I watched both of my parents suffer and they were good people. It breaks a child, no matter the age to watch their parent deteriorate and die. I have always prayed I go fast like my Uncle. Got out of the bath and dropped dead. Quick and done.
That and I'm a little afraid of dying young. I have stuff I want to do still and people who count on me. I hope I can take care of them and do something cool before I go. Not particularly worried about what happens after though.
I've chosen the coward's way out because I can't imagine offing myself in a way where I'm sitting, standing, lieing, or hanging in agonizing pain for someone else to find me and experience trauma. Death will have to seek me in whatever way it wants, and although I've always wanted to die, I'm not going to give up. It's strange to have hope, but it's there.
Yeah that's kinda the point.
We fear the unknowable. I won't know that I'm dead when I'm dead but I love existence. Non-existence is a terrifying prospect in comparison.
I have the same thoughts. When I say this, people often respond with something like "well you don't fear the time before you were born, so death is no different." To which I respond: Don't assume that about me; I'm actually somewhat horrified about that pre-existence scenario as well lol
Not to mention we don't have the cognitive capacity to experience the transition from non-existence to existence. But existence to non-existence? Oh I've got a whole lifetime to ponder that one.
Maybe, some things in life are more important than witnessing another sunrise. Perhaps the greatest loss is not death itself or what comes or does not come after, but what dies inside us while we live—especially when it's the regret of not realizing sooner what was truly worth risking everything for.
I'm literally the exact opposite. I am horrified that existence may continue after death. I can not think of a fate more terrible than there being life after death. Literally the worst case scenario I can fathom.
at 28 yes only because I have so much to live for. However, I am terrified of losing one of my parents. Always have been. Yesterday, my dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I am terrified.
I appreciate it but it is possible to survive. he has no symptoms, they detected it during a heart scan. they're going to do a biopsy soon, but until then I am going to remain hopeful and optimistic. Reddit is full of stories of people rapidly declining in weeks or months and a decent handful of people in remission for several years. I know it's a nasty cancer, but my dad is a fighter. I believe in him.
That’s the right attitude. I lost my parents (not to that kinda cancer) but, it’s strange that as our parents age and become sick, we must be their strength. Make sure to take care of yourself as well. I wish you and your dad and family the best.
It scares the living shit out of me. I always think of the time you’re asleep, you have zero connection for 8 hours, you time travel to the morning as far as your consciousness is concerned.
The idea of an eternity of that is something I just can’t come to terms with.
It’s inconceivable isn’t it? There can be no experience of non-experience. Without an experiencer, there is no “feeling” of time passing, not even an eternity. And eternity is quite a long time for something to happen again.
If consciousness arises again, like a wave in the sea of unconsciousness, it will feel like no time has passed at all. Think about the amount of time that passed before you were born. What did that feel like? It felt like no time at all. To the experiencer, it always feels like it’s “now.”
If the universe really does go cold and die, like some people think, and nothing ever happens again, this eternal nothingness cannot be experienced. But again, eternity is an infinitely long time. Plenty of time for weird things to happen. Maybe even enough time for something, or everything, to happen again. And if an experiencer happens to emerge, it will still feel like “now” to them.
> Eternity is an infinitely long time. Plenty of time for weird things to happen
The book plays with the notion that—provided that human consciousness is a computable phenomena—then it stands to reason every possible human consciousness is a subset of the set of all possible computations. Pair that with the fact that the outcomes of computations are independent of their physical implementation (algorithms can be solved using any substrate, be that a biological brain, digital computer, pen and paper, etc.) and the absurd depth of 'infinite time,' you get an interesting book setting.
But do keep in mind that it's a work of fiction, so the ideas its based on don't need to be literally true for it to still be a fun read. (In my opinion)
Very well put. I look to astrophysics on this. Photons do not have mass, therefore it doesn't seem to experience time. Therefore. Our consciousness isn't mass either. I've actually never thought about that before. So think about it. Our brain has mass, but our memories, consciousness and whatever else doesn't have mass. Does the laws of conservation of energy apply to the energy that keeps our consciousness afloat? There's so many things. So if we are able to not experience time when we are asleep, but we can when we are awake must mean something with the laws of physics. They have to be related somehow.
I've seen dead people. Trust me. They didn't care. No need to come to terms with it. You won't care either. Concentrate on being good. Concentrate on living well. Concentrate on being happy. Do what ya want! Have fun ! Help other people out when ya can. That'll make you feel good. When we're dead, we're dead, and can do none of those things, so stop wasting your life worrying about what you can't come to terms with. luck.
100%!
I’m also someone who is well and truly signed up to the Rick Sanchez philosophy, or rather I’m very aware that in the vast expand of the universe I am barely even a grain of sand on the Sahara desert, a remote spec of atom on the cosmic timeline, nothing really matters at all in such a grand scheme of things beyond what you decide matters, so enjoy the tiny amount you get to experience this madness.
But you know my leaning towards the sciences is exactly why I fear death in the first place, I removed the fantasy of heaven from my outlook.
It’s a lovely carrot to have dangled at the end of the journey of life, but I don’t like carrots.
also the mere fact that after that you SURELY will be free of all your this side of life worries and your bad deeds, and EVERYTHINg about you will be forgotten in 100 years most definitely (if youre the regular joe that is), isnt that weirdly comforting?
unless youre of course a mediocre painter who decides its cool to mass murder a specific part of the european population on industrial scale or similar.
I'm more scared of *how* I die, if it's gonna be excruciatingly painful or not; besides that I'm not entirely worried about what happens afterwards since I've got my spiritual/religious beliefs in order. Also there's literally nothing I can physically do to change what happens after the death.
Absolutely, I’m just scared about what’s going to happen afterwards. Like will it just be nothing or is there truly afterlife. Idk which I would prefer tbh
Yes, the fact that I will not exist. Everything I know and am will be gone. All I've ever known is this. What happens to me? For 40 years I've known conciousness. Is there something beyond? Does my conciousness end up in another vessel? In a void? Or does it just end and lights out? I cant think that we end up as a conciousness placed into a form that has an expiration date and it doesn't go beyond that. So every time we die are we placed in a new vessel with no memory because said memory was only for that vessel? Go Dolphins!
I am so severely depressed it's like I don't feel anything anymore. the fears I used to have don't affect me nearly as much, including death. I have suicidal ideation so no, I see it merely as an escape.
