Personal Thoughts On Death

[Sean 6,330]

I just had an idea tonight.I realized I no longer had any fear about dying anymore!Is it the fact I have been dead pooling for some time?Perhaps it is..Do not get me wrong I am not suicidal and hope not to die for many years to come but I kind of feel at this moment in time that whenever the time comes I will be at ease when the inevitable happens.I mean there are many things I want to do before I go but somehow I can`t help feeling immune to the fear of deathOf course I fear how I will die and also have a fear of the unknown afterwards but the notion of dying no longer concerns me as it did a few years ago.I wonder if anyone else thinks that dead pooling on a regular basis makes you more content/comfortable with the concept of your mortality or not?Because I no longer have a fear of no longer being around anymore.I view death as something not worth worrying about and even in a sense a release from the difficulties which seem almost inevitable at the end of someones natural life.

 

I guess in short I wondered what other members perceptions are surrounding death if it was their demise looming.Is it something to fear and fight until the bitter end or is it a release that is necessary for keeping a sense of reality in spite of a dire prognosis?

[charon 4,943]

 

A few years back I was diagnosed with the Big Casino and wasn't sure exactly where it was etc.

 

The specialist was shocked I didn't immediately agree to go under the knife because I didn't really care and 'had better things to do'

 

He even sent a letter calling my attitude unique after about 3 months of not being bothered. (I twigged at the time he was desperate to meet target times).

 

 

That attitude has not changed , I really , truly , just don't give two fucks.

[Rotten Ali 600]

I'm 50 this year and have known for the last ten years that I'm more than half way through my life. In fact now in the deadly zone of unfair early death due to such as heart attack or embolism. My dad died at age 64. I think I've just about done ok with doing the things I want to do with my life. We have a fine young man of 11 years in the family and that I know that the love invested and imparted to him so far will continue to live on and be worthwhile beyond my time here. Of course I want to do more. I have an unfathomable list of about 70 major projects to accomplish. But yes, right now, I'm with you about disregarding the fear of death.

[charon 4,943]

 

I'm with Hobbes, and the life of man being ; solitary, poor, nasty, brutish and short.

 

Accept this and what is there to fear ?

[The Mad Hatter 1,092]

A few years back I was diagnosed with the Big Casino and wasn't sure exactly where it was etc.

The specialist was shocked I didn't immediately agree to go under the knife because I didn't really care and 'had better things to do'

He even sent a letter calling my attitude unique after about 3 months of not being bothered. (I twigged at the time he was desperate to meet target times).

That attitude has not changed , I really , truly , just don't give two fucks.

wait, so you have cancer or is the big casino something else.

[charon 4,943]

 

Nah, fine.

 

Gave in to his pressure after 6 or 7 months of dingying him.

 

Wish I hadn't, he made a cunt of the op but sorted now.

 

Only part of the reason I think the NHS should be scrapped, full of overpaid, self important useless fuckers that it is.

[En Passant 3,741]

The time prior to my birth didn't bother me in the slightest, I don't expect the time subsequent to my departure to concern me much either. The method of transition is however a matter of concern.

[charon 4,943]

 

Don't you get to be a queen if you get to the other side?

[rockhopper penguin 2,265]

Don't you get to be a queen if you get to the other side?

It's King (in draughts/checkers).

[charon 4,943]

But the one piece you can't be in chess. I think.

[rockhopper penguin 2,265]

Death in itself should hold no fear. There is always the hope to have a legacy which can live on in others, but that in itself is merely an artifice; giving a sense of purpose to an otherwise meaningless existence. You can 'rage against the dying of the light' or not - it's your choice, and that's the point.

[Chopped Liver 53]

I actually couldn't give two shits about death. That's why I'm not afraid to fly to America (terrorists). We're all going to die in the end, so it doesn't really matter. I'll be dead sure, I won't be able to care! I know that people think it's kind of morbid for 13 year olds like me to adopt this idea, but sure anyway!

[charon 4,943]

13? Lol.

