Death/Dying

Ace Modder said:
So who is scared of death/dying?

It's an interesting topic, that has many varied opinions.
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Not scared of death as such; I do believe in some form of an afterlife and if it turns out there is nothing after death then it wouldn't matter anyway.

It's more about the pain. Some brutal ways to die, and aside from the physical suffering I worry about my family, the psychological effect if they see me die, particularly if it's a nasty way e.g. a crash or something.
 
couldn't even read this thread properly tbh, it doesnt scare me as such it is what it is, but what does make me feel sad it the thought of the rents and close family going.

Also with twins on their way, you want to be around to help them succeed and have a good life.

We all probably know people gone to soon, a friend of mine left us a few years ago about 38 ish, two daughters ages 3/4 left without a Dad. That scares me more than anything what he is missing.
 
chief barker said:
You were dead for billions of years before you were born, so.......
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Were you though? ;)

sigma said:
I'm not really scared of it (don't see the point in being scared about it) but one of the biggest annoyances for me is not being able to see how far civilisation will advance. I mean can you imagine what life will be like in 1000 years time? Some researchers already suggest that we'll see people living to 150 in the near future, so perhaps things will change, for the rich at least.
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What's to say we didn't in the past?
 
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I am not frightened of dying.... Anytime will do, I don't mind. Well there's no reason of being frightened for it - you've got to go some time!
 
Everyone you've known has died. You've got at least 5 years left with a lot of money and expensive house. Government gets all your money, property and belongings.

Old geezers spamming the "Images of items I have purchased" thread.
 
Terrified of dying. I can't wrap my head around not existing.. it's like trying to comprehend the size of the universe, my mind just can't process it and that scares me.
 
Ace Modder said:
So who is scared of death/dying?
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Scared of death? No, not in the slightest. Short of direct action to hasten the moment, none of us has any control over that. In the words of the song and adage, che sarà sarà. Whatever will be, will be. I've seen too many family, friends and acquaintances have it sneak up on them to have any vestige of a notion of a say in the matter.

Dying, however, is a different matter. If I get a choice, it'll be to go to sleep one night, preferably not yet a while, and just not wake up. That, I have no fear of. But there are several slow, demeaning, lingering and often painful ways to go that I am determined to take any available measures to avoid. Nothing can be 100% certain, but I do have the means to hand to avoid most of those slow methods, like MS, aggressive cancer, etc, and my definite intention is, if afflicted with those at some point, to hasten my relatively peaceful departure before it gets to the point where I no longer can.
 
Ace Modder said:
So who is scared of death/dying?

It's an interesting topic, that has many varied opinions.
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Two seperate things, I think.

I'm not scared of death because I'd be dead. So I wouldn't be anything.

I'm scared of dying, though. There are a lot of bad ways to die.
 
Souness said:
Terrified of dying. I can't wrap my head around not existing.. it's like trying to comprehend the size of the universe, my mind just can't process it and that scares me.
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Can you process the existence of, for example, 1850? You didn't exist then either.
 
If it's quick then who cares. I'm just scared of prolonged suffering in a hospital while rolling around in my own faeces.
 
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