A spin off on the other fear thread and also something I've pondered for quite a while.
Alot of people are really scared of things surrounding death - pain, illness, an accident, something violent happening etc. But death itself - just perishing, going away, the "long sleep", no longer being alive.... Does that in and of itself frighten you?
I must say I'm afraid of most circumstances that do surround death and of dying itself (in a long bout of illness, in pain, in a vegetative state) but death itself...I'm not really phased by. I've come close on a couple of occasions and I can't say that the idea of passing on itself has really phased me very much - people tell me it'll change as life goes on and things change and enter life so on and so forth - and of course that is true, but really....to be totally honest, I've never been resistant to the idea of dying myself - I've never said "I love being alive" or "I want to live forever" or anything to either sort of effect. I've always seen death as more of a relief and a rest than a fear....*shrugs* I dunno...
Alot of people are really scared of things surrounding death - pain, illness, an accident, something violent happening etc. But death itself - just perishing, going away, the "long sleep", no longer being alive.... Does that in and of itself frighten you?
I must say I'm afraid of most circumstances that do surround death and of dying itself (in a long bout of illness, in pain, in a vegetative state) but death itself...I'm not really phased by. I've come close on a couple of occasions and I can't say that the idea of passing on itself has really phased me very much - people tell me it'll change as life goes on and things change and enter life so on and so forth - and of course that is true, but really....to be totally honest, I've never been resistant to the idea of dying myself - I've never said "I love being alive" or "I want to live forever" or anything to either sort of effect. I've always seen death as more of a relief and a rest than a fear....*shrugs* I dunno...