Are you afraid of dying?

Question

I agree with Woody Allen, "I'm not afraid to die. I just don't want to be there when it happens."

Are you afraid of dying?

Hey, I'm not the one doing all the thumbs down on the answers. Just wanted you all to know the "critic" isn't me!

Answer 1

I'm not...

Answer 2

To a certain degree, yes. I think the thing I really dread more than anything is that time of realization when I have to accept that I'm leaving the people and places that are familiar and loved. It's so hard to lose a loved one, whether it be a parent, partner, friend or pet, but then to be in the position of knowing, personally, that it's almost over is very hard to take. Plus, there is always the desire to know more about life itself -- how it originated, what is the purpose, is there an after-life, etc. And, to realize that this life is to cease and that we still don't have answers to the meaning of life, it can be scary, most definitely so.

My mother had a photo of me when I was a baby, being held by my grandmother. My grandparents are long gone, and my mother died this year. I'm the age now that my grandparents were at when that photo was taken, so thinking of death and having concern does occur, and sometimes the thoughts are not pleasant.

All of that having been said, I think we should focus more on living for today, enjoying each day and the people we meet instead of worrying about death.

Answer 3

Yes I definitely am. Especially since I am on borrowed time.
I have an over enlarged heart, and a shortened life expec-
tancy. So I could have a heart attack and pass out of this
world anytime. I try to keep it in the back of my mind, and yet
the fear is ever present. I have to be under a heart specialists'
care now, and he's going to be giving me a special test next
month to see how strong my heart remains. That will enable
him to give me an update on how long I have. I was given 20
years max at a meeting with him prior to an infection I had.
Each infection I get, no matter where it is, serves to weaken
my heart function. I need to take care of some things, but I
can't bring myself to do them yet. It's like I don't want to accept
the condition I'm in I suppose. If I won a lottery, I would be off
enjoying life, but for now, I am mainly a home body and keeping fairly inactive as my doctor demands.

Answer 4

To be quite frank, it's the most annoying thing ever to see all these people just make the simple suggestion of living life to the fullest and not dwelling on something inevitable. I have a huge phobia of dying and whether or not there is anything after it. There is very little comfort in someone telling me just to chill and relax and take it like a man. Because it is the one thing that no human, no animal can EVER escape. I feel like I am doomed, and because I am so scared, it affects my everyday life...I wish it would go away, but it won't, because death will never go away.

Answer 5

At the age of 50, in 1988, I had an 'out of body' experience, as a result of having been administered 'morphine' to relieve the pain of 'tick fever' upon my admission to a hospital. I did not know that I was allergic to morphine and suffered a cardiac arrest.
I won't go into the details, but since then, I do not fear death. That experience changed my life and life's outlook.
I have consulted with people who were terminal and -or at the last stages of life, and know how 'afraid' they might be.
There are many, many millions of us who have experienced this occurrence, and I have yet to meet any of us who now fear death.
Believe me, it is very much like walking from one room into another, except THERE IS NO MORE PAIN, NO MORE TROUBLE, NO MORE 'HEART ACHES', and the most "RELAXED FEELING I HAVE EVER KNOWN" .

Answer 6

No, I am not afraid of dying. I have most all my family members except 2 and I know that crossing over will be just that, crossing over, like a new birth and that My Lord and Savior will be with me. I have more to go to heaven for than I had when I was young - most of my family.

Answer 7

Absolutely horrified.

Seriously.....I make hamburgers with baggies on my hands because it's dead meat. I can't cut into a full dead, uncooked bird or touch one. It is neurotic....to say the least.....but it's been a feeling that if I touch something dead....I will then know what death is. I had birds die and I buried them in their cages because I couldn't touch them.

I have never seen anyone die, was never with a living creature while they die. I have seen dead animals and I will pick them up....with surgical gloves, rubber gloves, cotton gloves and some other glove on top of all those gloves.

I don't know why I am like that.....but it probably is my greatest fear of all.

I spend so much time fretting over this......I don't know if it's fear of pain before, or why exactly it scares me so.....but yes....it does. I seriously pray it will happen when I am asleep and don't know.

Answer 8

No, not anymore. I've been with a lot of people who are in the process of dying (I'm a hospice volunteer.) from some illness. I think once people accept that they are dying it seems to be a very peaceful process.
However I don't think I would like to experience a violent death. Being disemboweled or dismembered isn't at the top of my "things I wanna do" list.

Answer 9

Im afraid of losing those i love. I have lost someone in my past. It hurts like crazy. I guess im afraid that if i die i would cause my family and friends to mourn and be sad. Its hard to lose someone, u start remembering every detail about them and everything u did together. I guess i dont want to cause that so i dont want to die. Life is short so remember to live it while u can. Death is there so why fear it? when it happens it happens. I guess everyone has to suck it up and live. Right?

Answer 10

I am one of the fortunate people who has seen the other side. For me there is no death, only moving to the next level in the game of life. I have lived my life going from one adventure to another. I look forward to the final great adventure this world offers when the time is right.

Answer 11

I look at it this way - life went on before I was born and it will be the same after I die. Not being born didn't bother me too much, so I don't think being dead will either.
I'm just going to concentrate on enjoying the bit in the middle.