Is it a hormone that body produces which makes us forget that we will die? Despite knowing that the most certain thing in our lives is that we will die one day, we hardly think about it or fear it in our daily lives..Including me, off course.
2007-01-14 22:38:56 · 14 answers · asked by Anonymous in Social Science ➔ Psychology
People fear the unknown and death, despite all the religious hoopla, is still quite unknown. No one has ever died and come back, including those who claim "near death experiences". Obviously, they didn't actually die.
We don't think about death any more than we think about other unpleasant things we will undoubtedly go through before our life is ended. This is because death has become something to be feared. It shouldn't be. It is as natural as a bowel movement, childbirth, eating, sleeping. It is not necessarily unpleasant at all. I think about my own death at least weekly, usually more often but it is not a dread or fear. It's much like planning a vacation to me.
I used to fear my parent's deaths. As I matured, I realized that this is the inevitable outcome; natural and to be expected. Then I feared my own death. As I matured more, I found that I'm ready to see for myself what's next, if anything.
If death is the end, there's nothing to fear for I will be nothing, think nothing, feel nothing. It will be almost as if I never lived except for what I did during my time on earth. Anything I hope to achieve must be done now, today.
If there is a life after, and since no one can authorititatively tell me what that is, it's exciting in a way for death is the only way to experience it.
If the religions that foretell of punishment or hell after death for those who do not believe, I'm in big trouble. :)
In short, death does not bother me. I accept that within a few years I will die, undoubtedly within the next 10-15 years. I think about it from time to time but do not obsess over it. It is similar to sleeping, eating bathing. Not something I fear, just something that is going to occur so I might as well get used to it, plan for it, accept it. I have buried both my all my grandparents, my parents, a sibling and a son. I doubt there's an afterlife where I'll see all my relatives and loved ones but if so, why worry about it? If not, there will be nothing so why worry about it? Is there a Hell? I doubt it so why worry about it?
What's to worry about? In a way, I'm kind of looking forward to it. If I'm conscious on any level after death, I'll find out the secret that has been hidden from all living men for eternity. I'll learn the ultimate secret.
I've always been amazed at religions claiming that heaven awaits yet when someone dies, all the crying, wailing and whining and fear that accompanies death convinces me that few, if any, actually believe in life after death in paradise. The way a majority act while living convinces me they also do not believe in Hell.
What's next? Who knows, but I'm not worried about it.
2007-01-15 02:10:04 · answer #1 · answered by Phil #3 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I think people hide from the fact of death when they shouldn't. We are all going to die, there is no doubt about that, and we do not know when. If people would accept that today might well be the last day of their lives it would free them. Hiding from and fearing death only makes us timid. Accepting that we all will die allows us to enjoy our lives without the daily fear that so many associate with a normal part of living.
2007-01-14 22:50:52 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
My Daddy died when I was 21, very rarely have I forgotten MY mortality. My 19 son wishes the my Father had not died so early as I have raised him as I might die any day. A life time of lessons in 19 years. I know I have been tough on him.
I long ago accepted the thought that if you worry about dying you cannot truly live. (I do not worry about it, I just accept it )
I have never forgotten that I WILL die
2007-01-14 22:51:29 · answer #3 · answered by jetero41 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
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2016-11-23 19:22:15 · answer #4 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Birth and death is a fact. If you are well prepared (religiously)during the period you are alive then death is nothing, on the contrary you will accept the fact that will will die easier. For a Christian birth and death is his cycle. You need to experience both.
2007-01-14 22:56:04 · answer #5 · answered by maran 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If we constantly think about death we will never live. So living drives away the inevitable fact that we will all one day die.
2007-01-14 22:43:32 · answer #6 · answered by surani_ud 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
There is a part of us that calms our spirit, that many become too anxious, and worrisome, to listen to. These are the worrisome trouble makers, and instigators. Blessed be the peace makers!
2007-01-14 22:54:20 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Living.
If you are putting your energy and thought into living your life, you don't have time to spend worring about death.
2007-01-14 22:50:57 · answer #8 · answered by Batty 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
We do not forget about death. It is what drives us to live. It is when you obsess about death, you will try to forget about it. Basic instinct to survive is all we are doing.
2007-01-14 22:55:57 · answer #9 · answered by Shauna 1 · 0⤊ 0⤋
preoccupation with our day to day lives,the words of some song i cant remember basically say we only die on one day so don't worry about it 'till then,xx
2007-01-14 22:47:27 · answer #10 · answered by Goanna Dundee 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