ERA, does death frighten you?

[MasterYoshi]

Today at work, I somehow began thinking about my own mortality, how fragile life is, and how no matter what precautions I take, death is inevitable all the same. The thoughts started off simple, but began to get deeper and deeper.

Will I be ready? Will I be satisfied with the life I've lived? Will I know it's happening? Will it be sudden and without warning? Will my loved ones be there with me when I go? Will my children live long and fulfilling lives?

Then, I delved into the scariest of all death related thoughts; non existence. Now, most common conversations about non existence will usually turn to "it will be like before you were born" which I guess is a nice way of thinking about it... Only I never had to face that reality; I've only faced the reality of being alive, with an unknown expiration date. The thoughts of the inevitability of non existence shook me all the way down to my fucking core today. I was visibly shaken and had to divert my thoughts to something else while escaping to the backroom to collect myself. The subject has lingered in my mind the remainder of today.

Normally I'm good at blocking these thoughts and accepting it as a fact of life. Today, I felt the most vulnerable I've ever been.

 

[DriftingSpirit]

I am mostly fine with the stuff you're talking about in the OP. Death is solace to me. It is more the how that bothers me. I just have the feeling it will be through extreme pain with my luck.

 

[Deleted member 1086]

nope, my family's deaths frighten me much more than my own

 

[Jeffolation]

To me non existence is going to be the best sleep I've ever had and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to it.

 

[Poppy]

hell no, death is a goddamn coward that won't come near me because it is too afraid

 

[cirr]

nope, my family's deaths frighten me much more than my own

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this, family and friends passing frighten me much more

 

[the_bromo_tachi]

As our generation gets older, guess it's only natural to think about it.

Yes, it does but what can I do about it? I'm honestly more afraid of my love ones dying before me.

 

[Coyote Starrk]

As someone with chronic depression not nearly as much as it should I think.


I am more afraid of what my death would do to my family and friends than any real concern about myself.

 

[Yourfawthaaa]

No.

We are all meant to go someday just live your best life.

 

[Strangelove_77]

Not at all. Mostly I'm scared of dying in extreme physical pain. That's what scares me. I hate physical pain.

 

[Easy_D]

Sometimes, other times I'm more worried about life sucking. More important to focus on what you have power over and for me death is not one of those things.

 

[Tagyhag]

If I really think about it and the finality of it, yes. But I just don't and try to live my life as well as I can.

 

[Deleted member 1086]

I really do dread the day my parents aren't there anymore, the day I won't be able to talk to them.

 

[Hollywood Duo]

Yes, every time I think about it I get crippling anxiety. On the plus side I use that fear to motivate me to live my life to the fullest.

 

[subpar spatula]

Yes. I don't want to die. Living is awesome. Fuck dying.

COME ON IMMORTALITY TECHNOLOGY. GIVE IT TO ME.

 

[leafcutter]

nope, my family's deaths frighten me much more than my own

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Yeah this. I feel really sad and scared knowing that, at best, I'll live long enough to see my parents and possibly my brothers and my wife die. At worst I might have a kid that dies. Thinking about that bothers me so much more than thinking about my own death.

 

[Masoyama]

Nope. No sense stressing about what you cant control.

 

[Air]

No.

We are all meant to go someday just live your best life.

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Yep

 

[MadJakeChurchill]

Yes. I don't want to die. Living is awesome. Fuck dying.

COME ON IMMORTALITY TECHNOLOGY. GIVE IT TO ME.

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Same. Gimme that eternal life and let me decide when enough is enough.

 

[Deleted member 42105]

nope, my family's deaths frighten me much more than my own

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^^^ exactly this

 

[Zukuu]

Death's a dude.

 

[Officer Big Mac]

Not really. I just hope there's something awesome on the other side. Like a Costco but all they sell is I've cream cakes and they're free.

 

[Arta]

Ever since my mother died it's been on my mind more and more.

 

[PJV3]

If I go in a nice way then no, a slightly less pleasant end if it involves naked ladies is just about acceptable

 

[smash_robot]

Yes. I don't want to die. Living is awesome. Fuck dying.

COME ON IMMORTALITY TECHNOLOGY. GIVE IT TO ME.

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Damn right.

Whenever this topic comes up and people say "I wouldn't want to be immortal" I think they must be off their rockers. Not me though; robot bodies, being uploaded to the matrix, whatever else, as long as my consciousness continues it's good with me.

 

[AuthenticM]

dying alone frightens me

 

[vertigo]

real talk i had horrible death anxiety (would wake up in the middle of the night in cold sweats, couldnt sleep, couldnt move sometimes) but then i started doing ac*d and it helped me to move past those fears

edit also im new so i dont know the rules about mentioning drugs?

 

[GrooveCommand]

dying alone frightens me

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We all die alone, it's living alone that scares me.

