Fear Of Dying

AckwelFoley

fear of death no.

Fear of getting caught ..yes

Krieg

Woody allen sums it up best for me
- “I am not afraid of death, I just don't want to be there when it happens.”

The only thing I hate most over the thought of dying, is that I wont find out how humanity does in the future. Its like watching a decent tv series and your death occurs mid season and you don't get to watch the rest. Id love to know how long humanity survives for and what (if anything) wipes us all out etc. Of course the Christians will still be able to watch, in fact it'll be like having sky+ for them.

OP, if your seriously having panic attacks, you may want to consider seeing someone if its ongoing. But my guess is that you'll wake up one morning and wonder why you worried at all.

cyberwolf77

Samanthawho wrote: »

Hi, I was wondering is anyone else as bad as me. When I think if dying i start having panic attacks, i break out in a rash and my heart starts to beat really fast. I have to try to snap out of it. I try to start up a conversation or think of other things to take my mind off it.

Should i go to see someone about this?

Yes go see someone. I has no fear of death considering I was legally dead for two hours when i was three months of age. I needed heart surgery and they kept my brain on standby while my heart and lungs were stopped. Thus I met the legal definition of death, not the clinical though.

Poor Uncle Tom

No time for regrets, try to experience most things at least once, hurt no one, have a ball and take as many good friends on the trip with you. Life's a rollercoaster but you only get one go, make the most of it. When you close your eyes for the last time your body is already decaying...

*eadaoin

Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »

Life's a rollercoaster

you just gotta ride it??


i'm sorry i couldn't help myself, goddam ronan keating making me think of this tune every time rollercoasters are mentioned!

Canis Lupus

I always regret not having been born in the future when we're bound to have funky gadgets and life will be like Star Trek. Sadly it's probably more likely that the earth will be grossly over populated and natural resources will have been mostly exhausted. Law and order as we know it will have broken down and life in general will be pretty ****ing ****.

Still. If I genuinely stop to think about death, being an athetist, it makes me sad that my being will just cease to be and that will be that. Of course once I get the dying part over with I won't know any better but that doesn't make it easier.

Ultimately you can't keep thinking about it. The end of your life is inevitable, you just have to enjoy the journey to the end.


(And then go out in a ball of flames)

Dr_H_Lecter

well sam.....and first let me say, about those people saying they're not worried cause they're young ,lol, so were lots of dead people, you can die in the womb.

Not really something to worry about though, whats the alternative, go on forever on this earth. -IMHO- you wont disappear in any case, where are you going to disappear to? again imHo all that you are made of is part of the universe. Including your thoughts. So we all just get re-jumbled. We're all cut from the same material. Thought/spirit is just another part of the universe, like chopra says we're all just waves on the same ocean, we're separate and at the same time one. nothing that we are is separate from the universe, theres nothing that is not/(that is outside) the universe. we/you/i are our thoughts, our thoughts are energy, the body breaks down and disolves back into energy. The thoughts/person/spirit flows back into where it came from like a small pool of water 're-attaching' to the main body.

these guys explain it nicer/better.

(the above automatically jumps to an irrelevant linked video so disregard the 2nd video which opens, better to search part 2 of 7)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EWFSAFHpx_U

CHD

If it happens it happens, theres not alot your going to be able to do about it. Why worry about it.

WeeBushy

truecrippler wrote: »

You're gonna lose your virginity 5 times between now and the time you die?

I was talking more about the amount of things.
But I've heard if you don't have sex for ages your virginity can grow back, some maybe I will lose it 4 more times :P

An Fear Aniar

It's only the Ego that fears dying, it fears everything. It's the cause of our problems in this existence - it remains the tyrannical toddler inside all of us and dominates each of us to a lesser or greater degree. If you can smash the Ego you lose your fear of most things.

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Mr Benevolent

An Fear Aniar wrote: »

It's only the Ego that fears dying, it fears everything. It's the cause of our problems in this existence - it remains the tyrannical toddler inside all of us and dominates each of us to a lesser or greater degree. If you can smash the Ego you lose your fear of most things.

.

Hehe, another misguided Freudian devotee. Get back in yer box and read The Interpretation of Dreams. I hear Freud was at his best in that one...

...after consuming a kilo of coke.

OP, either go to PI or go ask someone qualified if they can help.

SeekUp

Latchy wrote: »

Scared of dying is one thing ,it's what ( if anything ) that comes after the also worries many, which is probaly not one and the same thing I suppose but a double worry to some

Some of the things that come before death are scarier, imo!

