What fate is worse than death?

[Mooseanonsky]

Being kidnapped, tortured, and raped for months. The pain is pure hell and you wish for death but your sadistic captor keeps you alive until they get bored and finally kill you

 

[Eternal Illusions]

Living with trigeminal neuralgia. One of the most painful conditions.

 

[8leveloquenfrn4evr8]

Being stuck in a game you are set up to lose in.

 

[bananaolympus]

Locked in syndrome you can only move your eyes blink while you are completely aware

 

[Namelesa]

What I am already living through now. Death would be the best thing for as I could escape all of my pain if that happened. Me dying would only negative effect others still alive, not myself.

 

[EvisceratedJester]

Locked in syndrome you can only move your eyes blink while you are completely aware

That actually reminds me of something interesting my textbook noted about those who suffer from Locked in syndrome, which is that many of them aren't as miserable as we tend to assume they are. A study found that their self-perception scores on mental health, bodily pain, and personal and general health were close to that of controls. Hell, Jean-Dominique Bauby, a former chief editor for a magazine, was able to write a book while suffering from it. He basically would just communicate through blinking the alphabet and someone would write it down. Here is a small excerpt of it from my textbook.

Though he described feeling stiffness and pain, and dearly missing playful and spontaneous interactions with his children, Bauby continued,

"My mind takes flight like a butterfly. There is so much to do. You can wander off in space or in time, set out for Tierra del Fuego or for King Midas's court. You can visit the woman you love, slide down beside her and stroke her still-sleeping face. You can build castles in Spain, steal the Golden Fleece, discover Atlantis, realize your childhood dreams and adult ambitions." (Bauby,
1997, p. 5)

The book is called The Bell and the Butterfly and goes over experiences in this state.

This isn't to say that it's a pleasurable state to be in, but it seems to be a but less horrifying than many imagine it to be. I would still prefer to never have to experience it, personally, lol.

 

[Languish]

I know it's a hypothetical, but that doesn't sound possible from a biological standpoint. Aging is the result of the body breaking down due to factors that eventually cause death. If you could live forever, it would suggest that the factors that cause aging are not present. If you lived an 'eternal life' but still aged, there would be a point where the body shouldn't be able to physically function, because it's too broken down to support itself.

Or in your scenario, are you imagining this?

Definitely imagining that

 

[hao☆]

immortality

 

[OptingOutSmiling]

Returning from the dead and having to repeat everything all over again with the exact same outcome.

 

[outrider567]

ALS

 

[Darkover]

to be alive is fate worse than not existing at all