Soldato
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Your biggest fear?
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Death all the way!. I fear death by heart attack more specifically. I once discussed it with a friend (death) and said that I would far rather have an idea of when, and take control of it (gun to the temple etc), he said that he would rather see it out, with the possibility of experiencing the ethereal last few moments (which could well be slowed right down by the brain, thus the theory of eternal spirit/heaven etc), he's registered here actually. Personally I'd rather not take the risk, blam, goodbye
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my biggest current fear is still the threat of small girl zombies, even a few years after seeing dawn of the dead......also going to bed with a lass only for her crazy ex fella to kick in the front door and try to kick the preverbial (sp?) into me on xmas eve/morn.
these rate pretty high on my irational fear list....one i have already experience and it wasnt fun.
these rate pretty high on my irational fear list....one i have already experience and it wasnt fun.
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The worst part is you're almost certainly going to experience it as you die... It's only a very small minority of people who pass away quickly and painlessly. Most people put such nightmarish thoughts to the back of their minds and live in denial, but the truth is you have a better chance of winning the lottery than dieing in any manner which could be considered at all 'preferential'.
It's not until people accept this fact that they will actually wake-up and bother to make more of an effort to do their bit to improve health services, rather than just assume it's the governments responsibility to worry about such things.
But yeah... I'm basically just agreeing with you.
I think my biggest fear would be to have some injury that would take away all of my senses, like the metallica song 'one' (based on the book 'johnny got his gun') where a landmine took away a soldiers legs, arms, eyesight, speech and hearing, and even though all that has happened, he is still kept alive on life support and as he is aware of his situation he just wants to die. Thats my biggest fear, being in that sort of situation.
Death.
I'm actually really, really scared of dying that I don't like to think about it too much. I don't think I could ever sacrifice myself to save others because of this, I mean suppose someone said to me "let me kill you, or I will kill 1000 other people", I don't think I could go through with that. I value my life more than anything else. I just have this strange kind of conciousness which dictates that once I die, the universe as I know it ceases to exist.
I'm sure this comes across as being very selfish but that's just the way my perception of life works. I'm fairly unselfish in 'everyday life', but when it comes to death, that's a different matter.
I'm actually really, really scared of dying that I don't like to think about it too much. I don't think I could ever sacrifice myself to save others because of this, I mean suppose someone said to me "let me kill you, or I will kill 1000 other people", I don't think I could go through with that. I value my life more than anything else. I just have this strange kind of conciousness which dictates that once I die, the universe as I know it ceases to exist.
I'm sure this comes across as being very selfish but that's just the way my perception of life works. I'm fairly unselfish in 'everyday life', but when it comes to death, that's a different matter.
If it helps to think about it... every time you go to sleep and don't dream, it is the same as being dead. It doesn't hurt, dying (can) hurt.
There are far far worse things than death, believe me.
You've tried it have you?
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I've changed my mind.
Alzheimer's is what I fear most. Losing your memory would be an erosion of who you are, just leaving behind a shell.
Alzheimer's is what I fear most. Losing your memory would be an erosion of who you are, just leaving behind a shell.
Death all the way!. I fear death by heart attack more specifically. I once discussed it with a friend (death) and said that I would far rather have an idea of when, and take control of it (gun to the temple etc), he said that he would rather see it out, with the possibility of experiencing the ethereal last few moments (which could well be slowed right down by the brain, thus the theory of eternal spirit/heaven etc), he's registered here actually. Personally I'd rather not take the risk, blam, goodbye
I dont think i would like the idea of someone seeing my brains splattered all over the ceiling/wall/floor with a gaping hole in my head. Thats certainly not how i would like to be remembered by somebody
Possibly, but that doesn't stop death being my biggest fear.
Things would have to be REALLY bad for me to want to stop living, in terms of my physical condition/pain. I'd never contemplate suicide for things like loneliness, stress, feelings of guilt/betrayal/whatever.
Death is just so......final. That's it. Game over. Finito. The very idea that I could cease to exist fills me with dread.
But it's more than just that. Not just the idea of being dead, but if I KNEW I was going to die (drowning or whatever), that's really not something I'd like to have to go through.
I expect one of these days I will have an epiphany and decide that since I can't live forever, I'd be better off living for the moment a bit more and enjoying the time I have left on this earth.
whilst a pack of wild dogs chews on your face ?
i had a nightmare where that happened once and woke up all my flatmates screaming ! easily one of the scariest things thats ever happened to me
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Second post on this topic in as many minutes? May I suggest you move to China perhaps?
Burnsy