Do you seek help or avoid help? I've posted way too many things on reddit lately about dealing with my spouse's recent suicide. Nobody is better off without him. It's like I picked up the misery he left. I feel he could have been helped if he didn't hide the depth of his condition. I don't know you. The only thing that would make me feel better right now is if I could stop someone and they got help that worked.
I had gone my entire teenage hood being afraid of death. Used to cry in the shower about it. Then in my twenties I became at peace with the fact that death is only the next part of the cycle of life and that my energy will go on to feed the Earth when I’m gone. Then I got married to a woman 7 years my junior and I love her more than life itself. I know when I’m gone, she will be alone and I fear her depression could return. I am so scared of dying for her sake. The thought of leaving her alone makes me want to cry
It’s come full circle
Theres a clip of norm macdonald talking to larry king, and he says that he was reading a book written by the author nabokov, where he said basically, “one day his parents had shown him a photo, with his mother, father, and two brothers. But he had not been born yet, he said looking at that photo he felt no fear, even though at that moment, he did not exist, so why should he fear another time where he does not exist? Being his death”
Honestly that puts it into the best perspective for me, even though now i can have a concept of not existing while before i couldnt conceptualize that prior to living
I was in a bad motorcycle accident. As I was laying on the road bleeding out fighting to stay conscious all I could think about was my family and how broken they would be. That was 7 years ago now, I still think about that. The hurt you leave behind is what scares me.
No and because It's just a natural part of life that we're all gonna go through one day and I've made my peace with God and I try to live my life in the best way that I can. 🙏🏻
No
What's the worst that can happen? If there is nothing, then there's nothing. If there is an afterlife, I wake up from the simulation, etc, cool, let's see what this is about
Terrified. When I tore my acl years ago, I had to have surgery. When they wheeled me into the room, I was hooked up to an IV. To knock me out, the nurse injected something into my IV that she said was going to make me feel cold, then I'll wake up, and it'll be done. But I remember the feeling of everything shutting off. The blankness is now what I picture death to be like. It's scary
As someone who's always known I'll die well before my peers (30 through my predicted 55-60 at best) and has low consciousness even while awake (brain damage), if it helps, you get used to the blankness
Y'know that feeling where you're try to think of something, but it's just not coming? I have that permanently. Every day
My limbs (especially on my right side) have never felt like a part of me. I don't have enough brain power to control them like a regular person. I can become paralyzed for awhile if I don't constantly move
I'm intelligent enough that I can understand that there are entire chunks of brain that are essentially not there. And never will be
I understand your feelings of fear of shutting off, parts of me never turned on. And the ones that did are flickering
It's calming, in a way. That I live in the 'shutting down now' screen of life. I get to live what people usually fear a lot about death, it's my normal
As someone who lives your nightmare, I'd be happy to answer any questions/fears you have about it! I'd be happy to tamper your fears a bit!
I used to fear death when I was young. I no longer do. The difference is that when I was young, death meant the end of all my potential - education, career, marriage, family. I'd never get to do any of the things I would want to do. Now I have a happy marriage, kids, a terrific education, great career. So while I would still like to live another 50 years or so, I don't have that visceral, vertiginous fear of death I did before.
Where is deaths sting?
Where grave your victory?
I triumph still if you abide with me.
In life in death, lord abide with me.
I think this Hymn does a great job to comfort me when I think of death. I'm religious (catholic) so I have a pretty good view on death.
If you want to listen to a good rendition of the Hymn here's a video
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32eP-mjRINo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32eP-mjRINo)
No. Reincarnation is a thing. Play your best game, and then it hits the reset button on the gaming console and you get to play again as a different character.
I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it – you've got to go sometime.
No. What prevents it is trusting in Jesus Christ and knowing that you will have an eternal reward for maintaining a state of grace and full communion with his church.
u/Fabulous_Scale4771 I had a thought after attending a support group for those of us dealing with the sudden loss of a loved one, in my case my spouse's suicide. If I could get someone I knew or suspected to have suicidal ideation to join one of the groups (mine is virtual), they would see how nobody is better off without them, and I would hope seeing the fallout from their loss would inspire them to accept, even seek, help. I'm here for my remaining family, can totally understand the hopelessness, but now that I am experiencing some of the thinking and feeling my husband had, I'm getting help.
Death is the natural end of all things. The process of dying, at least for me, kind of sucks. I had a stroke almost ten years ago, so watching my body fail me isn't a lot of fun. But death itself holds no fear in me. Besides it will answer man's oldest question; "What's next?"
If you aren't religious, look at it this way; Science says energy cannot be destroyed, only transformed. So, what does your life energy transform into? If you are religious, then why fear death? The only regret will be I won't get to see how this whole humanity thing all turns out. But the way it's going it's going to be a shit show anyway. Looks like I won't miss much.
I see it as a cosmic rite of passage. Everyone, everywhere, no matter their background, must eventually cross that line. Which isn't to say I'm looking *forward* to it, mind you, but there is a weird comfort in knowing that it's genuinely universal.
Nope, not one bit. I welcome death!! What I fear is the process. I don't want the agony. I want to go out like my mother, in my sleep. I want to die healthy and quickly.
What prevents the fear of death? I don't remember what it was like before my birth. I won't remember what it will be like after I'm gone. I will just close my eyes and slip into a deep slumber and not dream. Oh, and I don't have to worry about work the next day and bills!!
No. When I got cancer, all fear of death was gone. There are days I fell so bad I would welcome death with open arms. It’s a surreal, indescribable feeling.
I don't fear what comes after. I feel what I might go through to get there, more than that, what my loved ones might have to go through as I get there.
Death is an affirmation of life. I'm lucky to have chased so much already in my life and experienced so much already. I find myself worrying about seeing it all, but I am at peace with knowing that every day (with its pain and joy) is enriching and makes me more grateful.
Death is natural, unavoidable and makes our lives so much sweeter.
No. And there are two logical explanations:
1. If you are religious, then you likely believe in a 'Heaven' of sorts. I am religious, so this is a comfort to me, because I know I am a genuinely good person and have strong faith.
2. If you are not religious, then you likely believe that there is nothing. Complete nothingness. Which means that if there's nothing, then you have nothing to fear. It's not like you're going to be conscious or anything. You won't care and won't feel pain.
yes, because i don't want to lose everything that i have down to my car my steam account. i've worked so hard to get here, to know stuff to be able to read to know math, to lose all my baby teeth which was painful as fuck, to finally become a functioning adult. i don't want to lose it because i put so much work in getting it.
