are you afraid of death

[Nothingtoadd]

Ah, I see. Sorry, I thought you meant something else.
"I fell from a tree and I became unconscious"
Yep, I've had something similar to that.
Hanged myself and the next second (actually four minutes or something, but I was unconscious during them so it was a second to me) all I know is that I'm on the floor.

hanging was accidental or deliberate

 

[wannawayout]

I'm not afraid of death but I fear the possibility of dying in a slow and painful way.

 

[Deleted member 847]

hanging was accidental or deliberate

I was practicing. That's why I didn't really care about my anchor point being good enough to hold my weight.
I had this odd thought "It says on the internet you pass out after 10 seconds. I should be fine If I stay in the dizzy feeling for one more second than usual"
When you hang yourself you feel a feeling of vertigo and euphoria, or lightheadedness, words just aren't good enough it's like talking about sex to someone that hasn't even had their first nut yet. I usually back out of it after 3-4 seconds to not die (lol) but that time I must've stayed in it
for at leas 5-7 seconds (I don't know, obviously I don't count the seconds when I'm in that state)
that one (or two) second/s almost killed me.

Four minutes later I woke up because the anchor (a piece of wood from a bed in vertical position) broke.

The experience was similar to time travel and teleportation.
It's weird for your whole field of view to switch places after a blink.
Surreal almost.

I'm not afraid of death but I fear the possibility of dying in a slow and painful way.

Yep.
That's why one day I'm gonna kill myself again.
I won't let nature torture me.

 

[Lost Magic]

I was more afraid before I got SN and N. I had a lot of trouble getting the right pressure from my Nitrogen tank and I wasn't keen on the thought of hanging. Now that I have N, I do feel blessed. But am I apprehensive? I Sure am. None of us know what is after death no matter how much we may speculate. However, the alternative is a lifetime of misery. I would rather choose death, thank You very much.

 

[Deleted member 847]

I was more afraid before I got SN and N. I had a lot of trouble getting the right pressure from my Nitrogen tank and I wasn't keen on the thought of hanging. Now that I have N, I do feel blessed. But am I apprehensive? I Sure am. None of us know what is after death no matter how much we may speculate. However, the alternative is a lifetime of misery. I would rather choose death, thank You very much.

Yeah. There's absolutely zero way of knowing what happens after death (Even if your intuition tells you it's just a vacuum, your intuition also told you that your eyes don't see upside down before you went to school) because that would mean figuring out (and understanding) every single fact about the nature of the universe and what's beyond it, and I'm not even sure the human brain has enough computing power to do that. I'm not even sure robots with brains trillions of times faster than ours would be able to figure out everything about reality either. To figure out reality (Everything in it) you have to be something other than it, which has as much sense as small bird that's also a giant elephant at the same time.

I say it's 50/50 between
eternal nonexistence or something random (Given the few data points we have)

But if your life sucked to the point of desiring suicide,
I see why you might want to take the bet

 

[Lost in a Dream]

I'm afraid of what might come after. If I could be 100% certain that death = nonexistence, then any other fears I have regarding the act of suicide would dissipate. What I mean by that is, If I knew that I would cease to exist afterwards, then the affect my death might have on other people wouldn't matter as much, because I wouldn't be aware of it after I was gone.

I'm also afraid of the dying process too. If my natural SI kicks in while I'm on my way out and it's too late to stop it, then my last moments will probably be terrifying. It would be nice if the process of dying could happen in an instant so I didn't have to worry about it so much.

 

[Seeking_Peace]

Hard to be afraid of something natural.

 

[Judy Garland]

I'm not afraid of death per say, I am only afraid of the process of dying. I'm afraid that physically, it could be painful, but more afraid of where my spirit is going to be plunged into. We dream when we go unconscious, I'm worried that my last dream before death will be a nightmare. The other night I dreamed that I was pushed back into this big dark abyss, when I was pushed into it I woke up where it felt like I landed on my bed. That's the stuff I'm afraid of, pain. That because my life is full of pain, it may carry over. So I'm not afraid of death, but what comes directly before that.

