Does your impending death worry you?

Question

Stupid question, right? But I want to know how often you think about your own mortality? Do you often wonder what those final minutes will be like. How do you hope to die? Do you want to be given warning so you can say goodbye to everyone, or do you want it to be quick, unexpected. Are you terrified or do you just ignore it most of the time.

Answer 1

No I don't worry about my death. I worry about my loved ones death. It's very difficult to lose a loved one. I have thought about how my last moments would be and because I have a lung disease I really fear that I will suffer trying to take my last breath. That is the only thing I fear. Other than judgment before God. I don't think I would want to say goodbye to my family but If I knew when I was going to die I would just have a huge get together with family and friends. I wouldn't tell them it would be the last time I saw them on earth I would just enjoy the company with them ad probably get good and drunk!

Answer 2

I am terrified. It's the ultimate unknown...

Although I do have a sense that there is something connecting each of us, but I find it unbelievable that any one religion has all the answers and every other religion is ALL wrong. How do those who follow a religion feel so confident that their way is THE ONE way?

I once had a "born again" co-worker who was telling me about an acquaintance of hers say, " she's such a nice person, it makes me sad that she's Jewish and won't go to heaven." And of course it made me wonder if that woman is sad because my co-work believes that Jesus Christ was the Messiah.

As for my day to day life, I mostly just try to enjoy the moments I have; but occasionally I am hit with reality, and my stomach tightens up, and I don't want to close my eyes. I work with many senior citizens and see what they go through, and although and I wonder how they deal with the dwindling capabilities and the impending end of their time on this earth. Unfortunately, I never have a chance to discuss it, and if I did, I don't know how I could even begin the conversation...

Answer 3

Of course, I get out of touch with the reality and truth of death. It could come any day. If I have a chance to think about it, I would prefer my death had meaning. I wonder what happens after death despite the different beliefs that I like or have heard of. Will I be punished or will I get a better chance? Will I take a human birth again or will I take birth as a tree or lower life form.

I am not enthusiastic to suffer pain or fear at the time of death, but perhaps that will be karma. I shouldn't complain because I might have committed sins against others in previous lives if not this one and may deserve to suffer.

The beliefs I have adopted say work on your relationship with God your whole life and at the time of death there is greater chance that you will be in touch with God.

Answer 4

Short answer, like nearly everyone else, I ignore it most of the time.
Anyways, why should I be special and worry about death as though I could wish I'd live forever? Death has claimed everyone else before me, no one is immortal, I too, shall die. It is inevitable, worrying won't keep me alive, plus, if there is something afterwards, I'm a little too curious to not want to die and find out what lies beyond.

Answer 5

I am 59... I have known for 6 years that I am never going to die. And I know that you will not die either. I do fear, in my mortal flesh, the process of my mortal body ending. But I had two choices for where to spend my time after the mortal end. So do you. And it is your choice, no one Else's.

I know with absolute certainty where I am going to be for eternity. I have nothing to fear in that regard.
If you like, email me for an address that might be of some help in making the decision which way to go.

Answer 6

Death is nothing. It is a state of not being. If, once dead, I am no more, then why spend the years of my life worrying about it, when I can't worry about it after I am gone. Perhaps I could worry about the rest of the world or my family, if I had one. What happens to everything else after I pass away.

Life is fun, ultimately, and it would be no fun to worry about what happens when the fun is over. It would be like if you loved ice cream, and all you had was one small bowl of ice cream. Would you eat that ice cream and enjoy its flavor knowing that the bowl would eventually be empty and all your ice cream would be gone? Would you simply let that ice cream melt and fear eating it too fast, knowing you would be speeding up the inevitable?

My view stands that it is of no import when and how one dies. Now, you be, enabling yourself to ponder such nonsense. What is of dire import is WHEN you lived, HOW you lived. The state of death is oblivious. What matters is how will you will react in the face of death. Will you leave this world fearlessly, or will you cower and hide?

There is nothing to fear in the inevitable.

Answer 7

Great Question! :-) Actually my impending death doesn't worry me. my mother thinks about it. How much of her life is over(really jsut a little over half). I like to fill my life with amazing experiences so I don't have to sit around freaking out about death.
Gotta go watch a movie! The squid and the whale..sounds okay.

Answer 8

I think about it maybe once a week. I hope to die in my sleep painlessly and I'm not sure if I would want to say good-bye to everyone. When I think about it, I spend more time worrying about the people who depend on me or the things I want to do before I die.

Answer 9

I'm fully aware that I could die at any time (I'm a cyclist) However, it doesn't worry me for a second.

We all die. I'd rather die on a bike than in a hospital bed.

Many people are afraid of death but more people should be afraid of not really living.

Answer 10

I think of death all the time, because I know it is inevitable and because I've witnessed the death of very close family members, my grandfather, my father and my brother. So I know it can happen anytime, I dont dwell much on what form it will be, I just pray that it meets me trusting in God and doing His will. I try to prepare for it by aiming to do good as much as it is within my ability.