Are you afraid to die?

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I'm not afraid to die. How about you? Are you afraid to die?

Yessss. I thought anti-depressants would help with that, but I wouldn't know as they probably haven't taken full affect yet.

And how do we know we're not already dead?

As much as I'd like to say 'no,' I'm going to be honest here. Yes, I'm afraid to die. I don't want to miss out on all the different opportunities life has to offer. That having been said, although I'm afraid, I'm resigned to the fact that it's going to happen one day. The only thing I can do is pray that the Lord will have mercy on my soul.

I dont mean death per se, but looseing life/consciousness -thats what the non suicidal fear.

I'm not afraid to die. I will admit to hating pain. Sometimes, pain and death go hand in hand.

Last edited by Twolf on 10 Nov 2012, 7:27 pm, edited 1 time in total.

I don't think I'm afraid, at least it is not a persistent fear that I would focus on. But I surely don't want to yet. I want to experience more, do and create more, live more. And then I wish I would reach a point when I'm ready. Not wanting to die - just ready.

There's a third kind of people you forgot to mention: Those who think they can read other people's minds.

There's no reason to fear death. It happens to all of us, and it's unavoidable. Worrying about it does nothing to delay or stop it, so what's the point?

Now, that said, I'm not afraid of death, but I am afraid of, say, being stabbed to death or run over by a large vehicle... Or mauled to death by a bear... You know, the kinds of things that cause pain. I'm afraid of the pain, but not death. In fact, I sometimes look forward to death. This life is confusing and hectic. It's one giant pain in the ass, and I'm constantly surrounded by people I can't understand who can't understand me. I have to go work for and with some of those people just about every day, which can get extremely frustrating. I get to come home to my girlfriend at the end of the day, but she can be just as confusing and frustrating. Sometimes we have sex, and that's nice, but overall, this life is one big pain in the ass. When I find something new and exciting, nobody cares, or I get told I'm crazy or demons will get me or some other such nonsense thanks to religion. I just wanna like explore and learn how the world works, but I get very little time to do that, and I can't really share it with anybody. Everybody's busy watching TV or going on facebook or bickering back and forth about political nonsense.

So I look forward to death. I might go to heaven, or I might go to hell, or I might end up in another dimension. Maybe I'll be reincarnated in a new life(I really hope not), maybe as a different animal. Or it might just be eternal sleep. There are many different theories about what happens when you die. I won't know until it happens, but at least I'll get a break from this crap.

No.

For me give a choice I would take a good year no pain over two years of slow death. I don't fear death I just don't want a slow one. I would end It all myself before I let my family watch me go slowly. Yes I'm that selfish I don't want their pity or to watch the look in some ones eyes because they know I'm dieing.

What about not believing in the concept of death? I was explaining to my psychologist that I believe in eternal life through the application of technology - being relatively young (i.e. sub 30yo), it is my belief that whatever the natural end of my life would have been (e.g. 80) - I can just keep extending it?