Thoughts of death?

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Do you sometimes think about what it would be like if you or a family member died? I mainly think about how my death would affect others and the state it would leave them

I know my mum said she has nightmares about me dieing and I do about parents, family and close friends.

I also sometimes see passed away family in dreams / nightmares. Last night I saw my grandad walk past me in the street and not recognise me

Not sure if this is natural, maybe it is. Anyone have similar thoughts or dreams?
 
Death is something best kept out of mind really - deal with it only when you have to or you will just end up being miserable.
 
I know what you mean. Ever since taking on more responsibility (wife, kid etc...) I think there is a greater pressure and motivation to take better care of yourself to ensure you stick around for them. Maybe this manifests itself in dreams?
 
I dream about people I have lost more as I get older.....sometimes is can be a little disconcerting in that period between the dream and being fully awake when the dreams overlap with reality.

In some ways it is comforting.
 
People used to celebrate death as it goes, it was more of a case of "lucky git, he's going to a better place".

Maybe turn your thoughts into a more positive outlook on it? But then doing that can also make some feel that if death is where you want to be, then life is clearly **** and that will just make you sad... :(
 
I was thinking yesterday about how I'd feeling being in The Who and finding out that Keith Moon had died...that scared me and upset me greatly. However, it's more the feeling of loss that worries me, and mainly the thought that if someone else dies I have to eventually face up to the fact that I'll never interact with that person again, and that is what upsets me. My own death is inevitable and that's fine, I refuse to be scared of it as to my logic it's pointless wasting time thinking about it. I still haven't really faced up to my Grandfather's death though, which was last year. When he died I was staying at my girlfriend's at uni and she had to work in the library and I had to go with her really, I didn't want to be on my own. I kind of swept it under the mat and never really mourned. I did, though, speak at his funeral, and I think that was my way of mourning him, and expressing to everyone how I felt about him. It's so awful to know that I'll never speak to him again.

It is definitely better, though, to celebrate death. When I was in Africa a few years ago I saw a funeral and the people there were obviously said, but celebrated the person's life, and that is what I want. Also, at my funeral, I want everyone to be messy and rock out...that is all.
 
I don't really think much about it tbh

My dad died last January and well, it was hard, for my mum too, but on the whole, it don't phase me too much, everything ends at some point. nothing lasts forever......
 
People that often think about their own death and the way it will affect others are narcissistic. It's one of the symptoms of pathological/medical narcissism, actually. It's a very egoistic thing to contemplate how the world will be in your absence.
 
Lost nearly all my family now. Mum, dad, brother, aunts and uncles 2 nephews etc. Got 2 brothers left i never see. I always dream of my mum and dad. It keeps them alive in my thoughts etc!
 
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