 

[Liquidsnake]

While I don't look forward to it, I think I am ok with it. Life is a gift. We are so lucky to have been at the right place at the right time with all the stars aligned for us to even experience this ride. If it ends tomorrow, I think I will go with a smile because I did enjoy my time here on earth, I have lived pretty selfishly, but I don't have complaints, like I am and have been content.

Life is a gift. Death comes for us all. I hope there is something more after, I mean when you think of the infinite universe, space, time, and what this all means, there has to be more.

In case there is nothing more, and like a plant dying that's it, then it was one hell of a ride, good and bad, it was a hell of a ride.

 

[Sorel]

Time frighten me.

 

[DarkSora]

Death's a dude.

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LOL!

 

[Prolepro]

Fear is irrelevant; death happens regardless.

Might as well make the best of it in the meantime.

 

[TheBaldEmperor]

To my very core. If I can't sleep at night and thoughts about it creep in, I entertain myself with something until I fall asleep.

 

[adj_noun]

The concept of death doesn't particularly frighten me.

It's not a process I look forward to, and I'm sure given the prospect of imminent death I'd be frightened at enduring it, but the actual experience of being dead holds no more terror for me than the unfathomable number of years of non-existence that passed for me to get here.

I wasn't hungry in 1845.

I wasn't nervous in 1312.

I wasn't bored in the time of the dinosaurs.

I just wasn't. And some day I will not be again.

 

[Officer Big Mac]

While I don't look forward to it, I think I am ok with it. Life is a gift. We are so lucky to have been at the right place at the right time with all the stars aligned for us to even experience this ride. If it ends tomorrow, I think I will go with a smile because I do enjoy my time here on earth, I have lived pretty selfishly, but I don't have complaints, like I am and have been content.

Life is a gift. Death comes for us all. I hope there is something more after, I mean when you think of the infinite universe, space, time, and what this all means, there has to be more.

In case there is nothing more, and like a plant dying that's it, then it was one hell of a ride, good and bad, it was a hell of a ride.

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Plants go to hell. It's in the Bible.

 

[Captain Tuttle]

I turned 50 this year and it has made me think about my mortality for the first time in my life.

Not a good feeling

 

[Jombie]

I'm afraid of people watching waste away while I piss and shit myself. Death itself? Not in the least.

 

[W-00]

Not really. I figure that when I die, I'll either be gone from existence and not have to worry about anything or I'll still exist in some form and thus be fine.

 

[Spanic]

It did frighten me, then I got health insurance and we good now.


edit: *life insurance

 

[FunkyPajamas]

I am mostly fine with the stuff you're talking about in the OP. Death is solace to me.

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To me non existence is going to be the best sleep I've ever had and I'd be lying if I said I wasn't looking forward to it.

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I feel this way as well. Both my granddads had sudden deaths (one was murdered, the other died of cancer super quickly), but both my grandmothers had horrible prolonged diseases (COPD, the other Dementia). As a single 40+ year old with no kids, there is no way I want to live past my 60s and end up in a geriatric care unit not knowing who the hell I am or why I'm plugged to a bunch of machines. Once my pets are gone I'll probably just try to die of hypothermia somewhere up in a remote location.

I am terrified of dying in a bed or hospital, all alone and confused.

 

[Deleted member 4034]

Not as much as it used to.

I'm scared to not exist anymore, but living forever just sounds exhausting. And a our future isn't exactly promising. Thankfully I'm still in my 20s.

It's been a good year or two since I had panic attack thinking about it.

 

[Deleted member 4372]

no. but having a life-changing near death experience sure as hell does.

 

[entremet]

Im more afraid of dying slowly, like cancer. Getting shot, dying in car accident and so on don't.

If my number is up my number is up.

 

[badboy78660]

Used to when I was a kid, but when my mind expanded (i.e. when I grew up), I realized that while we can prolong the inevitable (by exercising, eating healthy--though even that doesn't guarantee anything), we can't escape it. We're all on borrowed time.

 

[Khamsinvera]

Not my own, I'm ready for that one - I mean, wtf is it taking sooooo long? I'm doing all the right things - smoking, drinking, horrible diet, etc. This is bullshit ...

 

[Deleted member 17952]

I'd like to think that I don't, but I won't truly know the answer until I'm actually at the point of dying.

I don't fear the afterworld per se, as there's really nothing at the end anyway, but I don't know how I'll actually react once life regrets start sinking in.

 

[linkboy]

I lost my last grandparent about a year ago now and I've been thinking about my eventual death and my parents as well. I'm 36. When it's my time to go, it's my time to go, it's something I can't control.

The thought of not existing honestly scares the hell out of me, but at the same time, I've accepted it.

 

[Snack12367]

My death doesn't. The thought of losing my wife scares me more than I'll ever admit.

 

[Stouffers]

I have too much going on to think about death. My most intrusive thoughts are usually related to my past shitty behavior.

 

[Florist]

Not existing anymore doesn't frighten me... but how I die does.