Scared of Death???

[brink's]

Everyone's got to go sometime. Do you fear the inevitable??

How do you feel if you arn't scared?

/EDIT srry wrong forum, can someone move this into offtopic? thx in advance.

 

[Raziaar]

There's almost nothing I fear more.

I'm thanatophobic. My mind keeps telling me all the ways I can die, and the way my family members can die... without me even asking for it.

<sigh>

 

[Gray Fox]

Offcourse, everyone fears death. We may not be preoccupied with it the whole day every day, or have come to accept it. But it's still shitty and ****ing scary.

 

[0mar]

Not scared.

Doesn't mean I'll juggle shotguns, but if I got to go, then I got to go. Nothing can change it.

 

[Reaktor4]

Not in the slightest. I wont know about it when it happens.

 

[brink's]

lol never say never reaktor4, i knew a few people this year who knew exactly when "it" was going to happen.

 

[Dalamari]

Nah, unless I'm gonna drown or get stabbed, that would suck

 

[CyberPitz]

There's almost nothing I fear more.

I'm thanatophobic. My mind keeps telling me all the ways I can die, and the way my family members can die... without me even asking for it.

<sigh>

holy fkn shit, I'm the EXACT same way. I'll be sitting there, idle in thought, and out of nowhere, I think of me driving, getting T-boned, car flipping, me buried under the car with glass jamming into the side of my head, and I end up dying due to loss of blood before anybody could get to me.

Yeah, it sucks.

 

[bliink]

I am by no means a religious person. I have a very final view of life, and when it's over, it's over. My mind cannot comprehend its own cessation of existence, and neither can anyone else (not in any absolute fashion anyway, we just aren't programmed that way).

Of course, the human fears what the human cannot comprehend.

Rationally, I shouldnt fear death, because once I get there, I wont exist to be upset about it. I like being alive however, and the idea of that ending scares me.

 

[Reaktor4]

lol never say never reaktor4, i knew a few people this year who knew exactly when "it" was going to happen.

I mean after it happens i wont know about it. Being scared of dying is different.

 

[Raziaar]

holy fkn shit, I'm the EXACT same way. I'll be sitting there, idle in thought, and out of nowhere, I think of me driving, getting T-boned, car flipping, me buried under the car with glass jamming into the side of my head, and I end up dying due to loss of blood before anybody could get to me.

Yeah, it sucks.

Yep... that's pretty much it.

Another example is I'll be working with a cutting power tool with a family member... and imigine some sort of horrible freak accident where they somehow trip onto the blade and their head gets sliced apart with blood spewing everywhere, then their lifeless corpse falls to the ground at my feet.

It's very scary, the visions my mind puts in my head. They're not a product of desire or wishes... just irrational fears that have a habit of showing up at every possible moment.

My mind cannot comprehend its own cessation of existence, and neither can anyone else (not in any absolute fashion anyway, we just aren't programmed that way).

That's something I struggle with alot... the comprehension of cessation of my existence. I can't do it. I can't imigine just not 'being', if you know what I mean. before I was born... and after I die(if there is no afterlife). It won't even be darkness... or a blank. It won't be anything... and I can't comprehend that.

<sighs>

 

[Reaktor4]

^ You know, theres an easy way to solve that problem.. stop thinking about it, or thinking about thinking about it.

 

[Raziaar]

^ You know, theres an easy way to solve that problem.. stop thinking about it, or thinking about thinking about it.

I can't stop my mind bringing things from my subconcious into my concious thoughts. It's impossible.

I don't THINK about it... it just happens... again, and again, and again and again and again... when I am least thinking about it.

My mind has no switches, unfortunately. It has alot of ****ing uncovered circuitry though... with frayed wires everywhere.

 

[bliink]

That's something I struggle with alot... the comprehension of cessation of my existence. I can't do it. I can't imigine just not 'being', if you know what I mean. before I was born... and after I die(if there is no afterlife). It won't even be darkness... or a blank. It won't be anything... and I can't comprehend that.

<sighs>

indeed... at least be happy that you're not the only one in the exact same position.

 

[rAdIOhEaD]

I am scared of death, I wasn't when I was younger, but with time, you get more aware that is gonna happen to you no mattter what...
Also most of the people that are not afraid to die are usually young people that know they have plenty of time to live thus they shouldn't be worrying about that *yet, however, it only takes the death of a relative or a close friend to realize that is gonna happen to you too someday...

 

[Reaktor4]

I can't stop my mind bringing things from my subconcious into my concious thoughts. It's impossible.

I don't THINK about it... it just happens... again, and again, and again and again and again... when I am least thinking about it.

My mind has no switches, unfortunately. It has alot of ****ing uncovered circuitry though... with frayed wires everywhere.

I disagree. You have to get into the habit, and it will go away. For about 6 months last year the same thing happened to me so i know what its like. When it first pops into your head, switch to thinking about something else immediately and dont think that it might pop back because thats effectively thinking about it. It might take a while to get the hang of it.
Its easy to believe that you dont have a lot of control over certain mental processes but i think people have more ability than they believe (apart from the nutters who believe in esp etc). Even psychological addiction can be controlled with the right mindset imo.

