I am not afraid to die.

[amitten]

Just sayin'.

And you?

[ZombieNixon]

1. Naw, not really.

I'm more concerned about the mode of death...you know...I'd prefer beheading to say...drowning. I mean, once it's over, it's over and you go on or don't to the afterlife you do or don't believe in. :shrug:

I more fear living a life without accomplishment.

[MissHoneychurch]

2. I am neither

I believe the death itself is very calm. Just the stuff that comes before it might not be as pleasant. I was with my grandfather and father when they died, so I kinda got an idea of how it is.
I am not afraid of death anymore. I just don't want to be in pain before I die.

[jukes]

3. not me

atheist; so if it's the end-of-fun, it's also the end-of-pain, and i don't believe *i'll* be aware of it anyway.

i've been required to lead a pretty violent life, so i've seen it and expected it way before now.

rather it wasn't a painful death, but, short of accident or violence, that's not a factor. i know how to ease the path if i end up w/ some nasty cancer or something.

day by day, take care of the cats, & have some fun; that's *my* path. and fuck my fundy neighbors. you'd think w/ "heaven" as their destination, they wdnt need to sleep w/ the lights on...

[wildhorses]

4. actually looking forward to it, a new experience if you will

the final out of body experience...

[Omphaloskepsis]

5. I'm not either..

I still have a good 30+ years left. I imagine things would be very different if the doctor gave me a few months to live. I'm not scared of the afterlife stuff. I just dislike pain.

[Broken_Hero]

6. not me

I figure one of three things will kill me...and i'm not afraid...

1. Cigarettes

2. The food I eat

3. A flaming car crash...:)

[tuvor]

7. I might be if it would actually accomplish something.

[JVS]

8. I am, but that's because I've had a vision of my own death...

and it involves falling crotch-first into a blender

[DainBramaged]

9. As long as I get to say goodbye I love you to family, no

[swag]

10. Death. It'll be fine.

I get all sad and sentimental now about missing everyone and everything I've loved so much, but of course I won't know the difference when I'm dead, when my neural pathways are gone, when my "consciousness" is no longer a problem to anyone.

Dying might be the hardest part. That's long, painful, bureaucratic, stressful torture for so many people. What to do about that, I do not know.

[Dave Reynolds]

11. Nope.

Not rushing towards it, but will not fear it when it comes.

I really want to know what happens after.

[Starbucks Anarchist]

12. I'm afraid of dying in an embarrassing way.

[HEyHEY]

13. No, I'm not - but only cause I suspect I'm slightly unbalanced

[hfojvt]

14. since I am afraid to die

is there some way we can arrange for YOU to do it in my place?

[zanne]

15. I'm afraid to die and I want to live forever.

That's it. I never said I was logical.

[Yollam]

26. What's so illogical about that?

I'm terrified of dying and would want to live forever, too. I realize that it cannot be, but I want it, and I recognize that this psychological need for an afterlife is a major reason why people go in for these mumbo-jumbo religions like Christianity or Islam or Buddhism.

But it's not the process of dying that firghtens or disturbs me. That's already begun in all of us. It's the ideaof no longer being. At all. In any form. This is where it gets illogical, because I will not be sad or in pain about this, because I simply will not be. AND I HATE THAT! I truly envy people who are able to unquestioningly believe in a religion for this very reason. If I knew a way to trick myself into it, I would. My wife is a big-time buddhist, and she believes in reincarnation. I prefer the idea of a heaven where we get to be with our granmas and grandpas and kids and everyone we love, but I suppose reincarnation would do, but I just can't believe in it anymore than I believe the pyramids were built by pink unicorns, from designs given to them by the Realian astral beings.

But boy do I wish I could believe it. Anyone know a good hypnotist?

[Droopy]

16. I am

I think more people would be (or would admit that they are) if they have dealt with a situation where they were very close to death. You'll find plenty of fear and will to live when you are looking death in the eye.

[kiraboo]

19. That's exactly what I was thinking. Somebody who has been

contemplating their own death for a long time might have reached the point of acceptance but I imagine somebody who gets their terminal cancer diagnosis feels tremendous fear for a time. On the other hand, I've spoken with two people who were in very bad car wrecks. Both of them described a sense of resignation just before impact, a "so be it" feeling right when you'd think they would be most terrified.

[kiraboo]

20. That's exactly what I was thinking. Somebody who has been

contemplating their own death for a long time might have reached the point of acceptance but I imagine somebody who gets their terminal cancer diagnosis feels tremendous fear for a while. On the other hand, I've spoken with two people who were in very bad car wrecks. Both of them described a sense of resignation just before impact, a "so be it" feeling right when you'd think they would be most terrified.

[Burma Jones]

17. I think I would be more angry than afraid

unless I make it to a very ripe old age, then I believe I would just go with the flow......

[Deja Q]

18. I am afraid to die. Of course, I'm also afraid to live.

Being a fey wet ponce has its disadvantages.

[kiraboo]

21. A stunningly handsome fey, wet ponce.

And the older you get, the less you'll fear. I promise.

[Droopy]

22. Professor Droopy Ph.D in Life speaking

Your assignment for the rest of the week is to take a chance. I'm not talking about running your car down the freeway at 100 mph or trying heroin.

I'm talking about maybe responding to a personals ad or looking for a better job if you are not satisfied with your current one. Try to make a new friend maybe. Go to a social event. You'll be living life in no time.

Last time I had some time off I went to a seminar about mental illness. It was very informative and I learned a lot in the space of 2 hours. Met some really cool people, too. Maybe there is some kind of event or convention that you can check out this weekend that has a theme that you are interested in.

[Deja Q]

23. LOL.

I've already responded to 3 personal ads... and applied to a 3rd job (waiting on 2 others) and updated my monster.com entry.

[Droopy]

24. Oh shit

Well, keep trying. Doing nothing won't get you anywhere. :)

[Magrittes Pipe]

25. I began to warm and chill

To objects and their fields
The ragged cup, the twisted mop
The face of Jesus in my soup
The sinister dinner deals
The meal trolley's wicked wheels
A hooked bone rising from my food
All things either good or ungood

And the mercy seat is waiting
And I think my head is burning
And in a way I'm yearning
To be done with all this weighing up of proof
An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth
And anyway, I told the truth
And I'm not afraid to die

[purji]

27. It will either be interesting or I wont care.n/t

[SteppingRazor]

28. Um.. yeah, ceasing to exist tends to scare me a bit n/t

[Ava]

30. yeah, i agree with you here!

:scared:

[Ava]

29. well that makes one of us.

:shrug: