2007-12-26 23:59:56 · 21 answers · asked by Ragdollfloozie is Pensive! 7 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Somewhere around the age of 7...To calm my fears I figured scientists had at least 50 years to find a way to keep me alive forever.
2007-12-27 00:46:05 · answer #1 · answered by earlofsnoh 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
I have been thinking about your question but find it difficult to express my feelings about that in words.
I have always been aware of it and I just accept it. I do not fear death (although I am not looking forward to growing old..that scares me) so the idea just does not cross my mind. I don't think about it either - bit of a Peter Pan syndrome here too I suspect-.
Oh I have known a few people who have died (old age or disease and 2 suicides) but have not been as teary-eyed as other mourners at the time. Shock yes and missing some but I always thought "well..there are in a much better place now".
Maybe it has to do with a strange experience I had as a kid (around 7 or 8) and another one later on when I was 18 also. 2 out of body experiences ( I know lots of people do not believe in that). It left me with the conviction ( and boy I hope I am right...who knows for certain really) that my soul is immortal
2007-12-27 19:10:47 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I've been aware of my own mortality since I was about ten. It really sunk in when I turned 30.
Getting closer to 40, I'm keenly aware the end is coming.
2007-12-27 08:12:44 · answer #3 · answered by dgrhm 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
i think most ppl become aware of it, when either someone they were close to passes away, or they themselves had a close brush with death.
i don't remember when i realized i was not invincible..but i do wonder why teenagers have that sense of invincibility..i wonder what purpose that serves? i mean they are generally pushing the limits, and are risk takers, so wouldn't it be more feasible, if they had a caution gene built in?
2007-12-27 08:04:49 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
As a child, I remember wondering why am I experiencing life through my eyes out of all the millions of other people in the world. When I die , what will I remember. Still don't know, but am probably closer in age to finding out.
2007-12-27 08:06:14 · answer #5 · answered by folklore 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Three of my siblings died as babies. The earliest of these events was when i was thirteen months old and is one of my first memories. Therefore, i have no memory of being unaware of my mortality and i can't imagine what that would be like.
2007-12-27 09:02:50 · answer #6 · answered by grayure 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Just after my 9th birthday, when my dad died. He was so big and strong and never lied. He promised we would go to the park as soon as he home from the hospital. He never came home and we never went to the park again. If Death could take him and make him break a promise, it could definitely happen to me as well.
2007-12-27 08:09:50 · answer #7 · answered by dogwhisperer16 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋
My mother always explain me the concept... since i was a child, i remember me in the graveyard with her talking about death...
But 2 years ago my ex - girlfriend crash with her van and died, at that moment i realise that maybe this is my last day in the world.
regards.-
2007-12-27 08:53:42 · answer #8 · answered by Snake Charmer 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
From the time I was 4 years old.... My brother died- he was three- in a car accident. I was in the car....made me wonder why I lived while he went on.
Life is a gift, each day we are alive is a gift. I try to live each day as if it were my last, because you never can tell....
2007-12-27 08:39:36 · answer #9 · answered by Kim K 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
When i was 12, my brothers friend commited suicied, although he wasnt my friend it displayed to me that life was fragile and the cord could be easily cut.
It may be heartless to say , but i feel it learned me how to cope with death when my grandmother died 10 years later
2007-12-27 09:07:31 · answer #10 · answered by steven s 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