver in Perth. Was riding a motorbike I got lots of broken bits and around 4 years rehab, my mate the pillion passenger lost a leg. I really hate drink drivers.

[Sprog]

Read my sig

Hey, that's my sig

Well there will be at least two old pharts then

[m2c1Iw]

Yep terrified I might prove SWMBO right when she says I'll never finish let alone start the wine cabinet I've been talking about for the last two years


We all loose friends and family and as the years go by it happens more regularly, we can't help then but think about it more often. I just hope I never become so preoccupied with worry that it affects my enjoyment of the time we are given.
Health and happiness to the end please
Mike

[Shedhand]

Nope. Already got my lawyer to arrange delivery of my corpse to the University of Tasmania Medical School. That is, the bits that are left after they transplant the useful bits into fools who want to defy natural selection.

I fear nothing, least of all death.

[bansheez71]

Haven't really thought about it for a while until last night when I was driving my 2007 350Z over some hills we call the dips. Apparently you get air born at 110+ mph. When it landed the backend was about 2 feet farther to the left than the front. It fishtailed for about 15 yards and straightened out. It was a 40 mph ride home after that. Having the new car less than a week not sure if I was afraid of dying or crashing my car. Anyways I thanked god for keeping me from wrecking and for the wake up call I defiantly needed.

[Gingermick]

none at all.

I fell onto concrete hitting my head and shoulder first from about 7 or 8m. Have no memory of the month afterward. Just like it didn't happen.
The prospect of being dead doesn't worry me in the slightest, but the prospect of dying slowly and not having access to very large quantities of narcotic analgesics to hasten my departure does.

[Iain]

Haven't really thought about it for a while until last night when I was driving my 2007 350Z over some hills we call the dips. Apparently you get air born at 110+ mph. When it landed the backend was about 2 feet farther to the left than the front. It fishtailed for about 15 yards and straightened out. It was a 40 mph ride home after that. Having the new car less than a week not sure if I was afraid of dying or crashing my car. Anyways I thanked god for keeping me from wrecking and for the wake up call I defiantly needed.

THATS WHY YOU SHOULD have bought a BMW M6, would never happen