The Fear of Death

Yesterday(the 27th) I received news that two best friends died in a car crash. Now I didn't know the deceased. One of them was my schoolmate, so I saw him around but was it; never exhanged a word with him. As for the other, it was the first I heard about him.

But, as soon as I heard the news, a great fear came over me and I was scared s***less. I was f***ing trembling! Thoughts about my dying raced through my head, and to make matters worse, I was thinking about 'how' I was going to die the night before, and that too, frightened me.

Death is inevitable, but the unpredictability of it scares me the f*** out.

So OT, do have a fear of death too?

Is death something that's constantly on your mind? Or do you just live your life as a free spirit, with not a care in the world?

for me, its not death itself that makes me nervous. its what happens after you die? where do you go? is there light all around you? is there only darkness? what will happen to you? will you still exist, or will you just cease to exist? will you actually go somewhere, or will you just float in light/darkness forever? will there actually be others with you? do you go out of existance? do you start over with your life? where do we go when we die? do we actually go anywhere?

i could go on, but you get the general idea. so death doesnt really scare me. its whats after that gets me nervous sometimes. i try not to think about it too much though. i have better things to do :P

for me, its not death itself that makes me nervous. its what happens after you die? where do you go? is there light all around you? is there only darkness? what will happen to you? will you still exist, or will you just cease to exist? will you actually go somewhere, or will you just float in light/darkness forever? will there actually be others with you? do you go out of existance? do you start over with your life? where do we go when we die? do we actually go anywhere?

i could go on, but you get the general idea. so death doesnt really scare me. its whats after that gets me nervous sometimes. i try not to think about it too much though. i have better things to do :P

leon2365

for me, its not death itself that makes me nervous. its what happens after you die? where do you go? is there light all around you? is there only darkness? what will happen to you? will you still exist, or will you just cease to exist? will you actually go somewhere, or will you just float in light/darkness forever? will there actually be others with you? do you go out of existance? do you start over with your life? where do we go when we die? do we actually go anywhere?

i could go on, but you get the general idea. so death doesnt really scare me. its whats after that gets me nervous sometimes. i try not to think about it too much though. i have better things to do :P

leon2365

Pretty much this. I'm an atheist and I don't believe in any afterlife; still, it's hard for me to wrap my head around the fact that once I die I'm gone forever (even though that is what I believe will happen).

I just try not to think about it too much.

Not scared of death, but I am scared of how I die. Tortue is my number one fear. (After spiders) I'm also afraid sometimes that maybe i'm wrong and there is a hell, and wonder what it would be like....

for me, its not death itself that makes me nervous. its what happens after you die? where do you go? is there light all around you? is there only darkness? what will happen to you? will you still exist, or will you just cease to exist? will you actually go somewhere, or will you just float in light/darkness forever? will there actually be others with you? do you go out of existance? do you start over with your life? where do we go when we die? do we actually go anywhere?

i could go on, but you get the general idea. so death doesnt really scare me. its whats after that gets me nervous sometimes. i try not to think about it too much though. i have better things to do :P

leon2365

Not really, but more of what's going to happen after death. Hopefully nothing too terrible, and I sincerely hope christians are wrong, because I most certainly do not want to be partying with the devil for the rest of eternity, despite how cool the concept seems.

well like i said, i try not to think about it too much. but i do agree with what some people have posted. just live your life happy. live with no regrets you know? obviously dont go nuts and do something you KNOW is wrong, but life is just too short to go around dwelling on past mistakes, always saying what if, and regretting everything. just live your life and be happy. if there really is some higher being that will judge us, then we shall be judged by what we have done. and if there really is a heaven and hell, i see no reason why we wouldnt be put in heaven for just being ourselves and living life happy.

for the atheists, well then im pretty sure we will end up in some pleasant place for not making any trouble :P

No, I don't have a fear of death. Jesus Christ died on the cross for my sins, and I've repented of my sins and received Jesus as my Lord and Savior. I'll spend eternity in heaven worshiping Him, so I don't have a fear of death.

The only reason anyone should have to fear death is if they reject Jesus. He is the only Way to heaven.

Yeah, the realization that I could die tomorrow in a car wreck completely out of my control hits me about every day or two. Neither does the fact that statistically speaking there's a 50% chance I'll get cancer at some point in my life (same goes for other men here; ladies get off with "only" a 30% chance). And then assuming I don't somehow die prematurely, there's at least a 30% chance of developing Alzheimer's by age 80 (again, that's the average), and that's not even including all the other forms of dementia.gameguy6700

well like i said, i try not to think about it too much. but i do agree with what some people have posted. just live your life happy. live with no regrets you know? obviously dont go nuts and do something you KNOW is wrong, but life is just too short to go around dwelling on past mistakes, always saying what if, and regretting everything. just live your life and be happy. if there really is some higher being that will judge us, then we shall be judged by what we have done. and if there really is a heaven and hell, i see no reason why we wouldnt be put in heaven for just being ourselves and living life happy.

for the atheists, well then im pretty sure we will end up in some pleasant place for not making any trouble :P

leon2365