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Im not so afraid to be dead
- Thread starter Starlight
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No. Pain doesn't scare me.
Marsupials do...'cause they're faaaast!
I have no fear of death (or anything else, really). I don't die.
Marsupials do...'cause they're faaaast!
I have no fear of death (or anything else, really). I don't die.
Death doesn't scare me.
Also because there are so many painkillers nowadays...so I am not afraid of pain either.
Getting old terrifies me...really.
Sometimes I hope that I get cancer and I die before getting too old.
I am not the only one...many women are afraid of that.
Also because there are so many painkillers nowadays...so I am not afraid of pain either.
Getting old terrifies me...really.
Sometimes I hope that I get cancer and I die before getting too old.
I am not the only one...many women are afraid of that.
I have only witnessed a few deaths and each seemed painless.
I'm not really sure how I'll face death until the confrontation is more immediate. At this point my concern/fear is more about inflicting the trauma of my death on family.
I'm not afraid of death, in fact, I've made arrangements for euthanasia should i get to the point of not being able to do the basics, being a burden.
I'm convinced the body has the ability to quell pain as it dies. My daughter's pain was barely managed by dilaudid, but when she chose death, the pain appeared to have been the last thing on her mind.
Losing a daughter hurts. May her memory be a blessing.
Starlight
Spiritual but not religious, new age and omnist
Im so sorry you lost your daughter
You would understand more than anyone else here. May yours be as well.
Secret Chief
Very strong language
Death? idc
Chronic pain and / or loss of personal dignity I could do without.
Chronic pain and / or loss of personal dignity I could do without.
Secret Chief
Very strong language
Yes, there's breathing exercises that you can do.
I suspect lack of consciousness is the first thing that will occur when any pain becomes too much, and hence we will hardly know when death happens. And I have been unconscious for many different reasons already. No point in fearing the inevitable.
RestlessSoul
Well-Known Member
On the handful of occasions when my death seemed like it might be imminent, I was afraid. I expect I will be scared when the time comes for real. Won't make any difference if I am, or I'm not. It's a journey we all have to take.
I had a long time to accept death. I don't think believe in Abraham's god would make any positive difference if I had it.
Yes, I'm afraid of the process of dying, too. In that I don't want to suffer. I think everyone, even those who are executed for horrific crimes, deserves a quick death. Even if I die young from illness or a heart attack, am murdered or in an accident, I just want to go quickly. But the notion of being dead doesn't scare me. Those are two separate things. I don't care for living into my 100s but I don't want to go yet as there's still things I feel I need to do. After that, that's fine.
Given that I'm 78, "old" to me means physical or mental disability, not age.
As far as death goes, my father-in-law was staying with us with hospice support. He spoke of extreme fear of death but at the end his last words were "I'm ready now". A friend who was in her 80's could not do what she loved, playing music for kids in a hospital and decided she had enough of life and basically decided to die and did so. The atmosphere around her was one of joy the day she died.
Add those experiences with my belief in reincarnation and I'm not afraid to die but I'm also far from ready to do so.
Ella S.
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Death will be nice. I've read many accounts of people who have experienced it and they uniformly describe it as a warm silence that's quieter and more peaceful than any sleep they've ever had. To be honest, I kind of look forward to finally being able to rest.
The pain used to scare me a lot more, but I've been through a lot of intensely painful experiences. Some of them are very likely to have been worse than whatever will wind up killing me. If I'm killed in something like a car accident or a natural disaster, I'll probably dissociate so heavily that I won't be able to process the pain at all up to the point that I actually die. I might even faint from the pain before it overtakes me.
Even if I do experience the pain in its fullest, and it's drawn out, it will end eventually. It won't be a pleasant experience, and that's putting it mildly, but I take some solace in the fact that it won't be forever. I would much rather die painlessly, but that's a subjective preference and I know that fate doesn't always respect those.
I'm more concerned that I'm going to live to be over 90 years old and deeply regret all of my choices in life. I don't want to spend the last years of my life on earth mourning and hating myself, powerless to use the wisdom that I've gained from life to fix it. That scares me more than death ever will.
The pain used to scare me a lot more, but I've been through a lot of intensely painful experiences. Some of them are very likely to have been worse than whatever will wind up killing me. If I'm killed in something like a car accident or a natural disaster, I'll probably dissociate so heavily that I won't be able to process the pain at all up to the point that I actually die. I might even faint from the pain before it overtakes me.
Even if I do experience the pain in its fullest, and it's drawn out, it will end eventually. It won't be a pleasant experience, and that's putting it mildly, but I take some solace in the fact that it won't be forever. I would much rather die painlessly, but that's a subjective preference and I know that fate doesn't always respect those.
I'm more concerned that I'm going to live to be over 90 years old and deeply regret all of my choices in life. I don't want to spend the last years of my life on earth mourning and hating myself, powerless to use the wisdom that I've gained from life to fix it. That scares me more than death ever will.
I'm going to expand a little.
4 years ago after undergoing what turned into a major stomach op one of the surgeons confided in me "don't worry you still have 5 lives left". It seems that I'd died 4 times while on the operating table.
When I've used up the remaining 5 lives that's the way i would
Iike to die, totally out of it with powerful anesthesics.