For about the longest time i did have a bad fear of death, but due to recent events in my life and such (lets just say i stared into an abyss and i came back), i find myself no longer really scared of it anymore.
So its like we all know death awaits us at some point in our life, but in my opinion its just not worth fear it, because when you really think about it we were never conscious for the billions of years before our birth so thinking of that makes me feel like death really won't be terrible.
Now dying on the other hand while i also don't quite fear it, i do understand it will suck badly usually. whatever dying illness i receive it won't be happy times for sure.
And this is not to say that when my time does come I will be in those final moments a little afraid, because truly we all are its just human nature to have that fight or flight response to it. but up until that moment, i just don't fear it anymore.
I also feel more fearless in general. not as much a coward these days. How about you guys?Also if you still fear death ill just say i get you! its just a huge unknown. KNOW ONE knows what really truly happens other than our bodies decomposing. But just try to think it through logically. its not as scary as you might think. The dying part won't be great but death itself just isn't to me anymore.
Also if you believe in an afterlife i do respect your faith, but please be respectful of mine and others too.
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I also tend to think having found my purpose in life it has played a huge factor into my fearlessness. I have something i want out of life and keeps me going everyday.
It took me a lot of years to cope with it but at some point all our times have come. So how do we deal it when our loved ones were here but now they're gone?
We tend to grieve of course and over time we heal a little by little as the ache is a little duller. I think it had to be the same way when I thinking of my own inevitable death and facing the reaper. If I approach it like my death had already occurred and even maybe faced it at some point in my life then it would be easier to accept that I am lucky to have the time I do have.
Everything is cyclical in this life when you think about it. We are born, grow older and die. Those points of death differ by person to person but how do we know we aren't just cycling back through again? Think of everything else that ends and then one day returns. Hell, the seasons don't fear the reaper. They go away and come back again? Right? Do we freak out when summer ends and are afraid it never comes back? For that matter, nor do the wind, the sun or the rain. We don't fear that we will never see them again, do we?
Now you may say, Bri, those are just weather events and I counter with, yes but for my religious friends your creator made those too, didn't they? They made us too. So for those of you who believe in that, you already know we will see each other again.
For my non religious friends, we return to the ground and become waste for others to feed on to supply new life. Again a cycle.
Like I mentioned with the weather stuff, we can be like they are and just return again. Maybe not as we are now, but maybe something better.
So my friends, death is nothing to be afraid of and none of us should fear the reaper.
@beebella Most people say that, until the Doctor tells you what you are facing. . . You're so young, and unlikely to have any life-threatening issues! I hope you never have to deal with the shit I have. . .
I don't know if I ever feared death but not in a cool way. It's like I got some screws loose in the head sort of way. Got hit by a car three times as a little boy running up this hill with a blindspot. I think most people are supposed to learn from the first time. Also got tooth scars on the left side of my face from two separate vicious dogs since I wanted to pet them, and I didn't learn after the first time. It actually made the whole idea of trying to befriend a growling huge dog more exciting to me now that I learned that I could get hospitalized for it. Then I got all into extreme sports and became a daredevil not because I was good at those types of sports, but I seem to be the most insane person and that helps me compensate for my lack of skill with total insanity.
I've always feared getting other people hurt since I'm reckless. I don't mind getting myself hurt or killed but it would haunt me if I got someone else hurt or killed.
I think it's the closest thing I have to a visceral fear. It's hard to diagnose ourselves but I think the way I got like this is that I have a super religious mother, and she instilled the fear of hell into me as a little boy. That made it especially scary because I tried to keep it from her but I just couldn't believe what the church taught. Yet I still believed enough as a little child to entertain the prospect of going to hell, and that idea of being tortured for infinity was damned scary... and I used to try to simulate it like holding my breath under bathtubs as long as I could until my lungs were screaming for air, or trying to hold my hand over fires, things of this sort. Eventually, I just stopped believing outright but I think, after all this attempt to prepare myself to face and endure hell, death and injury seemed like a vacation. It didn't seem anywhere near as scary as an eternity of agony.
If we spent our infant years fearing hell but, at the same time, certain we belong there, then death and injury seem like nothing to fear in response. I think that's how I stopped fearing both. It's biggest I had something infinitely worse to fear.
@Still-alive I would be dead, now, if they hadn't found what they did, 18 months ago. Rather SOBERING thought, and sometimes I have a few drinks, in honor of the Surgeon that saved my life!
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jennifer_bloom | 688 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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God would love to have you in Heaven because your a kind and respectful person, you just have to believe that He exists. My fear of hell has motivated me to improve myself in many ways cause I learned so many bad behaviours and habits from my non religious family.
