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Are you afraid to die?
I know it sounds like a redundant question because the ones who would say NO are probably like one in a million.
If you are, then how afraid? Why afraid? I mean if you die peacefully, no pain etc, why still afraid?
My personal take on this is that I am afraid to die because I am really afraid to be forgotten. Not that I need to be someone popular but more to the side of being useless in my lifetime. It would be so sad to know you lived a somewhat purposeless life before you have to die. This is why I am afraid to die - Contrary to the believe of the pain of death itself.
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Yes, pretty damn horrified, because then I wouldn't be able to play video games 
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Haven't experienced everything I want to experience in life yet.
Though when dead I'd probably not really be aware of that :p
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I think I'm more afraid of the high possibility of serious pain moments before death.
As Jack Handey once said... "I want to die quietly in my sleep like my grandfather did, not kicking and screaming like the passengers in his car"
or something like that 
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Because I have a girl I love and wish I could spend eternity with. The fact I believe when we die we just rot in the ground makes it worse knowing I'll never see her again. Thats my only fear for dieing, but I honestly never think about it.
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I'm afraid to die because I don't know what happens afterwords. Logically, since we are conscious, we have something that gives us our consciousness, whatever it may be. It can't just disappear when we die... it can break down or dissapate but it can't disappear. Thus, it must go somewhere. So something has to happen to us after we die. The fact that I don't know what it is scares me.
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Hard to say.
Right now, I'd like to say I wouldn't be afraid to die. I mean, it would finally be that peace that I'm after.
Then again, come the time where I am going to die, I might start to think...
"I wish I had more time to..."
"Oh, no, what happens now?"
"Will I go somewhere?"
"Will I still be conscious?"
"Will I get buried, then wake up?"
On January 12 2007 17:40 AcrossFiveJulys wrote:
I'm afraid to die because I don't know what happens afterwords. Logically, since we are conscious, we have something that gives us our consciousness, whatever it may be. It can't just disappear when we die... it can break down or dissapate but it can't disappear. Thus, it must go somewhere. So something has to happen to us after we die. The fact that I don't know what it is scares me.
Scientifically speaking, your "consciousness" is just impulses in your brain. If it no longer receives "power" then it can't operate. Let's use an example we all understand, 'cause we're nerds.
Your computer is your brain, your operating system (Windows/Linux) is your consciousness. If your computer isn't getting any power (ie. it's not plugged into the wall) your operating system won't run.
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Because there's no way to really know what happens after death
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For me it's probably this: You know when you try to like picture what happens when you die? Trying to fathom the "nothingness" that you will experience once you no longer exist. It's really hard to imagine, but every once in a while your brain stumbles on that odd creepy feeling where you sort of understand what it'd be like to be dead. I dunno, I'm probably explaining it horribly, but I think if anyone else's thought the same thing they'll understand what I mean.
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im not very afraid of death
but i am a little afraid of what i might miss
all in all i would prefer to be alive
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thedeadhaji
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if it happens, it happens.
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On January 12 2007 17:43 thedeadhaji wrote:
when it happens, it happens.
Fixed. We're all going to die.
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I'm not afraid of the pain or circumstances, but rather the finality I feel it brings. I believe that there is nothing after this existence for me. Call me vain, but I love existing as me. Love experiencing thought, emotion, anything. Love being. Though it is inevitable and though I will not experience the nothingness myself, I fear it incredibly much.
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On January 12 2007 17:41 KOFgokuon wrote:
Because there's no way to really know what happens after death
Amen, If "Hell" exists I'm FUCKED!
*edit* grammar
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because i fear the unknown.
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can't imagine being or not being without certain people.
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Death isn't scary. I find it inspiring. It's that final moment of our life that gives meaning to all before it. It's the end of a movie, the conclusion of a story, it's what allows us to know "this is my life" (before this point our life is always changing).
Death is what makes mortality beautiful.
However, i do not want to die. As long as i can i'd love to experience all the trials, tribulations, joy, and beauty life has to offer, and when it comes to that inevitable day that defines my experiences before that point of being finished, it will only magnify it's beauty.
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Im afraid that someone i wouldnt like would get an organ i donated ><
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no but seriously, they spelled costanza wrong
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