Death

I think about it most days, it's hard to comprehend the full reality of it. Having been with my dog as she passed 7 years ago also really impacted me. My parents also old and with health issues. And my atrial fibrillation getting worse a year ago had me thinking a few times that my time was up. In March I was woken at 04:00 by my heart thrashing quite violently which felt quite different to the usual atrial fibrillation, that was a scary thing to wake up to. There are now times when going to bed I find it hard to fall asleep as I'm not sure I'll wake up.
 
Losing my dad in Feb 2022 makes me think about it more. He was only 58. Got my first child on the way. Makes me really scared/anxious, so I just try not to think about it.
 
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I don’t worry about things I can’t change, life is too short.

I don’t welcome it but equally I don’t want to prolong it, to the detriment of my kids.
 
I'm late 40s. I was diagnosed in my late 30s with a pre-cancerous condition. The GP said "take these meds. We won't know the side effect for 10 years but that'll be too late for you ha ha".
Totally ruined my mental health and gave me a crippling preoccupation with death.
 
Mid 40s, last year or so definitely look at it a bit more than I used to after seeing friends and acquaintances die recently. You get used to the old and frail relatives going but it’s a bit closer to home when it’s people of a similar age that are going without much warning.
 
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My grandad died 59, my dad 59, my uncle 63,
If I clear 60 I'll be living on borrowed time, my family is just generically ****.

When I die I hope it's fast and alone so I don't freak anyone out. I hope there's not some weird "grace" period where your brain can interpret your surroundings for hours after you die, even if medically proven to be s few minutes. Would really **** me off seeing loved ones upset l, bad enough just imagining it I guess.

How cheerful lol
 
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My grandad died 59, my dad 59, my uncle 63,
If I clear 60 I'll be living on borrowed time, my family is just generically ****.

When I die I hope it's fast and alone so I don't freak anyone out. I hope there's not some weird "grace" period where your brain can interpret your surroundings for hours after you die, even if medically proven to be s few minutes. Would really **** me off seeing loved ones upset l, bad enough just imagining it I guess.

How cheerful lol
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If you don't want to upset your loved ones, then you need to go really slow. Fast is a massive shock to them. Slow, well, they just get used to it and in the end bury you while you are still breathing, lol.
 
How are people in their late 30s thinking it's all over, do you basically look like grandpas with weak knees and gasp at the thought of walking up stairs or something? Be less lazy, be more physically active :p
 
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How are people in their late 30s thinking it's all over, do you basically look like grandpas with weak knees and gasp at the thought of walking up stairs or something? Be less lazy, be more physically active :p
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Flipping a coin between Assumption & projection :D
Based on replies in thread, deffo projection :p

GaryTheSnail said:
Why is it game over?
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I am taking the P.
 
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I'm 45 and sometimes think about that day whenever it happens.

My concern is - what happens to conciousness / manifest after death? When I'm sleeping, I still manifest because I remember most of my dreams and sometimes write them down. Last year, I had an operation that involved general anaesthetic and I know that I lost manifest because it was a dreamless sleep and I lost 3 hours in a flash. So being under a general is like being dead but just for 3 years. So my concern is what is it like being dead forever, at the point of no return, never to awaken again? Without it being a religious debate, I'm pretty sure that manifest / conciousness has got to go somewhere after it has left the dead body.
 
Pawnless Endgame said:
I'm 45 and sometimes think about that day whenever it happens.

My concern is - what happens to conciousness / manifest after death? When I'm sleeping, I still manifest because I remember most of my dreams and sometimes write them down. Last year, I had an operation that involved general anaesthetic and I know that I lost manifest because it was a dreamless sleep and I lost 3 hours in a flash. So being under a general is like being dead but just for 3 years. So my concern is what is it like being dead forever, at the point of no return, never to awaken again? Without it being a religious debate, I'm pretty sure that manifest / conciousness has got to go somewhere after it has left the dead body.
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I feel you kinda covered it already.
 
yep. everyday i think of it. especially my mother and grandparents getting on in age..

I have lost close relatives in the past years, so its mabye part of the reason I get "paranoid" about these things?
 
Pawnless Endgame said:
I'm 45 and sometimes think about that day whenever it happens.

My concern is - what happens to conciousness / manifest after death? When I'm sleeping, I still manifest because I remember most of my dreams and sometimes write them down. Last year, I had an operation that involved general anaesthetic and I know that I lost manifest because it was a dreamless sleep and I lost 3 hours in a flash. So being under a general is like being dead but just for 3 years. So my concern is what is it like being dead forever, at the point of no return, never to awaken again? Without it being a religious debate, I'm pretty sure that manifest / conciousness has got to go somewhere after it has left the dead body.
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That's doesn't mean you weren't dreaming still. Many people can sleep for hours and not remember a single dream. Sometimes you remember them, other times you don't. Whether under general or just norm REM sleep.

Consciousness is a series of electrical impulses unique to every person's brain. When you die, those impulses and firing neurons also die, who "you" were is basically gone. That's why oxygen starvation in the brain leads to brain damage, those electrical signals are not firing in the same order they once were, you become a changed person as a result. The same reason why with old age onset dementia can set in, as well as small vessel disease causing cell damage and other issues resulting in losing who you were before. Loads of things people can do to reduce these risks, healthy nutrition throughout adult life, being active to keep the brain constantly working away, a positive mindset is the most important of all though.

It really is as simple as that as a high level take on what we are as individuals.
 
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