 

[brokenbutterflies]

Since my dad died last year my fear of death has vanished, because even though I'm uncertain of my views on the afterlife, I know I don't want to live without him and hope that in whatever form, we will be together in some way.

For me my fear is the process of dying, not the pain, but of having an unsuccessful attempt that leaves me brain dead or severely incapacitated. I've come close before and the thought of being kept alive in my body but being a shell of myself, even if I'm not conscious of it, terrifies me more than anything else.

 

[anyoneshorizon]

less afraid of death more afraid of the dying part. I hope it isn't unbearably painful. Failing is also a possibility that has its own consequences.

 

[Unicornsrnot4dislife]

I'm scared of the unknown I guess. Not knowing what I going to happen after. Worrying about my children and husband. Makes me cry thinking about leaving them but I know that they would be better off in the long term. I'm so selfish

 

[8evergo]

I decided to end life one and a half month before but somehow i told that a known person after that I decided to no to commit suicide but now I think i shouldn't have done that

I'm afraid death might not be the end of consciousness. Nonexistence only scares the animal inside of me, not my analytical mind that understands that lack of sensation can't possibly be a bad thing, it's neutral, not that I wouldn't prefer a neverending existence full of positive sensations in its place, but who's gonna give me that? There's no universal law that states you must be happy, in your life or in a possible afterlife, if death is not the end.

The universe is ruled by crude natural forces which are indifferent to the well being of the minds they create,
in other words the cosmos isn't ruled by a benevolent god that cares about your future or the future of any living being, evidence of that is that human beings have been torturing and enslaving animals for centuries just because of their intellectual superiority. And even before humans life wasn't that great, dozens or more of millions of years of animals being eaten alive, dying of cold, disease, or and being tortured in countless ways by predators and or the environment. A benevolent intelligent force should've intervened at the very beginning of this game called life if they existed and cared.

If a god or intelligent force at the top of the food chain (aliens, spirits etc.) exists he is by definition malevolent,
since he doesn't intervene, and if he wants to intervene, but he can't, then he is of no use to our future here or in the next life anyway

your life can be good (rich man)
or bad (burned alive guy on bestgore .com)
and that's all due to luck.
If you think you deserve what you have because of your hard work, think about all the beings that also worked hard but got a different result.
Think about the beings that wanted work hard, but didn't have the opportunity due to a circumstantial limitation in their life, such as being physically disabled.

Nobody deserves anything, good or bad.
If you work hard and you pass your math exam,
it's only because you don't have the brain of someone that's mentally retarded. Everything of value that you have can be traced down to luck. Luck that gave rise to the set of causes that conduced to the existence of your comfort.

If the set of causes that created my personal theater of mind happen again, they might recreate my consciousness in a deplorable state. A nightmare that would last forever.

I don't want to be eaten by lions.

But neither this malevolent god nor nature cares

Nonexistence sounds too good to be true in a universe - reality that could be infinite.

Infinite in everything

The only things that reality might not have
are things that violate the laws of logic

My consciousness clearly is possible and logical since it happened and I'm talking to you,
so why can't it happen a second time?
Because that possibility scares you?
You think nature gives a sjhit?

The universe is being and we will derive everything from the power of being

 

[Hope:-)]

Not at all really. I am not religious, but I am a firm believer in eternal life, and that we will pass onto the next life

Physical pain is the one that gets me...that's what I'm scared of.

 

[obafgkm]

I'm not afraid of death, but I'm afraid of dying, if that makes sense. I just don't want it to hurt or last too long, and I'm sure I'll send myself into a panic attack as I'm dying. But I'm fine with death, I look forward to being no more. I need an instant death, and I'll be fine

We are dying physically from around 25, intellectually probably from around 40. Everything starts to go downhill. This is about time people can consider ending the dying process.

 

[outatime_85]

At this stage of my life, I'm not bothered by my death or dying.

I just want it to be when I am ready, not when I am in diapers and can't take care of myself.

I do not worry about my death bothering anyone because I don't exist in my family.
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As for the thought of the after life, heaven or hell?

