death

[shaking]

I aren't frightened of death itself but am frightened of actually dying. Don't want to be morbid but would like to hear your views please.

[whiffey]

No I am not, but have you thought through your bravado? What it actually means for you, or rather, completely non-existent you.

[andy-hughes]

I do not believe in any form of afterlife.

I will be sad to leave this life, but I figure that - in the way at nineteen I could never understand my new colleagues in my job looking forward to retirement, at fifty-three I now know what they meant - i shall understand that it is possible to be worn out, physically and mentally ready for rest and peace, and I will welcome it when it comes.

[Info Bank]

Would love to Go peacfully .
no kicking and screaming stuff.


Unlike the Pasengers on my Grandads bus.

Was a joke god put me in a black plastic bag and out for collection For the Rubbish collection .... If Im Dead Im ....At the end of the day Waste disposal....No major cost to the Family ...What the Hell....More Land Fill.

[Drisgirl]

I agree shaking and that why I am no longer afraid of death -I have had way too many signs -and no i dont go looking for obscure things and manifest it in my mind -I truly believe in the after life.I just worry about the people left behind -thats why -whilst I am alive I have coping mechanisms in place for when I am away.

No point worrying about it cos its the only thing we all have in common.

Fig -you would get a laugh -might even send ya a wee titbit on FB lol

[tw@t]

what?
i suppose life on planet zog is infinite?

[cazzz1975]

I believe it is

[figure]

Tw@t - I'm sure you've heard of meditation. Google meditation and after you've read and understand it, practice it. It would be one of the most remarkable, and best things you've done for yourself.

[imhotep]

My father passed away in his sleep last year in his own bed.He looked so peaceful when I saw him the next morning.My mother witnessed his passing away,and she was so terribly heartbroken and upset.She loved him heaps,despite his corny jokes he tended to share with us occasionally. I comforted my Mum by giving her a big hug.We stayed hugged for a good few minutes,and had a good weep together.My father always tried to look on the bright side of life,despite his prostate cancer which had spread on to his skeletal bones.He was really poorly when he went to bed that night.I felt so helpless when i wished him goodnight.We all really miss him,I certainly do being his youngest son.If I had to go,I would like to go in my sleep as well.Sorry I have to stop here now.Thinking of my Dad has brought a few tears on...........

[figure]

Imhotep - my sympathies to you and your relatives on the lost of you dad. Just a cautionary word, you must have your prostate examined more often than the normal recommendation since prostate cancer can be genetic.

[imhotep]

I have just returned to this Thread and thanks figure
for your support.I didn't know it could be genetic.
As I am in my 40's i feel pretty good.I do check down below and everything seems to be in good working order.
My brother is a GP,so I'll ask him if anything should go wrong.

[tw@t]

FIGURE ......i made a very simplistic joke about not being scared of death but terrified of mice (i really don't like them at all)
but this WHIFFEY character seems to be attacking me and i have no idea why?
can you enlighten me?

[beverleymot]

hellyon that was a very optimistic answer- u made me feel better anywaY!!

[Fish Kid]

I'm not actually arsed...I'm not religious so when it comes, everything will just blackout. Pretty much like a weekend on the lash.
I do hope it's not painful, like being buried alive or trapped in a burning building.

[monkeyeyes]

......unless you are being buried alive or trapped in a burning building, Fish Kid

[saxonlynn]

Hiya everyone! What and interesting, albeit morbid, subject for a w told told I had to have CPR for 40eds evening! In 2004 at the grand age of 50 - I was admitted to hospital with severe angina. I was waiting to go to St Thomas' in London for an angiogram. 10 days later I was still in my local hospital when I had what they call a VF Arrest. Basically - apart from the chest pain- I couldn't breathe - I mean I tried to but nothing worked. After about two minutes I can only say that it was similar to fainting. Pins and needles in my head then a gradual blackness then Nothing!!!!!!!!

[whiffey]

tw@at, my apologies if I upset you.

I was not attacking you, just commenting on the platitudes that use words such as "rest" and "sleeping" and "peace" in the context of death as a non-believer. They are comforting and warm, but if you don't even exist, they are illusory.

I would make exactly the same comment to andy-hughes, if you simply don't exist, how can you know that you are at peace ?