Discussion Does the concept of dying scare you?

[Lou_Charthethird]

naturally everyone is afraid of death, but on this website, with so many people teetering on the edge, i wonder if fear of death can coexist with the yearning of such. There are times when i realize what death really is, final and nothing, and unforgiving. And that every day i lose another day. Of course compound this with my interminable death if my identity and emotions, im left pleading for death, but also trying not to think about what death really is, so to not scare me off. But when i was me,when i was younger(around 13) the concept of suicide and the finality of death was so satisfying to think about. That no matter how bad life got, youd always have a way out. It actually gave me a huge amount of hope when i cherished the idea of suicide. Of course now i cant even form an opinion on death or life, hope and hopelessness dont exist as emotions, only facts for me. And im hopeless. But i digress. I would love to know what others think about the idea of nonexistence as it is held against the yearning for death.

 

[pthnrdnojvsc]

I don't fear Death

only thing holding me back is fear of failing a suicide attempt and remaining ALIVE with more body and brain damage.

only while alive can i suffer constant unbearable pain. once i'm dead ( non-existence forever ) i can't suffer unbearable pain nor any pain : so why should i fear that ?

1 micro-second after my brain dies i will cease to exist forever. all my problems solved instantly and forever. never any pain , problems suffering or bad memories . so i'm supposed to fear that ? no I fear living life and existence because any second i can suffer unending constant unbearable pain.

i am just my brain and brain cells that connect into patterns to form a self model that can suffer unending constant unbearable pain. why would i want to continue that horror. i'm just cells and brain cells . but these can create unimaginable suffering and pain . why is that good why is that desired? not to me . Non-existence forever is the opposite of that abomination and is to me the only perfection . Death is eternal Non-existence .

my Death is the escape from this hell. i want to escape this nightmare i don't fear the escape from a hell a trillion times worse than you can imagine

i'm sure many have burned themselves on a stove or something . a finger or hand a small area of skin touched something very hot. immediately you pulled back the pain was so bad. but what if you couldn't pull back? what if you whole hand was placed on a red hot steel stove and you couln't pull back? what if your whole body was placed against red hot metal and you couldn't pull back (as in the brazen bull torture or boiling alive torture or burning alive ). that's what i mean about constant unbearable pain . the pain is unbearable but you can't move away from it, every second unbearable pain a billion times worse than you can imagine. that's life to me . and permant Non-existence is the opposite of that hell called life . so Eternal Non-existence is the ultimate perfection to me , the escape and safety forever from hell ( Life) .


people confuse Death ( No pain) with dying. "dying" you're still alive and could be dying for years with cancer or alshieemers in pain every second of every day. no you can't feel pain if you don't exist as if before you were born. nothing mattered then and it will be the same at the point of Death

 

[Jadotine]

As much as I would've liked to not fear death, I only realise recently before the final day how scared I was of dying. I know I am s coward but it just feels scary to just have everything end at this moment.
Of course that doesn't take away the yearning to die but it's true that I am having trouble dealing with both of these issues

 

[Forever Sleep]

The uncertainty of it all frightens me. Both the dying process, how much pain might be involved, how long for. but then- also what comes after. I'm not confident about any outcome. Nothingness feels like the safer bet to an afterlife but, I don't feel confident about what might happen.

If it's nothingness though- it's kind of weird but then- the weirder thing is that we were ever consciously alive to begin with- I feel. I'm not sure I find it scary as such though. If it's like going under anaesthetic, it's pretty straight forward. Something and then, nothing. The state of being unconscious wasn't scary.

I worry about NDE's though. My dreams are horrible. I don't see why I wouldn't experience a nasty near death experience. My brain is rarely relaxed enough to give me nice visions.

 

[FuneralCry]

No, I just don't, I'd never fear being at true permanent peace from this torturous, painful existence that I just always saw as the most terrible mistake that just causes all this harm and suffering, instead what I fear is how the torture of this deeply undesirable, cruel existence that never should had been imposed with no limit as to how much agony one can feel can continue for decades longer.

To suffer in this existence truly is an abomination to me, existence is the problem that only ever tortures existing beings all for the sake of it and no matter what I'll just always prefer to not exist than be tortured in this existence, for me ceasing to exist would be the positive solution to find peace from the terrible, dreadful evil of existing, ceasing to exist solves everything for me as after all if I don't exist I cannot suffer, there is no suffering in the peace of non-existence.

 

[liquid-crystal daze]

Nah. Nothing aside from the survival instinct. It's bound to happen someday. I've started to think of suicide as a kind of "natural" death, like a terminal illness. Unless something worse goes on it's how I'm gonna die and I don't know the day but I'll try to take it gracefully when it comes.

 

[itsgone2]

No. I'm ready.

 

[DeadManLiving]

No

 

[Arb]

Not really, I believe there is more after death if you want it to be that way, eternal bliss, or if your idea of eternal bliss is eternal nothingness then I believe that's how after death will be like for you

Id want chance of reincarnation whenever I'm ready. That idea reassures me especially if it means I get to experience life with my best friend again who did not get the chance to live a full life despite her strong will to live. I'd do anything for her. Fuck cancer honestly, it's always the good ones that wants to live that gets it

 

[outrider567]

No, I'm too depressed to care either way--When you don't look forward to anything anymore, not much point in going on--I guess that's why I watch a lot of those really old zombie movies again and again, I'm one myself

 

[PurpleMorality]

It's complicated. I sort of view the concept of "dying" and "being dead" as distinct. "Dying" scares me a bit because it's a whole process to go through and many ways of "dying" are unpleasant. I'm not afraid of "being dead." I don't really believe in an afterlife, so from my perspective, I won't exist when I'm dead. There's not much to fear, imo, because I won't exist to have an opinion on what being dead is like.

 

[PaperAK]

I don't really care about death, though I wish there was a way for me to see how people react, just for funsies

 

[OnMyLast Legs]

If death is mere unconsciousness, and it's gonna happen anyway, then it's not scary. And better now than after even more decay. A lot of old people commit suicide. I don't want their misery and I don't want to do kid work through middle age.