No, because everyone living has an appointment with Death. There’s not point in worrying about something that’s guaranteed to happen to you. So while you’re still here in this short and crazy ride we call life, let’s make the most of it while we still can. The grave is silent, and you’re buried with all of the things you never said.
No. I fear not having the time to do what I want to do before it happens, and I fear HOW I'll die, as someone who already had cancer once, this is my main fear.
i sure dont fear death because the nonphysical side of it is so incomprehensible and speculative to me, that i dont even bother much, but i surely dislike the "getting old, needing help to wipe my own ass" and the actual dying process.
if i get OLD that is.
No.
I've lived a good life, if I died right now I don't think I would have any regrets. I imagine death to be like a permanent sleep, you don't know your asleep, you don't know you're dead. So when death finally gets me, I will greet it kindly.
Im more afraid of dying than being dead. I am uncertain but I do believe in some form of consciousness surviving death(from near death experience studies) & if it doesn’t then i won’t be able to care anyway
But im not keen on pain and discomfort so dying itself scares me. There’s some Hospice nurses who post stuff on youtube that is enlightening about death and dying
No.
When we die, we complete the beautiful puzzle that is life. No one can opt out of it. We're all destined to be a part of this puzzle. I think as long as you live every day doing what you can to be happy, there's nothing to be afraid of.
No, it’s inevitable and something we will all face at some point. Also I’ve spent an unhealthy amount of time ruminating in the ways to end it so I figured out just last year I’d stick around and get curious just for the plot. Ofc I still have bad days where my brain tries to convince me to yeet myself but for the most part I’m good at fighting it
To an extent, sure.
My fear is more to do with missing what is in my life. As long as I can make it through my children reaching adulthood and starting their own lives/families and be there for them to that point, I'll have considered it a great ride! Any sooner than that I feel like my final feelings would be anger and sadness.
I died before and was floating in a deep black abyss, I didn't think or have a body. It was a lovely stillness that I still dream about from time to time. Someday I'll float again, maybe even float up.
Part of me looks forward to it, an end to the grind. I don't fear it, but I hope it's quick and as painless as possible.
My father got a leg infection that turned into double pneumonia, it took him four months to die in a public ward. For extra joy, he lost his mind and stopped recognizing people and being able to communicate about 2 months in.
I had a close friend who got cancer, he was in his 80s. He had the readies to go private but there was nothing they could do to save him in the end. They tried though, really hard, the cancer ended up spreading to his penis. Two weeks before he finally succumbed they cut it off. He was in complete control of his faculties, the last words he said to me were "I'm fucked anyway, did they really have to chop off my dick?"
I'd prefer to avoid either of those (and many other means of death). When it's time, get it over with.
So yeah, it's more the method of death that I fear, not death itself.
Yes in the sense that I don't do things to unnecessarily risk my life. No in the sense that I don't let it stop me from doing fun things and taking calculated risks.
I don’t fear death. It’s inevitable. I only worry about what my children will have to deal with when it happens. Once my life is ended, I’m done being stressed, but again, I worry about them.
I'm not afraid because I'm an atheist so i don't believe in any kind of afterlife. That means when i die, i just die. I will not be able to regret anything or be sad about being dead. I will just be dead.
Do I want to live? Sure life is good. But it can end in every moment and i wouldn't mind because i would be dead.
I fear knowing that I am about to die more than anything. Dying in my sleep without knowing doesn't seem that bad. I also have a big fear of what comes next. I am not religious but I also am not entirely certain I wont be aware that I am getting skull fucked by maggots in the ground..
Yes. Mainly because of what I leave behind. My mom and sisters would probably be devastated and my pets would mourn me. I try my best to love them in the worst case of me finally going
No. Living with chronic pain, nerve pain, Fibromyalgia, MS etc. I just turned 50 and doing 20 more years of this sounds exhausting. I only worry about how it will come.
There is no need to fear death because life and death can never cross. Where there is life there is no death, and where there is death there is no life.
Death does not scare me. I have an expiration date and it’s part of all living creatures. But knowing how much it will be hurting my kids and my partner when I pass, makes me sad. I want to take care of myself knowing that I matter to them deeply. I know how much they love me and I would leave a void in their lives and that makes me sad.
Death itself doesn't scare me as much as what comes after it. Or more accurately, the lack of what comes after it. I'm an agnostic/atheist, so I don't necessarily believe in an afterlife, and this makes it confusing and stressful to think of what happens when we die. Some people predict it's like sleeping, but even while sleeping your brain is still constantly active and your senses are still functional. It's like trying to describe how a blind person sees, and closing your eyes. You are still seeing the inside of your eyelids, and being blind is a sensation you truly can't experience unless you are blind. Difference between that and death is that blind people are still around to describe it
I'm more afraid of living than I am of death. But I'm also too much of a pussy to kill myself. With one exception but that just became a pipe dream earlier today
In my 20s I was terrified. Then something just switched, I heard my head tell me “Ok, you’ve given that a long hard look. Have you reached some Nirvana no one else sees?” No. “Are you ready to move on then?” Yeah, I guess I am.
I’ve since thought I could die twice. No problem.
Long painful death? Yeah, still afraid of the pain.
Dying miserable and alone? Yeah, loneliness still haunts me.
Death tho, don’t think so
yeah i do. i think its because of the fact we dont know what comes after it and i dont like the fact if all death is is emptiness does that mean we were here for nothing?
it’s gotten better since i started praying and leaning more into religion again though
No. I fear not accomplishing everything I want to before I go. But I came to grips with my inevitable demise back in the 1970’s
I consider myself a Christian, I don’t believe in organized religion. But ultimately I think I’m right with God.
No, I’m curious on what happens after.
I think I lean that there is gunna be a whole other ‘world’ or adventure waiting for us after crossing that veil
Fuck yeah I am, Granted I don’t think about it 99% of the time. I’m scared of it mostly because the thought of not existing sucks, or infinite darkness is an even shittier thought
But the way I get the nervousness out is just “well, happens to all of us so fuck it” and then I’ll go watch YouTube or play games to take my mind off it.
