Do you fear death?

[sandrajo]

If you do then what do you fear death most about it (the suffering, etc)?

[Cobra2]

dying

[sandrajo]

Sorry was meant to read : If you do then what do you fear most about it (the suffering, etc)?

[B00]

I fear getting old more- especially old and inferm, it's my worst nightmare.

[whiffey]

The aspect I find the most disturbing is the sense of annihilation, the complete ending of anything I ever was. "Living on" in the memory of friends and relatives or being a name on a gravestone doesn't cope with this. When I lay down to sleep it is with the confidence that I will wake up again. To lapse off and *never* to wake up - or anything else - again, is mesmerising.

I've posted separately on this, sorry to make the point again.

[sandrajo]

I feel like that to whiffey, i hate the thought of not existing anymore it really frightens me

[bobtheturkey]

having mrs h as my undertaker

[:Ace:]

how do you know when you're dead though?
aaaah, weird one that!

[whiffey]

:Ace: take 5 quiet minutes and think about actually CEASING TO EXIST in any form.

[unruliejulie]

i dread the actual thought of dying, like being told i have 6 months to live for example, as someone my husband knows, just has. That would be terrifying. I would hate the thought that i had to leave my kids behind and it feels strange to think about a time you will no longer exist.

One thought that keeps me going is that i will meet my Dad again, that makes it easier to handle,knowing he will be there, along with my grandparents, to meet me..

[sandrajo]

My mother in law only has days left to live and it is so horrible to see someone you love suffer and to think we'll never see her again, she is not scared at all but it terrifys me.

[Pippa68]

Looking at it from another point of view, many people have been given a certain amount of time to live and decided to pack as much into their final months as they can..visiting places they only ever dreamed about, achieving goals such as flying a plane, bungee jumping, or raising awareness & funds for charities.

There are also people who die never doing the things they wanted to do as death was sudden. I am going to go off now & have a good cry.

[whiffey]

Sandra, many sympathies, and there is also something else going on.

When we are 20 death doesn't exist, when we are 30 it might just, when we are 40 it is a possibility (so I am told lol !!)

I am sure that as we get older the prospect of dying becomes less horrifying. Just getting away from weariness, or magpies and traffic jams.

[steviep165]

at the minute the very idea of it scares tha pants of me. i wont feel the same in 50 years time though when i'm stuck in a bed full of tubes and hooked up to machines going ping. then i'l welcome it. thank god for euthanasia.

[Lonnie]

Dying doesn't bother me at all, from nothing, to nothing, just so long as there's no pain.

[Makinamess]

I believe that the only real certainty we have is that we will all die - sometime.

I have no fear of it but I don't mean I am fearless, I still look left and right when I cross the road. I mean when it is my time to go, I hope it is peaceful, without pain and happens fairly quickly.

I don't believe in an afterlife or even wonder why I have been put here on this planet - it simply happened and I am really not important enough to think I should have made a difference.

[peterd]

I think everyone wants a peaceful death, but if your times up your time is up. Good post by Whiffey tho ;)

[rugeleyboy]

i am going to be honest......
death scares the hell out of me!! i cant imagine not seeing my kids,not being able to touch,smell or be with them??

totally selfish i know but it really is a mind fcuk isnt it!!!

[Amara]

I don't fear dying at all, as I know we go back to something much better. The interesting thing is that most people who are close to death don't fear it anyway, maybe they already have an insight into what awaits them?

[whiffey]

Amara, Amara, I hope you are close when you say "what awaits them" !!!

If it is NOTHING then there is NOTHING to await.

I do not believe in the annihilation of the soul, it doesn't add up.

[Amara]

Whiffey don't stress - There most definitely is much more than this life, just be the best you can be, love unconditionally and do something nice every day. When you cross over and you review your life from the other side you will be a happy little spirit indeed. Amara xxx