From a score of 1-10, how scared are you of death?

I'm more worried of the death of a family member than my own. As long as I don't die a slow and agonising death it doesn't really bother me.

10

We instinctively fear death, it is the way our minds work, we think ahead

It is rather difficult to think beyond death, unless we hold a religious belief

If we are in great physical or mental pain we may wish death, this then over rides our instinct

Actually death is not the problem, because we are then in a supposed heaven or hell?
or we do not exist.

It is dying that is the problem. we do not suffer physical pain, we mentally panic, we are so desperate to think ahead

I suspect those who where hung experienced this, as they waited for the trap to open

I think the best death was that experienced by Michael Caine in 'Get Carter' no warning, we are dead before we know it

we may suffer physical pain sorry

When did you become a physiologist Gery?

we are dead before we know it

if we're dead, we can't know it, innit?

In reply to the OP, I would go 1; Mr Eboue is right, it's all about the manner of death rather than death itself.

Rhetorical question: Can you remember what it was like before you were born?

Of course you can't, and that's how it will be after you die.

hth 

I'm well aware that people don't like to approach this subject and having lost my mother in September last year I know only too well the pain people go through. Having said that I think we should all accept death as part of life. (IMHO)

I'm a strong believer in another life. Yes, you may say reincarnation, but that's a fantastical term.

I believe your consciousness reawakens in another body. It has nothing to do with previous lives, a la your Glenn Hoddle theory, but is simply your consciousness being reawakened by a new biological process (birth)

Sometimes, but very rarely the consciousnesses do overlap. This can account for cases where people have been regressed and can also account for Deja Vu.

I remember my first recollection of consciousness as a toddler. It was strange. It was like I was sitting on my sofa and all of a sudden I woke up sharp. No recollection of my life before that moment. But can remember most after.

good point Mr Badger

Still that sniper who killed 173 could do a job for me, My affairs are in order, I have lived my life

Trouble is I would have to join the Taliban for him to do it...oh well

Rhetorical question: Can you remember what it was like before you were born?



A good question which many scientists have come up with the question....'can you dream in the womb?' The majority say no as if you haven't experienced life, how can you dream about it?

You can dream of being in the womb

Ebul, I think that snipers brown bread now so you've missed the boat I'm afraid.

Not as much as I did when I was younger, as someone said earlier the death of family members is more on my mind. I would still have to give it a healthy 5 though lol

To add to this, how often do you think about death? Most days for me - but not in a really morose oh shi t I am going to die way! more of a reminder not to waste what I have and it certainly puts in to perspective any little worries I have going on at the time

I agree with Mr Eboue , personally I'm not worried of death too much , more the process & although I suffer with depression & don't quite see eye to eye with my parents I think about them more now

ebulgery is also correct
If you ever look at a suicide website you'll soon discover that the Holy Grail is a simple painless (but certain) death as people are more worried about surviving it

Feb 2, 2015 -- 3:25PM, stewarty b wrote:

I'm well aware that people don't like to approach this subject and having lost my mother in September last year I know only too well the pain people go through. Having said that I think we should all accept death as part of life. (IMHO)

and then some stewarty, and then some.   To die well is the culmination of a life well lived.

it is the point of living well - only if you live well will you die well

and what is living well? it must involve adevelopment of the sense of oneness of everything.    At which point people just laugh at these absurd-seeming words - unless they have come by such a thing already.

and what is living well?



Well exactly desperatemunter.   What is living well? Is it being nice to other people? Is it being nice to your family? I have an older brother and sister yet we don't talk. I'm lost for an answer.

That sucker death can smile at me when he wants and I'll smile back at him. He can have this ole body any time he likes.

I pollute my body and do I give a sh   it no,   im defo a 1


if any health issues do come about id prob goto 3 but only because of the kids

How's life treating you EO? No pun intended.

Peachy. Just peachy Stewarty. I often wonder what I've done to deserve such bounteous pleasures.

I blame Melly.

Melly shone too bright for this world. The light that shines twice as bright lasts half as long.

Its a 1 for me although I am not keen on being there at the time but its unavoidable!I am more scared of being "locked in" or of dying like my mother did last year...ga ga,completely dependent on strangers. I am fairly certain it will be suicide for me. A controlled death..a cheap barbecue tray smouldering away plus a few sleeping pills and a large scotch or two.Its all about quality of life. If every day is a struggle then fck it, no tomorrow.Its inevitable so why fight it.

It would be a 10 for me as my son is only 3,i think I would die of a broken heart if I knew he wasn't going to get to know me properly or remember me..

That would be a bit ironic.

The mystery is why everybody is not running around screaming.

I never saw a wild thing sorry for itself. A bird will fall dead from a tree without ever once having felt sorry for itself.

The way people use every last thread of effort to hang onto this
fragile life we lives is indeed a sign deep down  that we know there is
nothing after...sadly,..

Thats true EO, but man is conscious of the full horror of death ...and life.