Escaping religious indoctrination after being brainwashed since I was old enough to understand that I’d be damned to hell for almost every little thing was a long and difficult feat but I have escaped it. I am now 100% certain there is no such thing as heaven and hell and that monotheistic religions are totally nonsensical and made up. A loving God can never make up ideologies like Christianity or Islam - the latter is more of a Mohammedan religion than Abrahamic. Having read substantial evidence based reports of reincarnation, I believe there could be a possibility of rebirth based on previous life karma but definitely don’t believe in heaven and hell.
My only fear of death was attached to the notion of being damned to hell. When that is instilled in the mind of a child right from infancy it can instil a deep fear within a person. It took a while to decode that abuse and now I am able to live life happily without worrying. Before it was like life was a prison sentence and I was supposed to be OK with that because “this is just the test and the afterlife is the forever.” I was told to live this life for the so called afterlife. It never really made sense and suffocated me to the core.
you know i was raised a catholic and also did have a fear of hell. that however is gone, because hell as we come to understand it wasn't really mentioned all that much if at all in the bible. Judaism i beleive also rejects a hell at least not that common conception of hell. www.chabad.org/.../Do-Jews-Believe-in-Hell.htm
anyways with that fear gone along with just a general fear of the unknown also gone. i just don't fear it.
Yes, I had heard that Jews don’t believe in hell. Besides if the purpose of hell was simply to ensure justice then it doesn’t make sense to put people in hell simply because of their beliefs. If they were punishing murderers and rapists it would have been understandable. There is no justice in burning a good person just because they weren’t Catholic or they weren’t Protestant or some branch of Islam since all these people say that people will go to hell uf they don’t adhere to the beliefs and teachings of their respective sects.
Life is overrated and oftentimes I think after death it would be rather peaceful. I’d like to be cremated though because I want to flow freely in the water as opposed to be stuck 6’ underground in a cloastrophobic tiny space.
I'm not sure if I fear death, but I fear the unknown -- what comes after death. It's scary to think about what happens when you die. Does everything just end? It's scary knowing that everything you've worked so hard to achieve and everyone you've grown to love will just be left behind after you're dead. Will I ever experience those things again, will I have any recollection of what was when I was still alive? Am I born again, with no memories of what happened in my past life? So many questions without answers. The unknown is what scares me, but not death itself.
You have some good points and I agree with them. However, I still fear death only because we don't know what happens next. I mean, we know what happens physically but we don't know if we still have a conscience. If we go to another place, if we are punished for what we did while we were alive or if we are compensated. We don't know when we are going to die or how and that's something that also bothers me. I would like to have a peaceful death, dying old of natural causes in my bed. Plus, the thought of being buried gives me chills.
NathanDavis | 56 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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I very very very very much, respect death...
Since I've lived in cartels lands, and it's a very real and actual possibility on the day by day, you go beyond fear, and it becomes respect for life and also death, and this happens when you realize that there can be things that are far worse than you dying, sometimes a quick death would be a "better thing"
I fear death because I fear not existing and chronic illness, and I know souls don't exist because degenerative brain diseases do, so thoughts obviously need a working body to exist.
To me it doesn't matter that I didn't exist before, I exist now, so my opinions are based on that since thats the only time I can have them.
I do not subscribe to the idea that value of something is diminished to the point of not caring about losing it just because its losable or wasn't obtained prior.
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ChrisMaster69 | 133 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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I’ve faced it soo many times in the past both while working or in A&E.
also worked aircraft crash recovery for a few years, picking up body parts kind of makes you in part desensitised to it all.
Then my Grandfather and father both died in front of me with me holding them as they passed.
If anything at times I wonder about it too much but not with fear.
It's beautiful," said Mort softly. "What is it?" THE SUN IS UNDER THE DISC, said Death. "Is it like this every night?" EVERY NIGHT, said Death. NATURE'S LIKE THAT. "Doesn't anyone know?" ME. YOU. THE GODS. GOOD, ISN'T IT? "Gosh!" Death leaned over the saddle and looked down at the kingdoms of the world. I DON'T KNOW ABOUT YOU, he said, BUT I COULD MURDER A CURRY.
I fear the death of my loved ones but I don’t fear mine at all. I got over that fear as I got older. When you’re a kid, of course death is gonna scare you. But now it really doesn’t - I won’t feel anything, I know I haven’t done anyone bad (good karma), and it’s inevitable. Everyone dies.
yes but even through much of my adult life i did still fear it. being raised a catholic kinda instilled it in me. but eventually i finally did. and i feel much better for it :)
@Alyssa11 but the ones who loves you will fear your death just the way you fear their death...
