Is death the most scariest thing?

Scared? Not quite. Although, I should be. However, thinking that I would die without achieving my ambitions is the worst end I can imagine. Actually, thinking that I would live a life without any ambition is even more terrifying.

My own death? Absolutely not.

Death of the people I love? Scary as hell.

Oblivion is worse but I wouldn't know if it's scarier too yet.

If theres no life after death, then nothing in this world matters. All of this is a big fucking waste.

@korvus: both.

Death sucks, but living forever would also suck. I don't know.

I guess we've had very different near-death experiences. Mine were quite peaceful...the pain stops, the noise stops, the worries stop, and I got this really warm comforting feeling of falling asleep. It was the coming back to that sucked.

The number one scariest thing when pooled is public speaking.

No, not afraid. Can't be afraid of something you have no control over.

I find that hard to believe. I've seen a lot of death over there and none of them was peaceful. But it's the internet, you can make up whatever bullshit story you want, it's the person in the mirror you have to answer to at the end of the day.

@bmanva: Relax...I'm not trying to take anything away from the horrors you've seen but you are aware that different people have different experiences, right? Mine had nothing to do with war, so it's to be expected that since the cause is different the process is also different. No need to be confrontational...

@korvus: I wasn't trying to be confrontational. just calling it out as I see it. Yes, I do realize that there are variety of experiences out there, but statistically speaking it's slim to none that someone has had an actual near death experience. Again it's an internet forum, so everyone is a tough guy and 90% of it is bullshit.

@bmanva: I had 2....one from lack of oxygen to the brain as a kid due to my severe asthma. My mother just found me on the floor when she got home. Since I couldn't breathe I couldn't call anyone for help and my mother had the habit of locking me in the house so I couldn't go to the neighbors for help either. I was slowly fading so it was quite painless...in fact it got less painless as it progressed and it felt as I've described.

The other was as a teenager where I was involved in an accident that split my skull open and I was suffering from severe blood loss but since it was a head trauma I couldn't feel much.

Neither of these makes me a badass...I was just arguing that not all near death experiences are agony filled experiences so you can in fact survive a near death experience without it making you afraid of dying. You can be near death without being shot at or step into a landmine...not all deaths are alive. Now whether you believe my "bullshit story" is entirely up to you but I'm happy to report I have no trouble whatsoever looking in the mirror =)

@korvus: To clarify, I wasn't referring to experience as kids with little or no notion of what death is. Plus time distort memories, making it either worse or better than it really was. As a kid, I had couple of run ins that I thought were close to death but likely weren't (no doubt my parents thought they were).

I will concede that if you are either a kid (could be actual age or mental capacity) or unconscious (or under influence of substances) then you probably won't perceive death the same way as a conscious adult.

@bmanva: Agreed. I never tried to imply that my experience of suffocating was as traumatizing as getting your arm blown off in a war and dying in the mud, and I apologise if I gave that impression. My point was simply that if, as a child, you are forced to deal with your mortality every day (there were no "household" nebulisers in my country back then, we would have to rush to the hospital every night so I never knew if I was going to make it) it eventually loses its importance. On the other hand, if you never have to deal with the prospect of death until you are an adult, it will be a much more shocking realisation.

@korvus: Fair point. For my part, I apologize for any implication of dishonesty, the internet has made me a suspicious person.

@bmanva: I'm Portuguese so I anger quickly as well XD My apologies as well; glad we clarified the situation =)

@slipknot0129: I have been thinking about death recently, and it does scare me. The fact that I won't be able to enjoy the stuff I I like doing, interacting with people, having a thought, etc is all scary. Maybe my fear will go away once I get older and fulfill what I want to do in life.

No, not death itself and I've had my fair share of NDE growing up. Its the moments leading up to it that bothers me like if torture was involved or will it be messy. I also worry about going too soon and how that would affect certain family members if I die before them. Not that I would care since I'd be dead, but I honestly hope my mom don't go and kill herself if I go before her. I think that depresses me the most....

i have to agree with this. i wish i took more leaps in life oh well. at this point in life death is a non issue to me.

Yes it is. I mean, you don't know what's going to happen after you die so just thinking about it makes me afraid.

There are far worse things then death.

Imagined death was just like a long sleep, doesn't seem so bad.