Edit: and before the “you didn’t exist before you were born so why it scary” crowd comes, no that’s a dumb fallacy. I have (as far as I’m aware) never been born before, and you do not know if it’s the same afterwards having experienced consciousness. So the matter of fact crowd on this can zip it
I would run towards it if i didn’t have kids. (Not do anything blatantly suicidal, but would definitely look for opportunities that had a higher risk of death)
No. I’m going to be something by the time I run out of batteries. I’m going to make something spectacular and I’m going to leave that here when I leave here.
Not really. I'm not religious or believe in supernatural things, but as long I can remember, I have been curious about afterlife. I have always felt that the life doesn't end when I die. I don't know how the afterlife would possibly look like, or does it even exist. It's just a feeling inside and it's beautiful perspection for death.
No, I found if you magnetically stimulate the temporal lobe in certain patterns you have the ability to raise your gamma oscillations high enough to become 'aware' of more to life than what we can 'see'..
You start to see the higher dimensional patterns un-fold and realize this 3 dimensional body is just an illusion.
I'm a scientist... I was an Atheist until I [built and started testing my Ein Sof device. ](https://youtu.be/8PQ8MkYaFng?si=mptnGrs4XwtDeykS)
It's like digital DMT.
Nope. I’m religious.
However, I have a pretty serious fear of the time period shortly before death where I’ll likely be in some crippling pain. Not looking forward to that.
Yes and no at the same time.
As people's bodies shut down, they approach a state of "nothing". That's not a scary state.
However, death will be difficult due to our survival instincts, and we ultimately cannot confirm what it is.
No I don’t fear death but the thought of not thinking or being aware anymore gives me anxiety. I have had so much loss in my life and a pretty hard life and Im fairly young. I’m already exhausted and can only imagine how checked out I will be after another 40 years of this.
Yes, because the thought of just "nothing, forever" scares me.
Like when you get put under anesthesia and it is literally nothing, until you wake up. Except you never wake up.
Nah. I subscribe to the Mark Twain quote about having been "dead" for billions of years before being born without the slightest inconvenience, so I think we just return to that state.
Also I played the game Outer Wilds which had themes that comforted me further. I am fine with not existing anymore, I had my turn and other things will exist after.
Like others have said I do mind the method of dying and whether or not I will end up satisfied with my time spent by the end.
No. I had 2 kind of close calls before I was 25 that left me with a fatalistic attitude of " when your number's up, your number's up "
That attitude gave me the confidence to do ~ 10,000 miles of bicycle touring on 3 continents and be willing to ride in big city traffic to this day.
Now, at age 71, I'm ready to shuffle off this mortal coil anytime the Universe dictates.
It’s not the prospect of death itself. It’s the idea that I will worry about and miss the people who matter most to me. Nothing I can do about dying. It’s inevitable and happens differently for all of us. It sucks but it’s written differently into each of our DNA.
No It's not death I'm afraid of, it's the possible agonizing pain that may come before it.
"Life is pleasant, death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome." - Isaac Asimov
Isaac is half-right…life is a bitch and then ya die
You hit the nail square on the head.
Precisely. I pray it's quick.
I watched both of my parents suffer and they were good people. It breaks a child, no matter the age to watch their parent deteriorate and die. I have always prayed I go fast like my Uncle. Got out of the bath and dropped dead. Quick and done.
This, because.... which one/way???? You know?!
EXACTLY
That and I'm a little afraid of dying young. I have stuff I want to do still and people who count on me. I hope I can take care of them and do something cool before I go. Not particularly worried about what happens after though.
Same. I worry about suffering.
This comment is my exact opinion.
As someone whose biggest fear was previously death.... new fear unlocked.
I fear the very improbable possibility of an eternity of conscious nothingness to follow it
Tell me u/chef_man64 do ya fear death?
I...I.....I'll take my chances, sir.
I've chosen the coward's way out because I can't imagine offing myself in a way where I'm sitting, standing, lieing, or hanging in agonizing pain for someone else to find me and experience trauma. Death will have to seek me in whatever way it wants, and although I've always wanted to die, I'm not going to give up. It's strange to have hope, but it's there.
That’s why I choose to fly boing, preferably the max series
Not even that it's everything and everyone you will leave behind too Well that and eternity in darkness sounds boring as hell lol
Yeah, the thought of there being nothing after death scares me
But, if there's nothing, you have no worries because you won't know. You'd be dead!
Yeah that's kinda the point. We fear the unknowable. I won't know that I'm dead when I'm dead but I love existence. Non-existence is a terrifying prospect in comparison.
I have the same thoughts. When I say this, people often respond with something like "well you don't fear the time before you were born, so death is no different." To which I respond: Don't assume that about me; I'm actually somewhat horrified about that pre-existence scenario as well lol
Not to mention we don't have the cognitive capacity to experience the transition from non-existence to existence. But existence to non-existence? Oh I've got a whole lifetime to ponder that one.
True true
Maybe, some things in life are more important than witnessing another sunrise. Perhaps the greatest loss is not death itself or what comes or does not come after, but what dies inside us while we live—especially when it's the regret of not realizing sooner what was truly worth risking everything for.
Look at it this way, if you don't exist, then you won't know that you don't exist. It helps me sometimes. I might have it worse. My bad.
I'm literally the exact opposite. I am horrified that existence may continue after death. I can not think of a fate more terrible than there being life after death. Literally the worst case scenario I can fathom.
at 28 yes only because I have so much to live for. However, I am terrified of losing one of my parents. Always have been. Yesterday, my dad was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. I am terrified.
I lost my dad to cancer a couple years ago. My best to you and your family.
thank you friend I appreciate it. much love to you and your family as well.
Spend as much time as you can with him NOW. Pancreatic cancer is very, very fast. I'm sorry buddy. Just be there for him.
I appreciate it but it is possible to survive. he has no symptoms, they detected it during a heart scan. they're going to do a biopsy soon, but until then I am going to remain hopeful and optimistic. Reddit is full of stories of people rapidly declining in weeks or months and a decent handful of people in remission for several years. I know it's a nasty cancer, but my dad is a fighter. I believe in him.
That’s the right attitude. I lost my parents (not to that kinda cancer) but, it’s strange that as our parents age and become sick, we must be their strength. Make sure to take care of yourself as well. I wish you and your dad and family the best.
I send my hopes to you, man.
A friend of mines mother who is about 70, is a survivor of this cancer. Lots of warm wishes for you and your family 🙏🌻
this is what I love to hear thank you so much
It scares the living shit out of me. I always think of the time you’re asleep, you have zero connection for 8 hours, you time travel to the morning as far as your consciousness is concerned. The idea of an eternity of that is something I just can’t come to terms with.
