Thoughts about death

No point worrying about it, do what you can to look after yourself and your body and take each day as it comes.
 
jsmoke said:
Would you say you had any fear of death.

Why are people so afraid of being executed for example.
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More importantly, why wouldn't you be?

The idea of non-existance is terrifying to anyone who is sane..

Being "executed" is just the act of reaching that state of non-existance.. And why would anyone want their last moments to be execution?
 
terley said:
My grandad had a blast new years eve 2012, got drunk had a dance, fell asleep and didn't wake up new years day.

Not the worst way to go..

The way my dad went was heartbreaking, wouldn't wish it on my worst enemy... Cancer is not fun ladies and gentlemen.. and those who think it is a simple case of "closing your eyes" and ur done.. Nope.
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Sorry to hear. I hope that with population growth eventually we'll see sense and allow people to choose the time the expire. I was watching one of those animal Dr programs on TV while eating dinner a few weeks ago, something I usually avoid :). Some animal was sick so was being put down along with the words "It probably not going to recover, why let it suffer". Actually it was put better than that but anyhow in my head I was thinking "then why the **** do we not allow the same choice with humans".
I don't understand it.
 
terley said:
More importantly, why wouldn't you be?

The idea of non-existance is terrifying to anyone who is sane..

Being "executed" is just the act of reaching that state of non-existance.. And why would anyone want their last moments to be execution?
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Problem is, on the other side of the equation it's the fear of judgement.
 
i'd like to die content that i'd acheived everything i reasonably wanted from life, and that the things i hadn't done weren't things i wanted enough to make them happen.

i beleive it's no big tragedy when someone dies like that, my grandfather passed a couple of years ago and it was a great comfort knowing he was happy in how his life had gone, that he'd done all he wanted to do and there was no unfinished business for him to regret when it came to the end.

in terms of the actual event? well i'd like to go in my sleep, just go to bed as normal and never wake up. none of this months of pain forcing you to give up on life. of course it's wishful thinking and we all die the way the universe wants us to.

as for the afterlife, i really don't care, if there is something after then it's a problem i'll deal with when it comes to it. i'm just going to live the life i have now with the moral code that i feel to be right. if some deity is petty enough to judge someone who's tried to live right just because they didn't pray regularly then that's not something i want to be a part of.
 
I say not today.

I will remember this hour of peace; the strawberries, the bowl of milk...

...Twister anyone? Battleships?

Best 3 out of 5?
 
I don't believe in all the afterlife nonsense and don't fear non-existence either. We humans do seem to think we're rather special don't we? I mean we are special but not in the sense that hen we die we're all going to somehow live on. Is there a chicken heaven too, where dead chickens go when they die? IMO of course, nobody knows for sure but when you look at the big picture of the universe it all seems unlikely. We're an intelligent, but flawed species. But most likely when we die that's it, we exist in no way whatsoever, even if our complex brains have given us a soul, a life force when we lived.
It's why zombies eat brains :P.
 
Sliver said:
How would you like to expire?

For me a bullet in the head would be easy.

Cancer and months of agony hard.

We all die but is suicide really that bad? At least you control your own destiny.
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Least painful way I suppose is my answer. Tonight in my sleep preferably, but that's arguably selfish.

As I've become accustomed to death and made my peace with the subject years ago, I do not fear it. But I do however fear letting loved ones down and that's my single most important thought on suicide. Whilst I think it's acceptable to decide to end your own life (under certain circumstances), I wouldn't want to leave loved ones in pain.
 
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Rossi~ said:
Least painful way I suppose is my answer. Tonight in my sleep preferably, but that's arguably selfish.

As I've become accustomed to death and made my peace with the subject years ago, I do not fear it. But I do however fear letting loved ones down and that's my single most important thought on suicide. Whilst I think it's acceptable to decide to end your own life (under certain circumstances), I wouldn't want to leave loved ones in pain.
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What? You actually want to die tonight?
 
terley said:
More importantly, why wouldn't you be?

The idea of non-existance is terrifying to anyone who is sane..
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That's the funny thing. It's actually irrational to find it terrifying. You won't be around to worry about it so what's the point. I used to fear death and it's finality but not anymore. I do worry about those I'll leave behind but some of that can be mitigated, at least financially.

As my Dad once said to me with a genuine smile on his face, all the while being wheeled into theatre to have the arteries in his neck opened up - when your number's up, your number's up. So profound! :)
BTW he survived the op despite it's severity and is still with the land of the living.
 
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