The hardest thing in this life is DEATH cause it will cause so much pain to the others even if they knew that your now in a better place, they will still miss you and your still too young miss alyssa rapunzel for such a thing 😊
I do fear death. I don't believe in stuff like heaven or hell like religious people. I do believe that maybe something happens after we die, but I don't know/not sure what it is exactly. I think we're all scared to stop existing in the sense of never thinking, feeling or sensing anything. I have however, come to terms with it to an extent. Thinking of it as possibly going back to the state we were in before we were born or existed makes things easier.
My goal in this life is just to have as many experiences I want to have and try to live without as many regrets as I can, so when I go I'm content and can smile for the seeds of the future.
Once you realize it's inevitable, you have to accept it. When I was a youth my appendix broke. Peritonitis set in and I was dying. I saw the other side through the eyes of a child. The doctors who worked on me got me back by whatever miracle, but I missed nearly 6 months of life as my blood was affected.
Later, about the age of 33, I had a racing accident that caused me to die twice. Once in the vehicle, before they could get me out, and once going to the hospital.
Knowing what's on the other side, I don't fear death. Whether it's the endorphins in the brain, or true out-of-body death experience, the only thing I am concerned about it the process of dying.
"... when you really think about it we were never conscious for the billions of years before our birth..."
I don't recall any experiences from the time I was born until about the age of two, and yet I still existed. How do you know you weren't around prior to your birth?
I don't know whether I fear dying so much per say than that the next life is unknown and I will no longer have control over my personal desires or psychology thereafter. I was raised a Christian and to believe that if I loved Jesus then I would go to Heaven after this life. I still believe I'll be going to Heaven than Hell, but I don't know if Heaven is as great as I was raised to believe either. Plus I am still younger and would like to live at least a couple decades more of life if I can help that.
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Brainsbeforebeauty | 50 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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I don't fear death orderitself,... More feel a worry/guilt to know that once I depart my girls are left with no parents since my husband preceded me in death.. And the loss of both maternal grandparents for my grandson...
yes that stuff does get to me too. but i am single and currently no one does depend on me.. yet anyways. my folks are getting older so i may have to help them out soon :/
I know that's another kind of hard... It's hard watching people you live her weaker😞I don't know what was harder, my husband dying, or watching him slowly dying, getting weaker, 😣
@Brainsbeforebeauty miss brains muffins if you don't fear it, we fear it cause we always want miss brains to be present, you don't know how precious you are 😊
It's Been 2 days we haven't talked, your not asking any question and my answer to your last question is hidden, don't know why you have hide it 🤔
Well i sent it and it was there, i was the 1st one to answer it, the 2nd day i checked the notifications and i was confused that miss brains haven't replied or liked my answer, i went to check it and i saw some people who replied after me got a like and a reply on their comments which made me more confused and after couple of hours i couldn't see my answer anymore...
@TonyMetal___86 I swear I never saw a reply from you.. I was busy with appointments and then been busy, me and my niece's hubby took my old pool down and I helped them put up a new one. I'm letting them use my yard. So him or her or their whole family been here on and off since Thursday. So tired, sore, sunburnt... I really didn't remove your reply.. I barely been on here...
I believe you spongy forehead 😊 May the app had a glitch or something!
Anyways glad to have you back, i suggest that you turn on your mini van miss brains and come to your king and we will sell ice cream in your mini van, the kids will wait for us every evening 😁
Maybe you can stay at home spongy forehead and i'll sell the ice cream to the kids, don't worry i won't eat the whole ice cream truck 😈
I think as you get older, you become less scared. I know many older people that aren’t scared of it, but I’m terrified lol. But if someone came at me with a gun, I’m just going to assume that it’s my time to go.
if someone came at me with a gun and there were other people being threatened too i do feel now i would jump in front of it without hesitation. Of course i never truly know what i would do in that situation, but i feel confident now that this would be my immediate response there.
Older people who are religious are actually more scared, that’s why they start going to churches or mosques or whatever their religious building is more and more often. Older atheists tend to be less scared.
I’m less afraid of death itself, and more of what awaits me after I die. Everyone has their own beliefs on where they think everyone goes to when they die, but me being an atheist means that I don’t believe in an afterlife. That is what scares me. I’m sure that when we die, that’s just it, and it’s all over. I just fear that when I die, I’ll just be gone forever. And plus, if somehow the Christians are correct, then I’m so going to hell for not believing.
