Let's talk about death

I was asked this by a friend today and after thinking about it I still have no answer.

 

Besides the whole not-living-anymore thing.

Not knowing what people will think of us when we're gone.

 

To me, at my age, it's not living enough of life. I don't want to die because I'm still young and haven't done what I want with my life yet. To older people, it could be because they didn't do what they wanted with their life, they are dissapointed and regret their life.

 

For me I suppose it'd be all of those things.

I don't want to die painfully, as I'm sure nobody does. I can barely deal with papercuts, I can't imagine something that would be killing me. I'd of course miss my family and friends as well. If I had to choose one of those that scares me the most it'd be the unknown. I'm not someone who is generally afraid of the future or what is going to happen next but I don't really fancy finding out what happens to me after I die.

 

It's not death that we fear most, but eternity. The thought of something going forever without change is what terrifies us.

 

I don't actually dwell on it at all and I'm not afraid. At times, I have been but that's because of religion. I just don't want to die and go to Hell, I suppose. Or being tortured to death, I think it'd hurt to lay there being tortured as you die. >:​

 

To me it would be the unknown. People should understand that death is a natural part of life and it is bound to happen no matter how much we don't want it too. Though what comes after that's the part I wonder about.

 

The unknown. What will people think of us when we leave? will they forget us??? And what happens after? Are we good enough to go to heaven? Do we have to spend the rest of eternity in hell??? And also the fact that I may ever see my family again...what willhappen there???

 

Humans fear death because they don't know what will happen, it is our nature to fear the unknown.
But come to think of it, aren't we dead for 1900+ years?

 

I don't really ponder on what happens afterwards too much, since I'm an Agnostic. I think more often on not when will it happen, but how. Will it just be any old day, I walk out to check the mail and get run over by a car? Or will I be aware of it and thus would have time to say goodbyes, as in I catch a disease or somethin? Maybe I should just stay indoors.
"A magical place, where you can't get harmed!".
I don't know, I'm too busy enjoying life to really think about stuff like that. I can't control my destiny (except by eating less junk food), so there's no real point. When I die, I die. If there's a heaven, I'll probably go the other place since I wasn't religious. Oh well.

 

I guess it'd be all of those for me. I don't deal with pain rather well. Depending what it is. For my family and friends, I'd miss them a lot. But the unknown makes it seem more scary.

I always feared death. Most of the things that happened to my family is kind of related to death. I actually almost died when I was 7.

The unknown is something that most people are afraid of.​

 

I don't fear the pain, I just fear not living my life as much as would have liked to. There's so many things I haven't done. I don't really fear the unknown because having fear of something that may or not be there is just being paranoid and that's just not my kind of personality.

 

Well, I wouldn't care so much about dying, as long as I go out in a way that benefits people, or as long as I lived in a way that benefited people in a major way. That's really the extent of my ambitions, and once I achieve that, I can die happy. Although, it would also be nice if something did exist after death. I know it's unprovable, but it would be nice.

 

death for me isn't so much that i fear it. more that i won't be around to see everyone, so it makes me unhappy about it. i've accepted the fact I'm eventually going to die, and really, even if i could live super super long, what would be the point?

 

I think the thing I fear most is the pain of dying or how I'm going to die.
Although I know everyone is going to die one day,I am scared of how I might die.

I'm not scared of dying itself,because then I'd be absolutely paranoid.
But I am scared of how I am going to leave this earth;because there are many ways to die and I wanna die in my sleep;as everyone else.

 

We fear that we haven't shaped our lives the way we wanted to. We fear that we will not be remembered the way we wanted to. Death is the final full stop; we can't alter the opinions people have of us anymore.
It is the uncertainty of the legacy that we leave that make people anxious about death. Or better said; it is one of many reasons.

 

I'm not afraid to die, it's going to happen, so I'm not going to fear death. But, I am afraid to know if anyone will really care when I die. When I die, will I have anyone around to bother caring? If I do have people who will care, what if my death will cause them problems? Such as, leaving behind a child who still needs me in their life? Aside from fears along those lines, I also wonder what will happen after I die? Is there an afterlife? Is there nothingness? Is there...perhaps something uncomprehendable that will happen afterwards? I wonder about such things constantly, because I'm a deep thinker.

 

i personally dont fear death whatsoever... theres nothing ot be afraid of. :D

 

Well, I'd like to narrow it down. I don't think I fear death because of my family. I understand that everyone has to die eventually, and that the people we know and love will also leave us for good as we grow older, or if we live long enough to see the day. Despite everything that's happened, I'm pretty sure my family would be sad if I died, and I don't really like making people sad. But I don't really fear it either, and I know that in time, they might be able to get over it and move on.

I thought about it, and I concluded I don't really fear death for the pain either. I don't like pain, never have, never will. Pain makes me think things, and lose hope at times, which I dislike. And though I'm not sure if I fear general pain or not, I don't fear the pain that comes with death. I don't because I know that, at some point, the pain will have to stop and my body will become lifeless. So, I'll just have to grin and bear it until I'm free from it.

I'd have to say that I fear the unknown of death. Many people have talked about it, discussed theories on it, etc. People talk about Heaven, Hell, and even reincarnation, but out of all of it, I'm not positive of what comes after death. I don't know what it feels like, what happens during it, or where "I" will end up. and that discomforts me. And at the same time, I'm curious of it. If there really is a heaven, if I actually will be reincarnated, or if I just enter an eternal sleep. Some things about the unknown fascinates me. So, I fear the unknown of death, yet at the same time, I'm fascinated by it.

...I'll be damned if any of this makes any sense. <<