I'm not afraid of dying . . . I just don't want it to hurt (either myself or my loved ones).

renraw

I've lost a lot of people tru death and, if there is such a thing as the "afterlife" then YAY...if not, then sure we won't know about it....Death is nothing to be frightened of....a part of living is to die...final chapter n all....if there's nothing there, then, just think of it like sleeping for a very very long time ....you won't or anyone realise its happened

Professey Chin

Ohhhhh myyyyyy god............WE ALL GONNA DIEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! :eek::eek::eek:

An Fear Aniar

Confab wrote: »

Hehe, another misguided Freudian devotee.

I'm not a Freudian anything, but the Ego idea is certainly real, or you wouldn't have written that post.

.

gidget

I've lost a lot of people tru death and, if there is such a thing as the "afterlife" then YAY

+1

I've no fear of death no. I do have a fear of getting old though!! Just the thought of every working function of my body slowly going bit by bit (sight, hearing, mobility, memory) that sort of thing.

I rather just go out quickly and in a painless way if possible - preferably in my sleep.

galwayrush

**** death, i'm having another bottle of wine:P

Latchy

SeekUp wrote: »

Some of the things that come before death are scarier, imo!

That goes without saying, like if a soldier is going to die he wants it to be a quick death

I

'm not afraid of dying . . . I just don't want it to hurt (either myself or my loved ones).

No of course not and something we will wish for ourselfs and loved ones , to die without pain and be at peace with the ourselfs and world when we do .

shqipshume

Samanthawho wrote: »

Hi, I was wondering is anyone else as bad as me. When I think if dying i start having panic attacks, i break out in a rash and my heart starts to beat really fast. I have to try to snap out of it. I try to start up a conversation or think of other things to take my mind off it.

Should i go to see someone about this?

How old are you first off?

Everyone in world experiences fear of death at some stage of life.I used to be afraid,afraid to sleep at night had the whole panic stuff also,but not anymore,I am more afraid of leaving those behind i love and not been there to protect them:(
We were in a car crash and it happened so fast just didn't have time to react or think or anything.
How long has this been going on?If an ongoing thing perhaps you should speak to your doctor about it and he can suggest some form of therapy,If its only recent and due to some sad situation then its all related to trauma and also should seek advice.But there is nothing wrong with you.

shqipshume

Ultimate Chin wrote: »

Ohhhhh myyyyyy god............WE ALL GONNA DIEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!! :eek::eek::eek:

Should have known you couldnt resist :rolleyes::D

chupacabra

Canis Lupus wrote: »

I always regret not having been born in the future when we're bound to have funky gadgets and life will be like Star Trek. Sadly it's probably more likely that the earth will be grossly over populated and natural resources will have been mostly exhausted. Law and order as we know it will have broken down and life in general will be pretty ****ing ****.

But we are in the future, we do have funky gadgets and life is like star trek.... sort of..

Riamfada

Just take the old people and turn them into food.

jumpguy

I remember when I was young (about 9/10) I was scared to **** of germs and things because I thought it'd kill me. So really I had to try and avoid everything and it seriously stifled my social life at the time (albeit I was like 9) It was terrible and I tried to hide it but it was extraordinarily stressful. It went on for around 2/3 years. I got over it though. I think it's just a childhood phase though because I know many people who went through the same thing. If I was older though and it happened I would've tried to get help.

deadhead13

Its envitable. Worrying about it isn't going change that fact. So, why worry?

benj

be happy don't worry...
even when things are bad there's always a light at the end of the tunnel
....as long as it's not the light of an incoming train

EdgarAllenPoo

I'm not afraid of dying as long as I go in my sleep like my grandfather...and not screaming like the passengers on his bus (sorry I couldn't resist).

I would imagine it's similar to being under anesthetic, you're basically just gone but at least with anesthetic you wake up again (best sleep I ever had).

byhookorbycrook

I'd be more worried about being buried alive, hence I've signed up to donate my body to science,at least I'll be dead for definite when they saw me up.

My name is URL

It is a scary thought, but only because it's beyond comprehension

There's no way for a person to envisage the nothingness that comes with dying

Even imagining nothing is something.

The only thing I'd be scared about is that I had regrets which I never got a chance to put right... that's the difference between heaven and hell imo

Trev M

Dont Fear theh reaper baby , its al part of the cosmic plan:D

mateo

Yes, it's scary and a horrible thought. But when you're dead you won't know your dead.