 

[Raziaar]

I am scared of death, I wasn't when I was younger, but with time, you get more aware that is gonna happen to you no mattter what...
Also most of the people that are not afraid to die are usually young people that know they have plenty of time to live thus they shouldn't be worrying about that *yet, however, it only takes the death of a relative or a close friend to realize that is gonna happen to you too someday...

I would think most of the people who are no longer afraid to die, are all the seniors who have come to grips with their fate, and welcome it.

Not 'all' seniors... just all the ones that have.

Even psychological addiction can be controlled with the right mindset imo.

I hope so... I have a terrible addiction that I just can't break. I can't talk my mind out of it. I'm sitting here telling myself... no, you won't do that. You won't do it. You're too strong for that. And as if against my will, my body carries on to do what my mind has told me to.

It's depressing really. I'm all kinds of messed up.

 

[Reaktor4]

I would think most of the people who are no longer afraid to die, are all the seniors who have come to grips with their fate, and welcome it.

Not 'all' seniors... just all the ones that have.



I hope so... I have a terrible addiction that I just can't break. I can't talk my mind out of it. I'm sitting here telling myself... no, you won't do that. You won't do it. You're too strong for that. And as if against my will, my body carries on to do what my mind has told me to.

It's depressing really. I'm all kinds of messed up.

Well i have my theories about addiction and in my experience they are right. Lots of people fool themselves or are fooled into thinking that they need things that they really dont. Telling yourself not to do something isnt going to work. Realising that you really dont need to do it is what works.

 

[Raziaar]

Well i have my theories about addiction and in my experience they are right. Lots of people fool themselves or are fooled into thinking that they need things that they really dont. Telling yourself not to do something isnt going to work. Realising that you really dont need to do it is what works.

If I could just suddenly snap my fingers and tell my body it doesn't need something... and cured of my affliction, that'd be wonderful. But it's not that easy.

I don't feel I *NEED* the things I take and do... I realize I don't want it, don't need it... that it'll be bad for me... and my body does it anyways. I can feel myself screaming inside during the entire process, helpless.



Oh well. Further discussion won't change things.

 

[Shippi]

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[Terminator]

I am by no means a religious person. I have a very final view of life, and when it's over, it's over. My mind cannot comprehend its own cessation of existence, and neither can anyone else (not in any absolute fashion anyway, we just aren't programmed that way).

Of course, the human fears what the human cannot comprehend.

Rationally, I shouldnt fear death, because once I get there, I wont exist to be upset about it. I like being alive however, and the idea of that ending scares me.

Pretty much my view there.

 

[kirovman]

I'm going to get my head stuck in a freezer and revived later.

 

[The Monkey]

Yes, as in, I don't wanna die now.

 

[JNightshade]

I really don't think about it often. I mean, sure, if some psycho pointed a magnum at my head I'd probably more than a little freaked out, but for the most part... no, I'm not.

 

[kirovman]

I'm only scared that I won't die in battle and goto Valhalla.

http://www.rathergood.com/val_halal/

 

[FoB_Ed]

lolz dying

 

[dream431ca]

If you can't die, your not alive.

 

[Geogaddi]

I'm scared of dying in a not awesome way.

 

[Beerdude26]

I'm scared of dying in a not awesome way.

Yeah. Like an infection or something.

I'd rather go out by eating a tub of beans.

 

[Mutley]

I'm not scared about dieing but I'm REALLY scared about what happens when I'm dead, is there life? Blackness? Hell? Heaven? WHAT?!

 

[kirovman]

It's blackness. You can shout "hello?" and hear an echo, but that's about it.

 

[Mutley]

It's blackness. You can shout "hello?" and hear an echo, but that's about it.

That scares me.

Nearly as bad as my nightmares where it's pitch black and I can't move or talk. Like I'm in a really small box.

When you die though your brain stops working, so you won't know your dead. If that makes sense, exactly how you were before being born.

 

[kirovman]

Yeah, that's how I envision it. It's like going to sleep, without having any dreams. That's the only remotely comprehensible way I can think of.

You cease to exist, there is no consciousness or thought.

 

[Dog--]

I'm not scared of dying, I'm just iffy about the pain, depending on which way I die, like drowning, or burning alive. Dying to me would just be me getting remade as something else, so I wouldn't really care if it was quick, and painless.

 

[Geogaddi]

Ceasing to exist doesn't sound so bad for me, but it kind of sucks to think about dead loved ones that way.

 

[Que-Ever]

No. I am, however, scared of certain ways that I might die.

 

[PvtRyan]

Yeah, that's how I envision it. It's like going to sleep, without having any dreams. That's the only remotely comprehensible way I can think of.

You cease to exist, there is no consciousness or thought.

No, it wont be like sleep. Death is precisely like it was before you were born.

 

[delusional]

im so scared of death its become my life goal to cure death. i have to stop free radicals from damaging my mitochondria, but i dont know how. thats part of the reason i want to go on a CR diet so i can hopefully live longer. oh and if i die i want to be cryogenically frozen.

 

[ktimekiller]

as long as its not some painful death, i dont fear it

 

[evil^milk]

There are times when I don't really care - if death should come my way, I'll just say screw it and die. Usually I feel this way when I have nothing going on right or I feel down. Obviously, it's the opposite when I'm in a positive mood.