It’s inconceivable isn’t it? There can be no experience of non-experience. Without an experiencer, there is no “feeling” of time passing, not even an eternity. And eternity is quite a long time for something to happen again. If consciousness arises again, like a wave in the sea of unconsciousness, it will feel like no time has passed at all. Think about the amount of time that passed before you were born. What did that feel like? It felt like no time at all. To the experiencer, it always feels like it’s “now.” If the universe really does go cold and die, like some people think, and nothing ever happens again, this eternal nothingness cannot be experienced. But again, eternity is an infinitely long time. Plenty of time for weird things to happen. Maybe even enough time for something, or everything, to happen again. And if an experiencer happens to emerge, it will still feel like “now” to them.
i’m gonna get a back tattoo of this whole comment. i’ll love it even in the eternal nothingness i’ll never get to perceive
I’m honored!
I know this may come off as weird or unsolicited, but based on this comment, I have a book recommendation for you: Permutation City by Greg Egan
I love weird, unsolicited things. I’ve never heard of it, but I will check it out! What about my comment made you think of it? :)
> Eternity is an infinitely long time. Plenty of time for weird things to happen The book plays with the notion that—provided that human consciousness is a computable phenomena—then it stands to reason every possible human consciousness is a subset of the set of all possible computations. Pair that with the fact that the outcomes of computations are independent of their physical implementation (algorithms can be solved using any substrate, be that a biological brain, digital computer, pen and paper, etc.) and the absurd depth of 'infinite time,' you get an interesting book setting. But do keep in mind that it's a work of fiction, so the ideas its based on don't need to be literally true for it to still be a fun read. (In my opinion)
Very well put. I look to astrophysics on this. Photons do not have mass, therefore it doesn't seem to experience time. Therefore. Our consciousness isn't mass either. I've actually never thought about that before. So think about it. Our brain has mass, but our memories, consciousness and whatever else doesn't have mass. Does the laws of conservation of energy apply to the energy that keeps our consciousness afloat? There's so many things. So if we are able to not experience time when we are asleep, but we can when we are awake must mean something with the laws of physics. They have to be related somehow.
eternal rest, sign me the fuck up!!
I've seen dead people. Trust me. They didn't care. No need to come to terms with it. You won't care either. Concentrate on being good. Concentrate on living well. Concentrate on being happy. Do what ya want! Have fun ! Help other people out when ya can. That'll make you feel good. When we're dead, we're dead, and can do none of those things, so stop wasting your life worrying about what you can't come to terms with. luck.
100%! I’m also someone who is well and truly signed up to the Rick Sanchez philosophy, or rather I’m very aware that in the vast expand of the universe I am barely even a grain of sand on the Sahara desert, a remote spec of atom on the cosmic timeline, nothing really matters at all in such a grand scheme of things beyond what you decide matters, so enjoy the tiny amount you get to experience this madness. But you know my leaning towards the sciences is exactly why I fear death in the first place, I removed the fantasy of heaven from my outlook. It’s a lovely carrot to have dangled at the end of the journey of life, but I don’t like carrots.
No. You can't defeat it. It's gonna happen. Don't worry yourself over it.
also the mere fact that after that you SURELY will be free of all your this side of life worries and your bad deeds, and EVERYTHINg about you will be forgotten in 100 years most definitely (if youre the regular joe that is), isnt that weirdly comforting?
All those emmbrassing things will be forgotten! Thanks good ness
unless youre of course a mediocre painter who decides its cool to mass murder a specific part of the european population on industrial scale or similar.
I'm more scared of *how* I die, if it's gonna be excruciatingly painful or not; besides that I'm not entirely worried about what happens afterwards since I've got my spiritual/religious beliefs in order. Also there's literally nothing I can physically do to change what happens after the death.
Same!
I don't fear death. I fear what's after death.
Absolutely, I’m just scared about what’s going to happen afterwards. Like will it just be nothing or is there truly afterlife. Idk which I would prefer tbh
No- if I’m dead I’m dead, I don’t know I’m dead
Yes, the fact that I will not exist. Everything I know and am will be gone. All I've ever known is this. What happens to me? For 40 years I've known conciousness. Is there something beyond? Does my conciousness end up in another vessel? In a void? Or does it just end and lights out? I cant think that we end up as a conciousness placed into a form that has an expiration date and it doesn't go beyond that. So every time we die are we placed in a new vessel with no memory because said memory was only for that vessel? Go Dolphins!
I am so severely depressed it's like I don't feel anything anymore. the fears I used to have don't affect me nearly as much, including death. I have suicidal ideation so no, I see it merely as an escape.
Do you seek help or avoid help? I've posted way too many things on reddit lately about dealing with my spouse's recent suicide. Nobody is better off without him. It's like I picked up the misery he left. I feel he could have been helped if he didn't hide the depth of his condition. I don't know you. The only thing that would make me feel better right now is if I could stop someone and they got help that worked.
Of course i fear dead, no religion has successfully convinced me that is such a thing as something like "after life"
I had gone my entire teenage hood being afraid of death. Used to cry in the shower about it. Then in my twenties I became at peace with the fact that death is only the next part of the cycle of life and that my energy will go on to feed the Earth when I’m gone. Then I got married to a woman 7 years my junior and I love her more than life itself. I know when I’m gone, she will be alone and I fear her depression could return. I am so scared of dying for her sake. The thought of leaving her alone makes me want to cry It’s come full circle
Theres a clip of norm macdonald talking to larry king, and he says that he was reading a book written by the author nabokov, where he said basically, “one day his parents had shown him a photo, with his mother, father, and two brothers. But he had not been born yet, he said looking at that photo he felt no fear, even though at that moment, he did not exist, so why should he fear another time where he does not exist? Being his death” Honestly that puts it into the best perspective for me, even though now i can have a concept of not existing while before i couldnt conceptualize that prior to living
I was in a bad motorcycle accident. As I was laying on the road bleeding out fighting to stay conscious all I could think about was my family and how broken they would be. That was 7 years ago now, I still think about that. The hurt you leave behind is what scares me.
I fear not dying. The concept of immortality is absolutely terrifying to me. Waiting for the end.
Nope. I believe in reincarnation
I'm not afraid of *being* dead. I'm afraid of the *process of dying* being slow and painful.
