Do you fear dying?

theblaqueguy · 16-12-2013 06:53AM

jimpump wrote: »

ive been stabbed twice and was on my way out over a punctured artury but I really didn't care if I lived or died

Did your ex gf stab you when she found out you were feekin the brazzers?

Greenmachine · 16-12-2013 08:00AM

Poll asks a different question than the thread title.

Greenmachine · 16-12-2013 08:01AM

aaronjumper wrote: »

I don't really fear the being dead part but dying itself does scare me.

Just seen this.

Tony EH · 16-12-2013 09:31AM

No.

But I fear how I will die. Going out, hooked up to a machine, stinking of shite, with my hair falling out, etc...no thanks.

Thing is, I'm more worried about how life will be in 20, 30, 40+ years time. It ain't that much fun at the moment and I don't really have any expectation that it'll be a barrel of laughs in the later stages.

It's getting worse and worse living in this country, with more expense and discomfort being heaped upon people and I cannot see things getting easier TBH.

Life just seems like it's going to be more of a struggle than the enjoyable experience it was before. Worrying about whether I'll have work (christ, I don't even know if that'll be the case next year), worrying about the death of loved ones (always a crap thing), worrying about where I'll even be living.

It's later life that fills me with fear these days, rather than death.

What the hell happened? :eek:

Festy · 16-12-2013 09:44AM

I'm going to say yes, because I fear the unknown.

strobe · 16-12-2013 09:46AM

My initial response to this question is always no. Cause I don't go around in fear of death or anything. Don't think of it much. But any time I've been in a genuine life or death situation I've learned just how full of sh1t I am. I don't fear dying in the way I don't fear tigers.

zenno · 16-12-2013 09:48AM

Tony EH wrote: »

No.

But I fear how I will die. Going out, hooked up to a machine, stinking of shite, with my hair falling out, etc...no thanks.

Thing is, I'm more worried about how life will be in 20, 30, 40+ years time. It ain't that much fun at the moment and I don't really have any expectation that it'll be a barrel of laughs in the later stages.

It's getting worse and worse living in this country, with more expense and discomfort being heaped upon people and I cannot see things getting easier TBH.

Life just seems like it's going to be more of a struggle than the enjoyable experience it was before. Worrying about whether I'll have work (christ, I don't even know if that'll be the case next year), worrying about the death of loved ones (always a crap thing), worrying about where I'll even be living.

It's later life that fills me with fear these days, rather than death.

What the hell happened? :eek:

Yeah, life is strange, every-one has to work morning noon and evening, day in, day out, to be able to live semi comfortably.
But after the years fly in, you notice you are getting old, and only then you will say to yourself... I have worked hard all of my life but didn't take a long break when I was younger, but now I'm too old and not as fit to do the things I would have liked to do back in the day.

Ah well, I'll just sit here with my pipe and ponder reflecting on a life I could have had, instead of working my bollix off for the last 50 years.

hypothetically speaking

whupdedo · 16-12-2013 09:58AM

I think everyone has a natural fear of dying whom faced with it.But its a natural progression as you get older you will learn to face the fact you won't live forever.To someone in their mid 30s the thought of dying is frightening, but to someone in their 80s it might be more acceptable.I remember my last conversation with my grandmother about how she felt about dying and she told me she envied the people that died young, she was ready and looking forward to dying
.I think it's a great way to be at 86, that you actually want to die.
I recently lost someone very close to me who was very young and had young kids, she didn't want to die but had no choice in the matter, but that didn't mean she wasn't frightened, she was very scared and angry that at 41 years of age it was all going to be taken off her, she would never see her daughters married or graduate or meet their first boyfriends.

K.Flyer · 16-12-2013 10:01AM

"I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it – you've got to go sometime."

-Gerry O'Driscoll, Abbey Road Studios.
-The Great Gig In The Sky.
-Dark Side of the Moon (1973).

_Redzer_ · 16-12-2013 10:02AM

Dying and death don't scare me in the slightest, they're an inevitability of life. Just make the most of it and you can't go wrong, because I think regret is actually the worst thing of all.

Tony EH · 16-12-2013 10:23AM

zenno wrote: »

Yeah, life is strange, every-one has to work morning noon and evening, day in, day out, to be able to live semi comfortably.
But after the years fly in, you notice you are getting old, and only then you will say to yourself... I have worked hard all of my life but didn't take a long break when I was younger, but now I'm too old and not as fit to do the things I would have liked to do back in the day.

Ah well, I'll just sit here with my pipe and ponder reflecting on a life I could have had, instead of working my bollix off for the last 50 years.

hypothetically speaking

Aye. I've been sort of thinking quite a bit about how just plain stupid life is. We go to school, then get a job. We stay at the mercy of work, more than likely in a job we dislike (or outright hate). Hopefully, there's actually opportunity to get work in later life, cos the reality is that most people are "aged out" in their 50's. Have a look around your office...not to many 50+ year olds, I reckon.

And now we have to worry about securing work until 67 years old.

We spend most of our time worrying/planning for the "future" and in no time at all, the future is upon us and we regret not having done anything.

Then we die.

The whole thing's bloody ridiculous.

:pac:

efb · 16-12-2013 10:24AM

No

Noxin · 16-12-2013 10:36AM

Of course I fear death. Think about it. Yeesh. The thought of just nothingness.... sends a shiver down my spine.

Sure whatever ya believe in may provide some comfort... souls living on or whatever but the simple fact is, you will no longer be here. Creeps me right the fcuk out! Here one minute, gone the next!