 

++++morbidkid heads >>>>thataway for a name change++++++

 

 

I wouldn't worry about the flight to America young shaver, it is when you land that you need to look out for psychotic religious fundemental nutjobs armed to the teeth .

[Deathray 2,940]

I actually couldn't give two shits about death. That's why I'm not afraid to fly to America (terrorists). We're all going to die in the end, so it doesn't really matter. I'll be dead sure, I won't be able to care! I know that people think it's kind of morbid for 13 year olds like me to adopt this idea, but sure anyway!

Another one.

[gcreptile 10,978]

Being on the Deathlist has sort of altered my opinion on death. Now I am somewhat looking forward to joining "the club of dead people", not in the sense that I want it to be all over now, but that it feels like a natural thing.

[Magere Hein 1,400]

I think losing one's fear of death is part of growing up. I'm in no hurry to meet death, but I will and then I won't be there to care. After I realised that fact death lost its sting pdq..

[deadsox 894]

13? Lol.

 

++++morbidkid heads >>>>thataway for a name change++++++

 

 

I wouldn't worry about the flight to America young shaver, it is when you land that you need to look out for psychotic religious fundemental nutjobs armed to the teeth .

 

Don't mind charon kid. We won't shoot you if you mind your manners.

[deadsox 894]

For me, I don't fear my eventual death but I'm not ready to go yet. I've seen people who are very old (late 90's e.g.) who have had a good life and are ready to go. I liken that experience to going to sleep after a long and enjoyable day. Recent experiences (prostate cancer and a mother bear sniffing at me from 3 feet away) tell me that I still fear immediate and unpleasant death however.

[charon 4,943]

 

 

^^^ \O/ waves at Leonardo \O/

[Lard Bazaar 3,799]

I think I do actually fear death. Or maybe the manner of death. I watched my sister, from age 39 to her death at 43, gradually degrade into a swollen, incomprehensible cabbage, ravaged by a brain tumour and an asshole 'husband', and have had to deal with the consequences left for her three children. And I am currently watching my nan, my intelligent, witty, lovely, lovely nan being destroyed by Alzheimer's. She doesn't know who anyone is and she shits herself. Meanwhile grandad is so distraught that he's drinking himself to death. In the wise words of Cypress Hill, I ain't going out like that. I'd sooner jump in front of a train.

 

And when I do go, who watches out for my daughters? Their fathers are a pair of cunts.

 

So yes. I think I do fear death, and the aftermath, whether I know about it or not.

 

I'm 43 this year.

[msc 18,476]

Not sure.

 

As a chronically ill person who might be carrying a heart defect (they'll test when I'm older - it runs in the family, snuffed out several members before 50, a few before 35...), I think you can go mad if you think too long about "what might be".

 

After all, you think about death too much, then one day you're 100, with cancer, and where did yer bloody life go to?

 

Mind you, after a few lucky escapes to ill health and idiocy in the past, I'm more often hit with "Blimey, still here!" more.

[RadGuy 1,614]

Well, I feel just like you Shaun.

 

I mean, I wouldn't want to die now, at 14, of course. I'd rather die at around 70 (don't wanna get too old either).

 

But I'm totally not scared of dying, whenever that might be. I see it as a big, long sleep, and I love sleep!

[JiroemonKimura 95]

I'm on the fence. Admittedly, I have been living a rather difficult lifestyle recently, but it's a big world out there, and I want to live my life to its fullest. On the other hand, however, I realize that fearing death will only make it come sooner, so I try to avoid thinking about it. Then there is the theory circulating about "proof" of the afterlife (based on work by Ian Stevenson and Jim Tucker), which I think is not conclusive, but certainly intriguing.

[Lord Fellatio Nelson 6,219]

I don't fear death. I believe in the afterlife but im hoping there is a big fat fuck all at the end, really.

I suppose, when somebody you love dies, you are supposed to embrace the idea that, one day, you will be together again.

I hate God.

[Death Impends 7,979]

For me I think I try not to even think about the inevitability, it only discomforts me. I suppose when I'm still young, you prefer not to think about it at all. Odds are as I age I'll be thinking about my own death more and more, and become more at peace with it.