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Afraid ? No... With the world we live in today some days I'm just ready..

Speak for yourself. After watching my mother suffer a couple years from a combination of full blown global dementia, complete loss of the ability to use her limbs, complete loss of the ability to speak yet she knew everything that was going on around her - I'll be watching for the first hard set of symptoms so I can end that nonsense. She had huntingtons and I have it as well and there's no way in hell that I'll let my family go through that again.

Some days I welcome it. Others I dread it. Good days/Bad days

Have looked it in the face a few times , woke up alive and a little disappointed twice .
Another time looked like I was going to be burned alive and remember wondering how bad this is going to be , will I go down solid or scream like a bitch , had never been burnt real bad.
Held strong as the flames grew and was able to remain calm directing people on what to do .
They got me out , was weird never lost control during
or after , weird calm .
Kenneth

I guess I'm not really afraid to die, I just don't want to yet. I've got a number of things I want to do that won't get done if I die.

The first breath is the beginning of death.

I'll man up, being burned alive I'll be screaming like a bitch. One of my fears in dying.

There are quite a few things far worse than death...

I was gone fir over 4 minutes during a sleep study once. I didn't get to the peaceful light stage. I floated above myself and started drifting away like I was caught in a current. I saw what the nurse and her aid were doing and told them what it was and they were amazed because I couldn't see their desk from my room.

They showed my everything from the monitors, no breathing for over 4 minutes then my heart stopped and my brain waves. Then it all instantly restarted and I sat straight up in bed and said out loud I just had the craziest dream or something like that. They were calling a code blue on me. I didn't get to the peaceful part and was actually quite scared because I didn't want to leave my young kids. It was like I was drifting away down the hall and up but could grab anything to pull myself back. There's more to it but you'll have to be LDS to understand what I did to get back.

Bb

The fellow in the video tells a great story. But he doesn't know what dying will be like any more than the rest of us.

At 78 I've taken a lot of chances and had a few near-death experiences. Though I'd like to avoid death as long as possible, I am happy and at peace, and am not afraid to die.

I think that we’d all like to think that we will act a certain way when the time comes. I’ve been in health care too long and seen too many people literally sliding down that slope.

There’s an old book by a John Howie “The Scots Worthies”. The book is basically mini biographies of Christian’s who were considered heroes of the faith during the struggles of the Protestant against the Pope sponsored leaders. Staunch men of faith but many examples of angst.

A man reads such things and witnesses people getting the word of quick approaching death, an incurable disease…no offense but I don’t believe a man that claims that he does or has no fear.

There are a lot of suicides out there for every person being consumed by such an overwhelming innate fear of death.

Little boy in church about 8 years was asked to hold up his hand if he wanted to go to heaven. Church lady said why didn't you hold up your hand. Don' you want to go to heaven? Little boy said "Sure but not today".
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4 minutes gone while being monitored? that crew must have been union workers


mike r

What's the point in worrying about death? - it happens to everyone. Best we know we go back to non-existance. I don't recall any issues with the previous state of non-existance.

I’m not afraid but I’m putting it off to the last thing I do.

For myself, no, hope it is quick. But I have a wife who needs me, crippled, maybe memory troubles. The life insurance hopefully will help her but I think she will follow quickly. The plan is her to go first. My fuzzy little dog will be devastated. Daughter will step in. Son had a hard time growing up so he will always be a worry though doing well now. Grandkids naturally, 2 brothers left.

I sincerely hope people are the better for knowing me. I make an effort at that always.

I have become agnostic to a degree. Some Bible stuff doesnt square with history; the other side is whence came "stuff". If there is a plan, why not finish it?

I think the 10 zillion years after I die will be just like the 10 zillion years before I was born.

Very well said.

I died a long time ago. Took my revenge with a cold heart.