If there is an all-seeing, all-knowing who sends people south, I recognize I might be one of them since I have a lot to account for.
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I do not think my "life was or is short." I just squandered a lot of something that is irreplaceable. I can't make or buy more of it (time).

"We're tight-fisted with property and money, yet think too little of wasting time, the one thing about which we should all be the toughest misers." — Seneca

 

[8evergo]

I'm afraid of what might come after. If I could be 100% certain that death = nonexistence, then any other fears I have regarding the act of suicide would dissipate. What I mean by that is, If I knew that I would cease to exist afterwards, then the affect my death might have on other people wouldn't matter as much, because I wouldn't be aware of it after I was gone.

I'm also afraid of the dying process too. If my natural SI kicks in while I'm on my way out and it's too late to stop it, then my last moments will probably be terrifying. It would be nice if the process of dying could happen in an instant so I didn't have to worry about it so much.

we don't know what's coming

I have no fear of the unknown welcome
start loving your dying then he will love you

 

[self.destractive]

im conflicted, to say the least. i dont fear my mortality, ive perfectly accepted that death is just another part of life! ive made peace with the fact that im going to die, and so is everyone i know. but i havent fully made peace with suicide yet. i worry about how it will affect the ones i love, and i worry that survival instinct will kick in and i will be stranded in a ward again. the thought of nonexistence disturbs me just as much as the thought of existing forever in an afterlife (both scary), but also existing as is right now disturbs me! i cant win haha!

 

[8evergo]

im conflicted, to say the least. i dont fear my mortality, ive perfectly accepted that death is just another part of life! ive made peace with the fact that im going to die, and so is everyone i know. but i havent fully made peace with suicide yet. i worry about how it will affect the ones i love, and i worry that survival instinct will kick in and i will be stranded in a ward again. the thought of nonexistence disturbs me just as much as the thought of existing forever in an afterlife (both scary), but also existing as is right now disturbs me! i cant win haha!

good opinion I have decided

 

[BigPP]

We also went from not alive to alive. I assume the cycle continues and we perceive no downtime. The idea of starting over bothers me more than dying.

In that situation, We might not perceive any down time, but you wouldn't perceive anything at all. Maybe you will get lucky and be born a powerful emperor 3 galaxies away

 

[CemetryGates]

We're always told "life is short" but honestly life doesn't feel short enough. No I'm not scared and I've made peace with it.

I agree sometimes I wish I lived in old times where like 40 was considered old age. Who wants to live until they're 90 years old lmao
I just hope death is the final act.
Sadly i've always believed something else seems to happen, either a quantum immortality thing where you just do a consciousness jump into another timeline, or you reincarnate both terrify me, as that describes hell to me.

 

[WaitingAllMyLife]

I'm not at all afraid of death. I dream about dying... have since I was a teenager. I DO fear failing in my attempt, I fear chickening out, and I'd prefer not to be aware of it as it's happening. Would be so nice if it was just a simple easy pill to pop and a peaceful sleep.

 

[Foresight]

yes, I have death anxiety.

 

[8evergo]

yes, I have death anxiety.

but now really

I'm not at all afraid of death. I dream about dying... have since I was a teenager. I DO fear failing in my attempt, I fear chickening out, and I'd prefer not to be aware of it as it's happening. Would be so nice if it was just a simple easy pill to pop and a peaceful sleep.

Here you will find everything you want to know

 

[AliceTheGoon]

Maybe you will get lucky and be born a powerful emperor 3 galaxies away

I'd rather just be a decent down to earth person without a degenerative illness.

 

[LeavingEarly]

yes, I have death anxiety.

Yeah me too. Life is painful and death makes me anxious.

 

[Rd2nowhere]

No

 

[lofticries]

Only the dying process.

 

[Winterreise]

My death is gonna be like the poor dog in "fly 2". No mattered how pityful and hopeless life is, im still afraid of this death. Sulking and yelping at the thought of it.

 

[Trezzohno]

I did very badly but now I feel living on earth is more scary. Death seams easier

 

[come to dust]

Yes. I'm afraid of being reborn as myself again and again in an endless time loop.