Are you scared of death?

[MovingTarget]

Scared of dying? Yes. Healthy biological imperative right there.

However, thanks to denial, I'm immortal!

 

[John Connor]

Not afraid of dying per say. But if it's painful or that I might go to hell, then yeah, screw all that shit.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pPvNqOb6RA

 

[Markbnj]

Not afraid of it, don't think much about it. But fear of "dying" in general is not the same thing as fear of a horrible accident or event.

 

[Imp]

No, I'm afraid of everything between.

If it's suddenly lights out, whatever. I would be pissed if I get offed by someone and can't pay it back before checking out.

 

[Paratus]

Nah

I'm a pretty good Battelship player.

 

[Kaido]

I'm always amazed that people tell me they are not afraid of death. Well I guess when you're in a comfy air conditioned room, young and full of energy you'd think death was a million years away.

But, what if you're on a raft surrounded by hungry sharks?

Or, you're on an airplane that's falling from the sky.

You would probably scream and cry like a little panzi. Because, the cold hands of death are slowly suffocating your last breath. Until it's too late. Then, your body goes numb, and you fall to the ground. Game over.

Death & dying are two separate things. You can be afraid of being eaten to death by sharks, but not of dying of old age peacefully in your sleep, so the method of how you die can be scary (or not). I've had friends die of cancer, which is scary because they know they're looking at a long, painful death if treatment doesn't work.

Death as an inevitable event, OTOH, is only scary if you don't know what's on the other side. So you can be scared of how you might die, but not actually of dying, or vice-versa, or you can be scared of both, or of neither. It's interesting to think about & can certainly give you some good perspective, especially on #firstworldproblems, but everyone has a finite amount of time in this life, so get on with living while you have the chance.

 

[Kaido]

Nah

I'm a pretty good Battelship player.

I'm glad I'm not the only one who likes campy movies, I probably watch both of those films once a year

 

[Fenixgoon]

death? nope
dying (slowly)? yes
being incapacitated (e.g. quadriplegic)? hell yes.

 

[master_shake_]

I'm worried more about having money problems than death.

We are all goingtto die.

We can not afford to be penniless.

 

[Kaido]

death? nope
dying (slowly)? yes
being incapacitated (e.g. quadriplegic)? hell yes.

See, that's where it gets complicated. Living as a vegetable in a coma where maybe you're really awake. Or getting in an accident where you're the one who hurts someone else for life. There's some scary situations out there...

On a tangent, I was reading some posts over on reddit about how VR is helping people who are immobile physically - they can tour new places, have new experiences, play games online, etc., with controls customized for their situation. I have a few friends who are permanently in things like wheelchairs & hospital beds, some of whom are low-income due to their situation, and a VR system would vastly change their quality-of-life for a one-time investment (with some ongoing investments in games etc.). I talked to one guy who is stuck in a bed permanently, who spends most of his days alone, and he said VR has been absolutely game-changing for him...he has a social life now & access to more than just TV, books, and the Internet for entertainment. Crazy how technology can change your life like that!

 

[Skyclad1uhm1]

There is no reason to fear death. The most likely situation is that there is nothing after death, in which case you won't see the universe moving on anyway. If there is a heaven and/or hell there's no saying whether you chose the right one out of the 1856346981641468 or more religions, so all you can do is live your life without being an *sshat to others and see what you get by the time you die. If you chose to be a Trump/Clinton supporter and there is a hell why be afraid of dying? Hell can't be worse than either of those getting power.

 

[BoomerD]

Evbody wan go heaven...nobody wan ded.

Afraid of death? I dunno about afraid...but I'm not looking forward to it. (although I KNOW...no one gets out of this life alive)

In my youth, I did some pretty hairy stuff...a lot of it should have killed me...many times I KNEW I wasn't going to survive...but somehow I made it home.

I worked heavy construction for 30 years...a few times, I THOUGHT I was going to die...but didn't.

I think that if people KNEW what came after...we either might not be afraid of dying...or it would scare us so fucking shitless that we'd work harder to stay alive.

 

[sandorski]

Not afraid to die, I just don't want to miss out on what happens. More afraid of how I die or going senile before death.

 

[UncleWai]

 

[IndyColtsFan]

I'll be 46 later this year. No man in my immediate family (dad and grandfathers) made it past 66. My mom died earlier this year at 69 years old. So, I figure I probably have 20-25 years at most going by genetics (though in fairness, both grandmothers made it to 84). I'm scared more about the process of dying and the potentially needless suffering than being dead. As for being dead, I'm an atheist so I don't believe in an afterlife; instead, I just view it as an eternal, dreamless sleep. That doesn't sound so bad to me.

