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[mrkgoo]

It is in my opnion that every non-religious person considers the concept of dying with some deep concern at some point in their lives. For some it comes, and then it goes. You consider that when the time comes, that that is that. Game Over. Zero continues.

Many of us, I'm sure, have dealt with the passing of others. Close friends, distant relatives, immediate family. It's never easy - be they young, old, or not even having entered this world.

But how do people deal with their own mortality? Most young people don't consider it, but when terminal illnesses take grip and all there is is to wait for the disease to run its course, trying to maintain comfort - what does one think? How does one consider having to leave those they love, those that love them, or even those that depend on them (be they aware of it or not), when they themselves have no control over the matter?



Sometimes life just really, really sucks.

 

[galeninjapan]

I probably wont be thinking about anyone after I die. I'll be to busy being dead.

 

[OpinionatedCyborg]

A moment spent worrying about death is one that could've been spent having fun living. Ya'll are all gonna eventually die (FAME! I'M GONNA LIVE FOREVER), so there's really no point in worrying about it. Besides, anyone with an ounce of curiosity has to wonder exactly what happens after death (just because you aren't religious doesn't mean you don't entertain the possibility of an after-life...or different kind of existence)--doesn't that curiosity make you invite death rather than fear it? Hell, if life didn't rock so much, I'd pull the plug in an instant to see what death's all about.

 

[SlickWilly223]

I honestly think that when I become around 80-90 years old (If I make it that long, I pray I do) I'll just start popping shrooms and or smoking a lot of weed. Anything to escape reality. I'm sure that there's a lot to live for at that age (grandkids, children, etc...), but knowing that death is lurking just around the corner... well I'd probably have a hard time aknowledging that.

 

[Jill Sandwich]

I listen to The Great Gig In The Sky and worry a bit, then I carry on with my life.

 

[teh_pwn]

It is in my opnion that every non-religious person considers the concept of dying with some deep concern at some point in their lives. For some it comes, and then it goes. You consider that when the time comes, that that is that. Game Over. Zero continues.

Well if we're going to do that, then it's my opinion that some religious people are religious because they are concerned about their well-being after they die. I think these people give real religious people a bad name as they're just trying to save their own ass without really caring about the morals and community behind some religions (well, the morals that are actually moral).

I'm agnostic, and I'm not that concerned about death. I believe that there's something else to our existance, but I just don't agree with the fairy tales and political corruption in many organized religions. In the meantime I'm going to enjoy living a happy, healthy life. If there's a God, he'd see that I'm a believer in justice and life and would hopefully forgive me for not being faithful.

 

[hXc_thugg]

I honestly think that when I become around 80-90 years old (If I make it that long, I pray I do) I'll just start popping shrooms and or smoking a lot of weed. Anything to escape reality. I'm sure that there's a lot to live for at that age (grandkids, children, etc...), but knowing that death is lurking just around the corner... well I'd probably have a hard time aknowledging that.

Seniors actually have the highest suicide rate out of any age-group, because they don't have much to live for.