2006-11-03 15:03:41 · 20 answers · asked by ★Greed★ 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Most people are afraid to live. They put limits on themselves and are afraid of change and don't like to take risks. I am trying to alter how I react so that I am not afraid to live.
2006-11-03 17:01:20 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Yes, I'm completely neurotic but I don't let fear stop me. I force myself to do things that scare me because I don't want to live in a box. I had parents that were afraid of everything & lead a very sheltered existence. Things probably scare me as much as they do my parents, but avoiding life isn't an option for me. I read once that courage isn't the absence of fear, but feeling the fear & doing it anyway. In that sense I suppose you could say I'm courageous! (I've climbed mountains, performed on-stage, bought a house on my own in a new community, ended a safe relationship to delve into a new one...)
Some people are afraid of death. Death is just a sleep (& then hopefully Heaven for me!) The pressure is off then! It's life that's scary! So much to do!
:)
2006-11-04 00:02:46 · answer #2 · answered by amp 6 · 1⤊ 2⤋
I am both afraid to live and afraid to die.
Religion did this to me. All I can see are two sides: a small-minded 4000 year old cosmology on this one, and a simplistic Renaissance painting on the other.
Religion confined my thinking to this tiny realm when I was young. I am left with stupidity and visions of a place with alternating harps and halloween demons.
I hope you fare better than I did. Keep your mind open as long as you can before the zealots close it for you.
2006-11-03 23:13:11 · answer #3 · answered by almintaka 4 · 0⤊ 3⤋
Afraid of living...lets see, a militant psycopath running the USA, Global warming, Nuclear weapons, Famine in Africa, Aids epedemics, corrupt world leaders, an impotent united nations.
Starvation , war , terrorism, demished standards in education, obesity, drugs, religious bigotry, racism, economic sanctions. Less than 1% of the population controlling 20% of the wealth. CEO s who make more money that the GDP of Central America.Corrupt Police and officials.
Countries that spend money on weapons while their children starve, countries that profit from selling arms to countries who spend money on weapons while their children starve,
Endemic sickness, posioned ground and water, cancer, boils and pestilence, infant mortality, starvation and genocide.
Whats not to live for..........................
2006-11-04 00:08:46 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 3⤊ 2⤋
Nope; I'm afraid of having a 80 year old body someday and still feel like a 20 year old inside.
2006-11-03 23:12:33 · answer #5 · answered by chieko 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
the answer is YES. I fear the thought of living in this world. Too many questions, so little answers. But, what can I do? I'm still here. I'd have to go with the flow... the sad thing is Things aren't always as they seem..
2006-11-03 23:22:09 · answer #6 · answered by chics 2 · 1⤊ 2⤋
i am not afraid to live. i don't have specific reasons to be afraid of life but plenty reasons to die and mix with the elements. i am sure "are you afraid to die?" would get even better philosophical and theologically oriented answers.
2006-11-03 23:37:43 · answer #7 · answered by Chief of sinners 4 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No, most are afraid to die meaning they want to live.
2006-11-03 23:08:05 · answer #8 · answered by small 7 · 1⤊ 2⤋
No. Actually, paying more attention to really living every day. God has a way of making you see the light even when you don't want to.
2006-11-03 23:30:32 · answer #9 · answered by beautiful_heart 2 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It takes a certain amount of courage in life, love and the universe to continue on everyday, yeah.
2006-11-03 23:11:13 · answer #10 · answered by Melis__A 3 · 0⤊ 2⤋