Easy to SAY I don't fear death. When your health starts flashing alarm signs or you end up part of an accident, you can bet your ass that such thoughts will re-emerge as strong as ever. The idea of death can easily be put aside as nobody can escape it. But to not fear it? Eh, big words.
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Kaneki05 | 296 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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I don't fear death. Just find it annoying. Like oh yes i will die before a cool game comes out, or die before a new film, die before meeting someone. Die before etc etc. If everything i wanted to happen already had it woudln't bother me. Intresting science fact as we get older we get less scared of death, in our teens or 20s it's supposed to be the highest time for fear of it. Sometimes we can have random panic attacks over oursleves dying or someone close.
Finchie40 | 50 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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I don’t want to die because I feel I have so much more to experience on Earth , I want to see my kids grow and maybe have Grandchildren and I want to travel and go places I always wanted to go but I am not scared to die , because I have my faith in the Lord and believe my life will continue in Heaven
Its the most certain thing that will happen to all of us. Most certain examination and possibly longest time given to prepare. Happens in a flash. people dont fear death they fear future. Death doesn't give you time to fear. Its smooth
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Guanfei | 160 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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I don't fear death, I just find it frustrating, because once I'll be dead, I'll miss all the interesting things that will happen after. All the science, events, mankind on another world, maybe aliens, technology. I'LL MISS EVERYTHING. I'm mad, just thinking about it.
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devilish-cutie | 51 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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once you have it so bad in life that you wish you're rather dead, death doesn't seem so bad anymore
i never really feared death up to one point in my life but only for a short while, so i was never really that afraid of death, i guess im not that egoistical and life isn't that impressive to me in the first place lol
DeeDeeDeVour | 191 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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Actually, I'm more concerned about: 1. the pain/suffering leading to that last gasp of air 2. dying ahead of my expected lifespan 3. my soul's salvation
that would scare me too, but as a Christian i have assurance that i will be in heaven!! i hope that you will at least consider believing in Jesus as your Savior---because that's all you have to do to be saved :))
I don't fear it. In fact fear was important to bang my whole life given my condition, until I started desiring death.. Just desire. My goal is to continue what's left with neither fear nor desire for death. 😊
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douride2 | 204 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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I have cheated death twice in my life. I don't fear it.
just_a_potato | 86 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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Used to. But after a series events I embraced death. Now as a healthier person I just don't care, as long as it's just me.
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sawno | 1.5K opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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I made peace with death, its not my time to die but when that time comes i either move on as an enlightend positive soul or i sieze to exist and it won't matter.
My only regrets would be not to see the man I truly love again but if it is what it is I will gladly lay in my coffin surrounded by flowers, I want to look like I'm sleeping peacefully.
exitseven | 61 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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I had a near death experience and I was a little taken aback at how calm I was. I am probably more afraid of death now than I was then.
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Juxtapose | 301 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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I'm the type of guy that wants an eternity of growth and new experiences.
80 something years doesn't really cut it for me, I will always fear oblivion for I grasp life with a death grip. I don't want to go back to non-existence, ever.
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mistixs | 263 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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I have intrusive thoughts about my rotting corpse so
What matters is your soul, it will remain alive forever and your corpse will be buried in a respectful way in a coffin where people can visit you to pray for you...
When the soul leaves the body the corpse starts to rot, you won't need it anymore but STILL it will always be respected cause it carried your soul once!
Like you, i don't fear death, but I'm sure if it is traumatic and slow I will probable be scared. Ex. Shot and bleeding out on the floor, I'd probably piss myself.
I fear death enough to where I am not doing extremely reckless things like driving along the edge of a cliff but if someone pointed a gun to my head I’m not sure if I’d panic all that much.
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cth96190 | 158 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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I have never feared death. I look forward to it. Every day, I ask God to kill me.
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goaded | 310 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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Death, I'm OK with. Dying, on the other hand, that worries me.
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genericname85 | 2.5K opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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i never feared "death". i always feared "dying" and i still do.
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najekim | 224 opinions shared on Religion & Spirituality topic.
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I've never feared the Grim Reaper, but it doesn't mean I won't do what I can to cheat the bastard out of his prize. :)
Well I kinda am now. (Not because I have a bad life, it’s the opposite. In fact, we’re going on vacation tomorrow. “OHHHH DONKEY GET IN MY BELLY”). But anyways, I’m just happy about what’s to come, and I have an idea on what it’s like. Probably a lot bigger (the waterfalls) but yeah
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