I don't think there needs to be horror in death. Our attitude to it is shaped by society. Some societies embraced it depending on the manner of death. There is often sadness for those left behind and fear of the pain sometimes associated with death. The key thing is have you lived a life which fulfilled you in my view.

Of course man now has it within his power(in theory) to call gods bluff and say we are no longer prepared to go on with this charade without knowing . Britain could lead the way and say within a generations or two stop reproducing.

Can't Pakistan or Nigeria lead the way instead?

I am more scared of ending up in an old peoples home, constantly soiling myself.

I think its old age we're more frightened of,  the loss of your healthy life (physical and mental)

pretty scared

it's not the being dead bit ,but  knowing know what i will inevitably miss in say 50 years time

although i think when you reach a certain age - life must become less appealing -

keep thinking about Karl Pilkingtons reverse ageing  on the R /G Show

none of that makes sense

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OK - missing being young  or in good health is maybe  what i was trying to say

Jack Hacksaw 

Think your probably more scared the younger you are, when your told your life expectancy is going to be severely curtailed that also can effect people differently I suspect, some people have trouble coping with living I suspect its just the same when your life is drawing to a close.

The average score who gave a figure is 8. A tad high imo.

here you go for lowering the average: 1

scared of dying = scared of living

That's it down to 5 now. Fear not I say.

The finality and inevitability of death is almost comforting.It does not matter what you believe , who you worship.It does not matter if you are right/wrong a dreamer or a dope a murderer or a model citizen.It does not matter even if you are terrified of him or embrace him: The Grim Reaper awaits.

Never seek to know for whom the bell tolls

Christopher Hitchens said

"It will happen to all of us, a tap on the shoulder and told not just that the party is over but slightly worse the party's going on but you have to leave."

My own death does not bother me and I hope it's not to quick but more of an illness so I can do things before I go. I will be in pieces though when anyone close to me dies as I have been fortunate to not have a great deal of tragedy to cope with.

3

Zero but that's not between 1-10

A man strolling in a busy market place turned a corner and came face to face with Death - whilst scared out of his mind he also noticed that Death had a very puzzled expression on his face and seemed to hesitate in his stride towards him. Grabbing his chance to escape the man rushed off to get lost in the crowd- he then ran to and just managed to board the first train as it was leaving and rode it all night til he came to a distant city.

Stepping off the train he bumped into Death on the platform- before dying he asked Death why he had looked so surprised the day before and Death replied:

I did not expect to see you there- you were supposed to die here and i wondered how on earth you would get to this place on time.....

Funeral day today but too cold for me to go to the Chapel and all that so just
going to pub gathering after.

I think as you grow older you obviously think about death more and more. Its the same reason why people become more religious as they grow older, they are clinging to a faith, a belief that there is a better life waiting on the other side. That death isnt so final. I would like to think there is more after we pass away but scientifically, I am doubtful.  It never crossed my mind when I was younger, thought I was immortal lol. Now days, I would say it scares me but like someone said, its the way in which we die is the scary part, not the passing on part.

On a lighter note and back to the original question...I hate flying and have a overseas trip coming up, the thought of dying on the flight or crashing is on my mind. Im quite positive like that So at the moment it scares me 9-10 on the scale. Will be back down to 2 after the flight.

me 10............muslims -10

when i was 18 it would have 1

I'm finding the serious replies on this one quite amusing. I'd put it to you that the only 'correct' answer here is that you don't truely know how scared of death you are until the reality of it stares you square in the face! At that point i'd be about 1.20 that most people are about a 15 (on the 1-10 scale) - after all, according to South Park its a well known fact that the last thing you do before you die is physically poo your pants.... or at least that's what happened to Chef!

^^ the biggest killer of under 40s in the UK is suicide


About 3 for me. Dont understand why anyone would want to get old and live in a carehome

Not bothered one iota.

In fact after hopefully a long innings, it will be something to look forward to.

It's a 1 from me.

christopher hitchens said that its not a nice thought that your leaving this world and the party is going on without you

Zazu    04 Feb 15 14:04 

About 3 for me. Dont understand why anyone would want to get old and live in a carehome



Don't know about that Zazu


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I do not fear death and neither should you. Three hundred years before the birth of Jesus of Nazareth, Epicurus taught us how to view death.

“Accustom yourself to the belief that death is of no concern to us, since all good and evil lie in sensation and sensation ends with death. Therefore the true belief that death is nothing to us makes a mortal life happy, not by adding to it an infinite time, but by taking away the desire for immortality. For there is no reason why the man who is thoroughly assured that there is nothing to fear in death should find anything to fear in life. So, too, he is foolish who says that he fears death, not because it will be painful when it comes, but because the anticipation of it is painful; for that which is no burden when it is present gives pain to no purpose when it is anticipated. Death, the most dreaded of evils, is therefore of no concern to us; for while we exist death is not present, and when death is present we no longer exist. It is therefore nothing either to the living or to the dead since it is not present to the living, and the dead no longer are.”
― Epicurus, Letter to Menoeceus

0

No point in worrying about something that is a stone cold certainty.

not if money tree has backed it