Are you afraid of Death?

[HazamA]

Aside from birth, the only other thing that is guaranteed to happen to every single person on the planet is death. You're Going to Die. That’s 100% FACT.

For thousands of years Humans tried to outsmart their gross body and Live Forever but they failed miserably...

You will be affected by deaths of loved ones and most likely have to plan a funeral or two before your own comes about.
( Death is just trying to be nice to you and have nothing else to offer )


“You Live, therefore You Die” -Death

Death is an uncomfortable fact of life

Death is undeceivable . . .

Death is undeniable . .

Death is certain !

Every breath you take is a step towards DEATH.

Every year, about 8 out of every 1,000 people die.
That's about 55.3 million people per year.
Or: 151,600 people a day,
6,316 people an hour,
105 people a minute,
Nearly two people a second.

When your very short life end (100 years old? Good luck with that..) your death most likely will be quite average and boring just like your life.. And by the time you will be completely forgotten, like you never existed in the first place!

Spoiler: Life?

Enjoy Life while it last . . But when Death smile at you, all can do is smile back <3

 

[Derp Potato]

I literally laugh when it comes close to death. The last time, the doctor didn't think it was funny.

Although I'm still young and believe I can't die.

I'll likely freak out the closer I get to old age.

 

[Yeeb-Renzo]

Yeah, death sucks and all, but I’ve got so much more important shit to worry about than my own inevitability for a while.

 

[IV 445]

It’s foolish to be afraid of death.

Afraid of dying is understandable. Dying is a painful process, and also very scary because it activates our deepest most primal survival instincts.

Some would say that they are afraid of death because they are afraid of unfinished business, like their family or their life’s work. Again, that’s not being directly afraid of death, but being afraid of disconnection.

Why would you be afraid of being dead though? There could be heaven, or in some minds, there could be nothing at all. No worries, nobody to bug you, no pain, just sleep.

I believe people that are afraid of death are not being completely intellectually honest as to why they are.

 

[TiggerNits]

I respect death. There's a finality to it and the chance of an afterlife is a coin flip at best. I just want to watch my son grow up and take care of my wife, so I'd much rather live, but my mortality is assured so I tend to just try and avoid shit that will actively try and kill me and enjoy what I can while I can

 

[Xetzyr]

From my perspective... unless you're like an artist, unless you create shit or do something overly interesting with your life... it's no worry at all. I mean, if you're an "average person" I think it must be kind of nice knowing that if you suddenly get hit by a bus or whatever and kick it... there's no shortage of "you" that's left in the world.

What's truly terrifying is uniqueness... because if someone unique dies... that's it, there's no inherent replacement, their art, their creativity, their style, their contributions are just... *POOF* ...gone, forever. I think that's why so many people get so upset over a lot of celebrity deaths. Even if it's not a particular artist to which you directly subscribed, just knowing that some special/unique piece of humanity just got wiped off the face of all reality winds up hitting you real hard.

 

[ES 148]

Death is fat and gay and I would not have sex with it.

 

[Draza]

I seen people get blown to pieces by mortars and mines , gunned down in trenches, and even burn to death after airstrikes when i was young. Death means nothing anymore, at least for me.

 

[RG 448]

It isn’t death I fear, it’s everything that comes before it.

 

[QU 734]

I'm not afraid of my own death. I made peace with the idea of my death a long time ago. I figure what 'happens' after I die is pretty much the same as what went on before I was born, i.e. nothing. No worries.

My only significant fear about death is out-living my wife. The thought of it horrifies me. Unadulterated existential dread.

 

[Tragi-Chan]

I had a medical scare a couple of years ago where I was faced with the strong possibility of death, and I actually wasn’t that bothered by the prospect for myself. I was worried about those around me, but for myself I remember just thinking, “Oh well.”

So yeah, death doesn’t frighten me. Oddly, the concept of disfigurement or incapacity does.

 

[Your Weird Fetish]

I find dying easier than death. I've been on death's door before and the pain and struggle to breathe tends to take all your attention at the time, so you don't really have time to think about the abstract concept of simply not being there anymore. It's when you're lucid and alert that that gets irrationally scary.

Good so many in this thread apparently managed to work on a mental block on it though, since fear of the inevitable is totally useless.

 

[FierceBrosnan]

I've had a few really close calls and I think what scares me most beyond the concept of nothingness and no longer existing is all the things I'll have left undone.Plus I have too many people depending on me and I'm not going anywhere until I know they'll be alright.

 

[Okkervils]

The idea of death doesn't scare me as much as the actual process of dying does. It really bothers me, it's a huge fear of mine and I get really anxious over it.

 

[adorable bitch]

I'm not sure what to believe in, in terms of afterlife. Dissapearing completely doesn't scare me per-say, it just makes me feel a bit depressed. Then I move on with my life, because honestly it's not like I could do anything about it anyways.

It doesn't scare me as much as it used to, after experiencing the death of a loved one. I don't know why though, I think you're actually supposed to be especially scared of death after seeing someone else go through it. But I just feel sort of... calm?

 

[wellthathappened]

I literally laugh when it comes close to death. The last time, the doctor didn't think it was funny.

Although I'm still young and believe I can't die.

I'll likely freak out the closer I get to old age.

Son, we all felt that way at one point.

To answer OP's question.... yes and no. Not due to fear of some afterlife nonsense, but no longer existing doesn't sound like a lot of fun.

 

[CIA Nigger]

I dodged death once and now I'm trying to make the most out of my life. You don't realize how valuable it is until you nearly die once, knowing it could be any day.

 

[Red Hood]

I'm starting to feel my age and it's settling in that I'm neither immortal nor invincible. But when it comes, it comes.

I just don't want to leave anyone any debt.

 

[Y2K Baby]

Did you come here to be edgy.

 

[Dolphin Lundgren]

I watched my mom rapidly decline in health from an aggressive form of Cancer until she passed away in 6 months. Ever since then I've been afraid of dying and losing my loved ones the same way she did. It scares me a lot more now that I've witnessed someone die from something so awful.