why are people really afraid to die? i mean really?

Question

we are all going to die one day, why being scared if it's going to happen anyway i don't get it, i know that death is inevitable but why be scared, when you grow up your going to die anyway
there's no stopping it i need an answer please!!!! thank you

Answer 1

It's because we don't what will happen afterwards. The idea of nothing is just too depressing; the idea of heaven/hell is scary b/c no one is perfect and we're all scared of going to hell; the idea of reincarnation is also scary, etc. Like the first poster said, it's fear of the unknown. Plus, even though you're dead and you can't feel it, I think the idea of your physical body being in a corpse, under dirt and getting eaten by creatures is extremely disturbing to most people. Personally, my biggest fear about death is that there is life after death and I will be "aware" and I'll miss all my loved ones left behind.

Answer 2

I will say is more of the fear of how would I die, and how long and pain full could be. And to leave those you care the most behind and not knowing what happens to you next? Having that human doubt of what if there is nothing more? like so many believe. As a parent, I am always afraid of living my little ones behind so soon. And so... I pray.

Answer 3

Religion is one reason for people being afraid to die. Many religions teach that there are consequences to be dealt with when you die, ie, if you led a bad life or weren't a good enough person, bad consequences will happen.

Others perhaps fear pain or the act itself.

I personally don't fear death, it is a natural life cycle occurrence, but I don't want to die, I've got a lot of living left to do.

Answer 4

The reason death scares me is that everything I am, every thought that goes through my head, the way my body feels, the way I love, the way I hurt, the way I live and breathe and everything I am...could possibly end. I could possibly cease to exist for all time. I don't want to not be me anymore. I don't want to be nothing. Into the void...I however believe in reincarnation based on a vision I had years ago and this helps me not be too afraid of what's to come.

Answer 5

I think some people are scared to die because they feel that they are not prepared. Most people want to have everything in line before they die, and most don't. People want to have lived life to the fullest before they die, or maybe make ammends with a person they've wronged. I think younger people are more scared to die than older people because they feel as if the have so much more life to experience.

Answer 6

Some people fear it and some don't. I think basically it all comes down to a fear of the unknown, but it seems to me that people who have a good concept of heaven (or some type of hereafter) and really believe they are going there, are much more comfortable with the inevitability of death than people who aren't sure what's going to happen.

Answer 7

I think it's because death is the ultimate unknown, and we are "programmed" to fear the unknown. Nobody has ever met a person who has come back from being dead, so we have no idea what it will be like, and that's scary to most people. Just because something is inevitable doesn't mean that it isn't scary.

Answer 8

I'm not scared to die, I just don't want to die right now. In fact I never want to die, even if I'm old and suffering. I just want to live forever and have it all be good forever even though I know that's not reality. Some people just have a hard time letting go.

Answer 9

I don't think very many people are afraid to die. I can see a child being afraid but most adults wouldn't really be afraid. There's always an exception here and there. If we are a Christian we wouldn't be afraid, but wouldn't really want to rush it if we were young. Older people that I know get so tired just dealing with their everyday necessities that they are actually looking forward to passing on.

Answer 10

yadayadayada. I used to say the same thing. Then people I loved began to die. Some suddenly some lingered. When I was 14 my favorite aunt died in childbirth with the baby. Later in life, two of my cousins waited for a school bus and two cars came speeding down the highway, one did not make the curve and hit them both killing them instantly. I won't bore you with my two grandmothers. But, I will say it was not fun to watch my mother dying or my dad living with dialysis for 13 years before dying. It isn't death I am afraid of, its' dying.P.S. I had breast cancer.