 

[Sean Kyle]

Not exactly but yeah willing to die in peace rather than a brutal one!

 

[sportage]

What gets me are Christians that are terrified of death.
I'm talking life long church going bible reading Christians that for some reason haven't allowed or accepted what Christianity really is, sink in.

I look at dead things, now and again people too, and I can't help but feeling what I am looking at is not them, that they are still alive in some form, just somewhere else.
If death was about to happen, like in a terrible car crash, I do know I would not have any problem taking the place of a loved one.
And if there is a heaven and hell, I wouldn't be so upset not making the cut, going to hot place, if I knew my loved ones were in a better place such as heaven.

I guess a painful death is the thing to fear, preferring a fast and sudden death.
Like people that go peacefully in their sleep.

I've had very strange but very real dreams, from time to time, after close friends or family die.
One young friend passed from in his 40's from a heart defect gong back to his childhood.
He had been in the hospital for a week before he died, and after his implant heart valves suddenly began to fail.
He told me in the hospital that he was not afraid of dying, so not to worry about him.
His doctors had first thought his problem was not heart related but pneumonia related, to they did a breathing tube.
That breathing tube down his throat really made him mad because he hated having that tube.

The day he died, later that same night I had a very strange dream.
I dreamed I was standing beside him talking about just little stuff, this and that, and suddenly I remember he had died and I asked him in my dream "AREN'T YOU DEAD ???" and he replied "OH YEAH. AND I'M SO UPSET WITH THAT DOCTOR".
That was it. I woke up. It all was so real.
And I knew he was mad with his doctors BUT NOT about dying, he was mad that they put that damn tube down his throat and increased his suffering when his problem was his heart all along and not pneumonia related as the doctor first thought.

So I had and have this strong feeling he was and still is alive in his own way, somewhere in the cosmos.
Something we can not know and that no one can explain.
I just refuse to believe that death is the end. Or that there is a final thing known as death.

If you believe in Christianity, even in the bible no where does it state the spirit ever dies or is finalized.
What the bible states are only two options.
Either ETERNITY in hell, or ETERNITY in heaven. Eternity of the spirit.
No where does the bible say or state that life or the spirit comes to a final end.
It only speaks of ETERNITY.
Either, ETERNITY in one place or the other.

And after the final biblical "judgment" of all mankind, of all humanity, for those cast into hell their life is not ended of finalized as death.
What the bible says, for those cast into hell, that hell itself is then "cast-away".
Hell exists for ETERNITY, however hell will be cast away into a place never to be known again.
Whatever "cast-away" would mean?
So somewhere hell will exist for ETERNITY. That is, if you believe in the teachings of Christianity.

So there are the two choice Christians have.
Either ETERNITY in the good place, or ETERNITY in the bad place.
But an end to to all? Lights out? Finalized death? No death.
No end to the suffering. Everything simply boils down to ETERNITY,
Kind of makes one want to get back into the habit of church, hey?

But as to "fearing death", remember this.
On the cross, even Jesus himself feared death. Feared the unknown.
Jesus too had fear and doubt and cried out in fear, after all the miracles he had performed and knowing well who he was and where he came from, Jesus too tired out.
So I guess if Jesus could fear death, fear the unknown, having no proof of what would come next, then I guess everyone has the right to fear death.
Whatever death is, or if death even exists?
I mean, by fearing death we are in good company with others, including Jesus himself.
But that is Christianity.
If you are not Christian, then that would mean little to you.

 

[s0me0nesmind1]

I have no qualms with death because it's simply the cycle of life. I'm atheist agnostic, so I don't believe in a superficial afterlife that will take over.

Now the concept of dying? Yes, that would scare the shit out of me. Sometimes I find myself in shady parts of town (in 3rd world countries as well) and think some druglords are going to nab me and try to hold a ransom. Nothing would suck more than a torturous death.

 

[John Connor]

In other news... http://www.stuff.co.nz/world/asia/83661968/the-worlds-oldest-man-indonesian-believed-to-be-145

This guy was born 5 years after the civil war! I sure hope they can validate his claim though. That would just be awesome!

 

[zinfamous]

I get anxiety on airplanes now, which never was the case. Other than that, not so much.

If I get too old or too sick to make a meaningful go of it, then I will self-rapture with a 9mm or maybe feed myself to some gators.