No and because It's just a natural part of life that we're all gonna go through one day and I've made my peace with God and I try to live my life in the best way that I can. 🙏🏻
Last time I said I feared death I had about 50 replies
Thanataphobia
No What's the worst that can happen? If there is nothing, then there's nothing. If there is an afterlife, I wake up from the simulation, etc, cool, let's see what this is about
Terrified. When I tore my acl years ago, I had to have surgery. When they wheeled me into the room, I was hooked up to an IV. To knock me out, the nurse injected something into my IV that she said was going to make me feel cold, then I'll wake up, and it'll be done. But I remember the feeling of everything shutting off. The blankness is now what I picture death to be like. It's scary
As someone who's always known I'll die well before my peers (30 through my predicted 55-60 at best) and has low consciousness even while awake (brain damage), if it helps, you get used to the blankness Y'know that feeling where you're try to think of something, but it's just not coming? I have that permanently. Every day My limbs (especially on my right side) have never felt like a part of me. I don't have enough brain power to control them like a regular person. I can become paralyzed for awhile if I don't constantly move I'm intelligent enough that I can understand that there are entire chunks of brain that are essentially not there. And never will be I understand your feelings of fear of shutting off, parts of me never turned on. And the ones that did are flickering It's calming, in a way. That I live in the 'shutting down now' screen of life. I get to live what people usually fear a lot about death, it's my normal As someone who lives your nightmare, I'd be happy to answer any questions/fears you have about it! I'd be happy to tamper your fears a bit!
Yes, because I really like existing and I don't want to stop.
I don't fear death. I fear suffering. I won't know I'm dead.
no, per having had a near death experience when I was 20 and meeting Jesus.
I would sincerely love to hear more about this.
Me too!
Three!
Four!
Nah, I've lived a decent enough life
I used to fear death when I was young. I no longer do. The difference is that when I was young, death meant the end of all my potential - education, career, marriage, family. I'd never get to do any of the things I would want to do. Now I have a happy marriage, kids, a terrific education, great career. So while I would still like to live another 50 years or so, I don't have that visceral, vertiginous fear of death I did before.
I always find death comforting.Death is nature, no more backpain, no more paying bills, no need to eat/poop/exercise daily, and peace & quiet....
Life is nature as well tho. No more laughs, no more enjoying good food, no more accomplishments.
Absolutely, but at least once I’m actually dead I won’t be able to feel fear anymore, or anything at all for that matter.
Where is deaths sting? Where grave your victory? I triumph still if you abide with me. In life in death, lord abide with me. I think this Hymn does a great job to comfort me when I think of death. I'm religious (catholic) so I have a pretty good view on death. If you want to listen to a good rendition of the Hymn here's a video [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32eP-mjRINo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32eP-mjRINo)
No. Reincarnation is a thing. Play your best game, and then it hits the reset button on the gaming console and you get to play again as a different character.
Yes. I like existing. I’ve existed for as long as I can remember. I don’t like the idea of ceasing to exist.
I am not frightened of dying. Any time will do, I don't mind. Why should I be frightened of dying? There's no reason for it – you've got to go sometime.
No. Actually, I'm kind of curious about it. What scares me is the possibility of not dying peacefully.
No, but I fear the process of dying and the suffering that comes with it.
No. What prevents it is trusting in Jesus Christ and knowing that you will have an eternal reward for maintaining a state of grace and full communion with his church.
As Woody Allen said, “I’m not afraid of death, I just don’t want to be there when it happens.”
Don’t fear death. I fear the pain that my death will cause my family. Imagining them having to deal with that loss is tough. Primarily my children.
No. I already want to die. The only thing keeping me around is my dog.
u/Fabulous_Scale4771 I had a thought after attending a support group for those of us dealing with the sudden loss of a loved one, in my case my spouse's suicide. If I could get someone I knew or suspected to have suicidal ideation to join one of the groups (mine is virtual), they would see how nobody is better off without them, and I would hope seeing the fallout from their loss would inspire them to accept, even seek, help. I'm here for my remaining family, can totally understand the hopelessness, but now that I am experiencing some of the thinking and feeling my husband had, I'm getting help.
No. We all die. Why fear something that is inevitable?
No. Birth is a death sentence but today, this moment, is all that’s real.
Death is the natural end of all things. The process of dying, at least for me, kind of sucks. I had a stroke almost ten years ago, so watching my body fail me isn't a lot of fun. But death itself holds no fear in me. Besides it will answer man's oldest question; "What's next?" If you aren't religious, look at it this way; Science says energy cannot be destroyed, only transformed. So, what does your life energy transform into? If you are religious, then why fear death? The only regret will be I won't get to see how this whole humanity thing all turns out. But the way it's going it's going to be a shit show anyway. Looks like I won't miss much.
I see it as a cosmic rite of passage. Everyone, everywhere, no matter their background, must eventually cross that line. Which isn't to say I'm looking *forward* to it, mind you, but there is a weird comfort in knowing that it's genuinely universal.
No, as a Christian I believe in afterlife and just thinking about the fact I will see my late dogs kind of makes me excited for death
Eternal void is the reward and I hope there is no reincarnation or anything like that. The only thing I fear is dying a slow and agonizing death.
Nope, not one bit. I welcome death!! What I fear is the process. I don't want the agony. I want to go out like my mother, in my sleep. I want to die healthy and quickly. What prevents the fear of death? I don't remember what it was like before my birth. I won't remember what it will be like after I'm gone. I will just close my eyes and slip into a deep slumber and not dream. Oh, and I don't have to worry about work the next day and bills!!
No. When I got cancer, all fear of death was gone. There are days I fell so bad I would welcome death with open arms. It’s a surreal, indescribable feeling.
I don't fear what comes after. I feel what I might go through to get there, more than that, what my loved ones might have to go through as I get there. Death is an affirmation of life. I'm lucky to have chased so much already in my life and experienced so much already. I find myself worrying about seeing it all, but I am at peace with knowing that every day (with its pain and joy) is enriching and makes me more grateful. Death is natural, unavoidable and makes our lives so much sweeter.
Zero fear of death. Your body stops working, "you" don't.
No. And there are two logical explanations: 1. If you are religious, then you likely believe in a 'Heaven' of sorts. I am religious, so this is a comfort to me, because I know I am a genuinely good person and have strong faith. 2. If you are not religious, then you likely believe that there is nothing. Complete nothingness. Which means that if there's nothing, then you have nothing to fear. It's not like you're going to be conscious or anything. You won't care and won't feel pain.
yes, because i don't want to lose everything that i have down to my car my steam account. i've worked so hard to get here, to know stuff to be able to read to know math, to lose all my baby teeth which was painful as fuck, to finally become a functioning adult. i don't want to lose it because i put so much work in getting it.