It's a really stupid thing to be afraid of. No doubt about it. Nothing you can control but knowing this still will not remove the fear of it.

I can only say just try and make the best out of what time you have left

I have chills now. Bleugh!

nc19 · 16-12-2013 10:43AM

I dont want to die ever. Plain and simple.

I want to see space travel - doubt ill see it in my lifetime
I want to see aliens - not anytime soon id say

I want to see what life is like in 200 yrs considering what it was like 1813.

_MadRa_ · 16-12-2013 10:50AM

Spiders, Clowns and women, but not dying.

weetiepie · 16-12-2013 10:53AM

I had absolutely no fear before I had children. I don't fear dying just that my kids would no longer have a mother..

Its All Wright · 16-12-2013 11:03AM

Nobody knows what happens when you die, i think deep down we all fear the unknown but in my opinion the idea of going to heaven, meeting up with old family/friends & living for ever lasting life is pure fantasy. Even If it was to be true who would fancy that kind of life anyway. I would like to think that we cease to exist.

Tasden · 16-12-2013 11:16AM

I find that having no belief in heaven is more comforting than believing in life after death. The fact we came from nothing and will end with nothingness is really nice to me.
I don't fear death itself more just the way in which I will die, like a violent lonely death would obviously be more scary than peacefully in my sleep or whatever. And I worry for my child and things like that but that's not a fear for myself as such.
I do fear an illness that would cut my life short and I'd know I was going to die soon, the pain it causes for everyone can be horrific, although some people do find some kind of peace in it when it does happen. A family member of mine got to say goodbye to everyone which I will cherish forever so I don't know.

caustic 1 · 16-12-2013 11:32AM

I am not afraid to die, I am afraid of what I will miss like children's events, weddings, children. I would like to see them all settled and happy. Of course that may not happen whether I live or die but I suppose that is the hope.

anncoates · 16-12-2013 11:37AM

Dying now would scare me.

When I've reached a much older age and my kids are grown up, not so much so.

Legs.Eleven · 16-12-2013 11:39AM

It scares me and find it hard to get my head round. I feel like I'm falling off a very tall building when I think about it too long, so I don't. Hopefully I won't feel that way down the line.

16-12-2013 11:39AM

Foxhound38 wrote: »

Does the idea of no longer being able to see, feel, remember, love, think or even exist some day make you feel uncomfortable? We all have to die some day after all, but does the idea of being dead make you nervous or bother you at all?

No. Only thing I am scared of is the actual process of dying. The actually being dead part - not so much at all.

zenno · 16-12-2013 11:41AM

Noxin wrote: »

Of course I fear death. Think about it. Yeesh. The thought of just nothingness.... sends a shiver down my spine.

Sure whatever ya believe in may provide some comfort... souls living on or whatever but the simple fact is, you will no longer be here. Creeps me right the fcuk out! Here one minute, gone the next!

It's a really stupid thing to be afraid of. No doubt about it. Nothing you can control but knowing this still will not remove the fear of it.

I can only say just try and make the best out of what time you have left

I have chills now. Bleugh!

Even 'Nothing' is something, just by using the word "nothing" shows that it exists, but what is it, dark matter ? a tropical wave of an unknown energy source that connects to everything in the universe ?

Even Nothing exists, we just need to struggle forward to find this illusive Nothing.

Fuzzytrooper · 16-12-2013 11:57AM

I fear dying at the hands of violent sociopaths and then being brought back as an unstoppable cyborg cop who is haunted by shadows of my former life.

RobertKK · 16-12-2013 12:02PM

To fear death is to fear life. We don't want to be living in fear of death, but to be simply aware of how to avoid it for as long as possible

But like in life, we don't want it to be a traumatic experience. A peaceful experience and preferably when we are old and have lived.

We can't avoid it so might as well accept it as just another part of life, and not worry about something we can't change.

Corvo · 16-12-2013 12:06PM

Id miss the football. I'd hate to die mid-season.

Sleepy · 16-12-2013 12:09PM

How my wife and kids would survive without me worries me as I'm the main earner in the house and childcare would take the majority of her salary were she working full-time which would mean she wouldn't be able to afford the rent. I've some life insurance through work but it's only two years salary so it wouldn't last too long... really hoping to be able to afford some further life insurance when things get better as I really don't want them trying to survive on social welfare / in a council estate...

The death part itself doesn't scare me all that much as tbh, I won't know too much about it beyond the few seconds/minutes before it happens and once it's happened I simply won't exist. It's the effects of me not being here which worry me far more than the actual "dying".

Tasden · 16-12-2013 12:21PM

Corvo wrote: »

Id miss the football. I'd hate to die mid-season.

A guy who supports the same team as I do was diagnosed recently with a terminal illness and he said its the weirdest thing not caring whether they win or not cause he won't be around anyway.

Foxhound38 · 16-12-2013 06:23PM

zenno wrote: »

No, I personally don't fear death at all, it's just a transition from material matter into electrical energy but the "ME" part of it continues on.

I think, therefore I am. Sure how could a person understand the external when trapped inside a container of matter ?.

Becuase your brain wouldn't work anymore and you wouldn't be able to think anymore.

Electrical energy isn't consciousness, because consciousness isn't just trapped in the container of matter, it is a by-product of that container which unfortunately has a sell-by date...

JumpShivers · 16-12-2013 06:25PM

When I was younger it did, now, not at all.

It happens to everyone, a part of life that we can't escape from.

Do you fear dying?

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