why is it some people fear death?
is it because from a very early age were exposed to people living till their 70s +
or is it natural for some people to fear death?
fear of death
why is it some people fear death?
is it because from a very early age were exposed to people living till their 70s +
or is it natural for some people to fear death?
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Dux Limitis
Re: fear or death
Its not death itself people fear, but the fear of not knowing what happens after death.
Re: fear or death
I find it's the other way around for me. I really am repulsed by any unpleasant suffering. But I certainly don't fear whatever happens after death.Originally Posted by Azoth
Exactly. I don't fear death at all, it would just be mighty inconvinient before I'm old and ready.
Would you? I don't think I would. I'm going to to die anyway, so what's the point in accelerating that when I can have an interesting inexperience as one of those things?
I mean if all humans were born deaf and blind would you care? No. It's just because it's not the norm that people seem to despise it.
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Civis
Re: fear or death
Fear of death is mostly regret and sorrow. 'There's so much I haven't done yet' and 'I'm not ready to die!' are big ones. Most people, as they get older, are accustomed to the idea that they will die, and typically pass away happily. Some don't, but that's to be expected.
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Re: fear or death
ah okay now another question
why do people fear a young death?
Senator
Re: fear or death
I can't really answer this question, OP, because I think it's silly to fear the inevitable. Death is pretty much irrelevant to me.
Re: fear or death
yeah i dunn understand why people fear it i cant wait lmao
Dux Limitis
Re: fear or death
It would be an inconvience in regard to anything you ever planned to get do in life and should be avoided for that reason. It would also be an upset and potential problem for family, loved ones and friends.
The wheel is spinning, but the hamster is dead.
Vicarius Provinciae
Re: fear or death
" why do people fear a young death? "
gittany,
You would be surprised, as I was, on hearing these very words from guys especially that they had this feeling that they were to die young. I had it myself and found that it was very useful in breaking down barriers that girls had once one talked about it.
pfft i get in you!
true true it would be selfish to die young if you could stop it aye
Last edited by Darth Red; August 05, 2011 at 12:42 PM. Reason: double post
Civitate
Re: fear or death
Instinct hardwired by billions of years of evolution. We are descendants from the ones who feared their demise and didn't do suicidal things (like volunteering to go first into that huge cave bear's lair).
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a pestilence here, a plague there... He's so deliciously evil."
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Re: fear of death
John Paul Larkin died too young.
Dux Limitis
Re: fear of death
The older I get the less I fear it. In fact I can say fairly honestly right now that I don't fear it, I just try to avoid it like the plague, because I've got young kids who need me.
I'd rather die than have many other things happen and stay alive, like become a quadraplegic or be struck deaf, dumb & blind for example.
Senator
Re: fear of death
Fear of the unknown. I used to fear it when I was a kid, but the older I got, the less I fear it.
Remember to smile
Re: fear of death
I would assume it's a matter of control. If you have no control over your mind, the only option is suicide. As suecide is the embracement of death, we can thus also say it's the opposite of fear of death?
Can we thus assume, the more control you (feel you) have in your life, the greater you fear death? Or some deviation.
Why do people not fear a young death? Personally, I live only for the absolute enjoyment and exuberating high of... (Where in my childhood did I go wrong?)
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