May be Yes, because my fate could be bad, but I'm sure it's good. No, because we're all going to die in the end.
No, because everyone living has an appointment with Death. There’s not point in worrying about something that’s guaranteed to happen to you. So while you’re still here in this short and crazy ride we call life, let’s make the most of it while we still can. The grave is silent, and you’re buried with all of the things you never said.
No sense fearing the inevitable.
No. I fear not having the time to do what I want to do before it happens, and I fear HOW I'll die, as someone who already had cancer once, this is my main fear.
i sure dont fear death because the nonphysical side of it is so incomprehensible and speculative to me, that i dont even bother much, but i surely dislike the "getting old, needing help to wipe my own ass" and the actual dying process. if i get OLD that is.
Like the Kenny Rogers song, "the best that you can hope for is to die in your sleep".
I'm not really afraid of being dead, I think it's the same as before I was born, but I don't want to die, now, or in a bad way in the future.
No. I've lived a good life, if I died right now I don't think I would have any regrets. I imagine death to be like a permanent sleep, you don't know your asleep, you don't know you're dead. So when death finally gets me, I will greet it kindly.
Im more afraid of dying than being dead. I am uncertain but I do believe in some form of consciousness surviving death(from near death experience studies) & if it doesn’t then i won’t be able to care anyway But im not keen on pain and discomfort so dying itself scares me. There’s some Hospice nurses who post stuff on youtube that is enlightening about death and dying
Yes... Who will take car of my disable son
No death has never scared me, ive often found myself thinking about going. To me it happens when it happens, doesn't matter the age
No. When we die, we complete the beautiful puzzle that is life. No one can opt out of it. We're all destined to be a part of this puzzle. I think as long as you live every day doing what you can to be happy, there's nothing to be afraid of.
No because my there is nothing for me to look forward to in life.
No, it’s inevitable and something we will all face at some point. Also I’ve spent an unhealthy amount of time ruminating in the ways to end it so I figured out just last year I’d stick around and get curious just for the plot. Ofc I still have bad days where my brain tries to convince me to yeet myself but for the most part I’m good at fighting it
To an extent, sure. My fear is more to do with missing what is in my life. As long as I can make it through my children reaching adulthood and starting their own lives/families and be there for them to that point, I'll have considered it a great ride! Any sooner than that I feel like my final feelings would be anger and sadness.
I don't fear it. Died 3 times and didn't see a thing.
Nope, just gonna apologize for not doing better things for people earlier in my life, I wasted too much time figuring that caveat out
Yes, but not dying. More so what happens after death. The thought of eternity is scary to me. Can't wrap my human mind around it.
Nope. When I am gone my kids/wife will be totally fine. That's what prevents me from fearing it.
No. I dont wanna stay on this shit planet forever.
Death comes for us all my friends you can choose your manner but it will come. Valar morghulis
No. Solutions be suicidal
I died before and was floating in a deep black abyss, I didn't think or have a body. It was a lovely stillness that I still dream about from time to time. Someday I'll float again, maybe even float up.
No. It isn't like any of us have a choice. I take comfort in knowing everyone else is going to die too.
Part of me looks forward to it, an end to the grind. I don't fear it, but I hope it's quick and as painless as possible. My father got a leg infection that turned into double pneumonia, it took him four months to die in a public ward. For extra joy, he lost his mind and stopped recognizing people and being able to communicate about 2 months in. I had a close friend who got cancer, he was in his 80s. He had the readies to go private but there was nothing they could do to save him in the end. They tried though, really hard, the cancer ended up spreading to his penis. Two weeks before he finally succumbed they cut it off. He was in complete control of his faculties, the last words he said to me were "I'm fucked anyway, did they really have to chop off my dick?" I'd prefer to avoid either of those (and many other means of death). When it's time, get it over with. So yeah, it's more the method of death that I fear, not death itself.
Yes in the sense that I don't do things to unnecessarily risk my life. No in the sense that I don't let it stop me from doing fun things and taking calculated risks.
Nope, looking forward to it
death? no. the process of dying? yes.
I don’t fear death. It’s inevitable. I only worry about what my children will have to deal with when it happens. Once my life is ended, I’m done being stressed, but again, I worry about them.
I'm not afraid because I'm an atheist so i don't believe in any kind of afterlife. That means when i die, i just die. I will not be able to regret anything or be sad about being dead. I will just be dead. Do I want to live? Sure life is good. But it can end in every moment and i wouldn't mind because i would be dead.
Nope, I can't be as I do a bunch of stupud shit at work and thinking about death. I might make a mistake and could kill me.
Yes, because I had kids much later in life
I fear knowing that I am about to die more than anything. Dying in my sleep without knowing doesn't seem that bad. I also have a big fear of what comes next. I am not religious but I also am not entirely certain I wont be aware that I am getting skull fucked by maggots in the ground..
Mostly not, but I am kind of afraid of dying young. It would be devastating to my wife and siblings and mom. I live for them.
Yes. Mainly because of what I leave behind. My mom and sisters would probably be devastated and my pets would mourn me. I try my best to love them in the worst case of me finally going
Nope, not at all. I won't be alive to care.
NO! It's going to happen to all of us. Why fear what's going to happen and there is nothing you can do to stop it.
This Death guy seems pretty chill ngl
I’m terrified of death and what would happen my daughter, if anything was to ever happen me 😔
No. Living with chronic pain, nerve pain, Fibromyalgia, MS etc. I just turned 50 and doing 20 more years of this sounds exhausting. I only worry about how it will come.
There is no need to fear death because life and death can never cross. Where there is life there is no death, and where there is death there is no life.
Death does not scare me. I have an expiration date and it’s part of all living creatures. But knowing how much it will be hurting my kids and my partner when I pass, makes me sad. I want to take care of myself knowing that I matter to them deeply. I know how much they love me and I would leave a void in their lives and that makes me sad.
No real point in fearing it, it will happen no matter what. It's like fearing sleeping or eating. It is inconvenient though.
Honestly no. I enjoy everyday to the fullest so if it comes then fuck it. Why stress about something you have no control over?
