do u think it is scary to die?

Answer 1

This is a tough question...

For me, I think that death and dying is part of life. Its not very scary if you accept it and if you are ready for it. But you have to understand the context that I am coming from. I am in my mid thirties and a geriatrician. Many of my older patients often comment: "I'm 89 years old, I had travelled the world, I have a good family and I am ready to die." She is ready to die because she has reconciled her life and accepted the fact that this is the nature of things. She is a reassured that when the time comes I will do everything in my power to keep her comfortable and that she will not suffer in this process of dying. She is not scared of death.

For younger people, I think that death itself is not scary but the part that is scary is the unknown. I remember a 40 year old woman who was dying from metastatic ovarian cancer. What scared her the most is not knowing what's going to happen to her young children - their ages were 10 and 12. She was scared of not being there for them. In the process of dying, there is a great sense of lost and of being rob of the experience of life, whether this is seeing your children grow up, feeling the joy of being a grandparent, or experiencing the growth of her children. The fear of dying in this case encompasses a sense of injustice and of lost both of time and experiences.

Traditionally, the process of grieving and dying involves 5 stages: 1)denial and isolation 2)anger 3)bargaining 4)depression and 5)acceptance. People can be scared to die but ultimately accept it.

Answer 2

The unknown is scary. It is a part of life like birth. We will all experience it and there is nothing we can do about that so why be scared? I think of it as a possibility to reconnect with loved ones who have already died and that comforts me. What I find more frightening is the process of dying. In many of the people that I have loved and watched die, dying was a relief for them. It was the suffering in their last years of life that was scary.

Answer 3

I'm scared of death, yes. It's a natural fear... to some extent, that fear protects us. It's a fear of death that keeps us safer as drivers, that keeps us from taking unnecessary risks in general.

The unknown is scary. And even the staunched believer in an organized faith has to admit to not really knowing what comes next... that person might whole-heartedly believe there's an afterlife and something good will happen, but there's just no way to know what, exactly, that will be.

One thing is certain, and that's death itself. We'll all have to face that fear eventually. But in the end, it's just that... an end, at least to this life. Until you're there, it's probably best to concentrate on the "now". What else is there? :)

Answer 4

Depending on what religion U are and how U have lived life thus far death could be scary or it could be a new beginning into blissfulness. For me personally I don't think its scary to die but rather how U die.

Answer 5

I think it depends on how you're dying. Some causes of death cause unconsciousness; that wouldn't be scary. But others might be painful, and that would be.

If you're ill for a long time and think you will probably die, you get scared, then comforted, then scared . . . it goes back and forth.

When my son was dying - it took three years - he was more or less scared at different times. Right AS he was dying, yes he was frightened, but just for a little while. The fear left before he died.

Answer 6

I often think that dying must be a lot like being born. After all, a baby inside the womb has this perfect safe little world, where it's fed and protected. Then suddenly there are all these contractions and it's forced out through a dark tunnel into blinding light, cold and strange and even its one connection to everything it knew, its umbilical cord, is cut .. it must feel like the end to that little just born baby. But it's actually a beginning. I believe that death must be like that. Another beginning. It will probably be scary and painful, but I get a lot of comfort knowing that it probably won't be "the end".

Answer 7

People are scared of anything that's different or unknown. Yes it's scary because you can't, like, die and then come tell people what it was like. At least as far as I know. But being scared isn't the worst...like if you're scared of something and do it anyway, it makes you a hero.

Answer 8

In some cases it is scary to live. Check back with me when your 90.

Answer 9

Actually, its not bad at all!

I choked on some strawberry short cake and I was OUT! --->GONE!

Wife and a girl we knew, brought me back...

I knew nothing at all. No pain, and was out almost instantly! (I had a coughing fit, and thats the reason it went to the back of my throat and choked me to unconciousness).

Its when I came around, that everything was strange.. "surreal", Like I was buzzed, but with out the high... and everything was sooo out of focus, and I couldnt understand anyone, until Realization hit me and I came too, finally, then I asked what had happened.

I thanked my wife and the friend for bringing me back...But, one thing, she swabbed my mouth for the short cake and it went all over my new lap top.. I wasnt too happy about that, but, I didnt complain too much about it...just told them I wish it hadnt of happened like that..:)

I wish you well..

Jesse

Answer 10

I have a patient who had a near death experience. We rescusitated him during a heart attack. He tells me it wasn't bad at all. As a matter of fact, he really didn't want to come back, but wasn't given a choice.