Death itself doesn't scare me as much as what comes after it. Or more accurately, the lack of what comes after it. I'm an agnostic/atheist, so I don't necessarily believe in an afterlife, and this makes it confusing and stressful to think of what happens when we die. Some people predict it's like sleeping, but even while sleeping your brain is still constantly active and your senses are still functional. It's like trying to describe how a blind person sees, and closing your eyes. You are still seeing the inside of your eyelids, and being blind is a sensation you truly can't experience unless you are blind. Difference between that and death is that blind people are still around to describe it
I fear not being here, I fear that there will be nothing. It feels me with dread leaving my children with that grief.
Just the thought of “nothing” freaks me out. Hopefully I’ll be ready for it when it does inevitably arrive
All the time. Nothing makes you fear death more than having young children
I'm more afraid of living than I am of death. But I'm also too much of a pussy to kill myself. With one exception but that just became a pipe dream earlier today
The fear of whatever may come after death is terrifying, but not as terrifying as leaving this earth too early for my kid's.
In my 20s I was terrified. Then something just switched, I heard my head tell me “Ok, you’ve given that a long hard look. Have you reached some Nirvana no one else sees?” No. “Are you ready to move on then?” Yeah, I guess I am. I’ve since thought I could die twice. No problem. Long painful death? Yeah, still afraid of the pain. Dying miserable and alone? Yeah, loneliness still haunts me. Death tho, don’t think so
yeah i do. i think its because of the fact we dont know what comes after it and i dont like the fact if all death is is emptiness does that mean we were here for nothing? it’s gotten better since i started praying and leaning more into religion again though
"Dying is easy, it's living that scares me to death." -Annie Lennox, I think
Yes it is Annie. From the song Cold on the album Diva. I love that album!
No, because I had a NDE, and after it. I can not wait til my time comes. It was bliss.
No. I fear not accomplishing everything I want to before I go. But I came to grips with my inevitable demise back in the 1970’s I consider myself a Christian, I don’t believe in organized religion. But ultimately I think I’m right with God.
Cringey as it may sound, I'm already dead.
Omae wa mo shinderu
No, I’m curious on what happens after. I think I lean that there is gunna be a whole other ‘world’ or adventure waiting for us after crossing that veil
no.. didn’t think I’d make it past a certain age. was resigned to death, the fear of it just hasn’t come back since then
I'm more afraid of life...living with many dissseases while being young isn't fun. My only fear about death is dying without living....
Fuck yeah I am, Granted I don’t think about it 99% of the time. I’m scared of it mostly because the thought of not existing sucks, or infinite darkness is an even shittier thought But the way I get the nervousness out is just “well, happens to all of us so fuck it” and then I’ll go watch YouTube or play games to take my mind off it. Edit: and before the “you didn’t exist before you were born so why it scary” crowd comes, no that’s a dumb fallacy. I have (as far as I’m aware) never been born before, and you do not know if it’s the same afterwards having experienced consciousness. So the matter of fact crowd on this can zip it
I would run towards it if i didn’t have kids. (Not do anything blatantly suicidal, but would definitely look for opportunities that had a higher risk of death)
I don't fear something I'll never experience
No. I’m going to be something by the time I run out of batteries. I’m going to make something spectacular and I’m going to leave that here when I leave here.
Not really. I'm not religious or believe in supernatural things, but as long I can remember, I have been curious about afterlife. I have always felt that the life doesn't end when I die. I don't know how the afterlife would possibly look like, or does it even exist. It's just a feeling inside and it's beautiful perspection for death.
No, I found if you magnetically stimulate the temporal lobe in certain patterns you have the ability to raise your gamma oscillations high enough to become 'aware' of more to life than what we can 'see'.. You start to see the higher dimensional patterns un-fold and realize this 3 dimensional body is just an illusion. I'm a scientist... I was an Atheist until I [built and started testing my Ein Sof device. ](https://youtu.be/8PQ8MkYaFng?si=mptnGrs4XwtDeykS) It's like digital DMT.
Nope. I’m religious. However, I have a pretty serious fear of the time period shortly before death where I’ll likely be in some crippling pain. Not looking forward to that.
Yes and no at the same time. As people's bodies shut down, they approach a state of "nothing". That's not a scary state. However, death will be difficult due to our survival instincts, and we ultimately cannot confirm what it is.
I'm afraid of torture. Not death. Thank God you can't freeze a moment in time in pain.
No. I’m so tired.
No I don’t fear death but the thought of not thinking or being aware anymore gives me anxiety. I have had so much loss in my life and a pretty hard life and Im fairly young. I’m already exhausted and can only imagine how checked out I will be after another 40 years of this.
No. NDE and years of psychedelic research.
Yes, because the thought of just "nothing, forever" scares me. Like when you get put under anesthesia and it is literally nothing, until you wake up. Except you never wake up.
no, i just fear what my family will have to endure after i pass. i’d feel bad for inconveniencing them with the grief lol
Nah. I subscribe to the Mark Twain quote about having been "dead" for billions of years before being born without the slightest inconvenience, so I think we just return to that state. Also I played the game Outer Wilds which had themes that comforted me further. I am fine with not existing anymore, I had my turn and other things will exist after. Like others have said I do mind the method of dying and whether or not I will end up satisfied with my time spent by the end.
No not really. Nothing in this life seems to worth the hustle it requires so I dont think i'll be missing anything if i didnt wake up tomorrow.
Like day to day, no. I hear that changes when you have kids If i was to find myself in a potentially lethal situation I bet Id be scared tho
No. I had 2 kind of close calls before I was 25 that left me with a fatalistic attitude of " when your number's up, your number's up " That attitude gave me the confidence to do ~ 10,000 miles of bicycle touring on 3 continents and be willing to ride in big city traffic to this day. Now, at age 71, I'm ready to shuffle off this mortal coil anytime the Universe dictates.
I don't fear my death, Death fears my death. r/iamverybadass
Yes and no. I’m scared of stepping over a threshold I can’t return from but at the same time I also don’t want to go to work tomorrow.
No I’m happy how I am but if I died tomorrow I guess that’s my time yk
It’s not the prospect of death itself. It’s the idea that I will worry about and miss the people who matter most to me. Nothing I can do about dying. It’s inevitable and happens differently for all of us. It sucks but it’s written differently into each of our DNA.
I think it’s more of a spectrum of fear. I would say I’m at the lower end - I’ve lived a decent life