What concerns you most about dying?

Came close to death once and the only thing that really concerned me was the pain my family would go through in the after math. Luckily, pulled through and now I make sure my ducks are in a row when it comes to my will and life insurance.
 
I want to be spread across the world. I also don't want to be cremated. Just put like a finger here and a toe there, maybe my eyes somewhere really neato.
 
TaySan said:
For me? Nothing. If I die, I die and that's it. Throw my body in the dumpster for all i care about.

I'm concerned about how those close to me will take it if they are still around.
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Agreed. I got a question about morticians tho. You think they bang the dead bodies? I imagine stuff like that goes on all the time. I mean, I don't give a shit. If I was dead they could bang me all they want. I mean, who cares? A dead body is like a piece of trash. I mean, shove as much shit in there as you want. Fill me up with cream, make a stew out of my ass. What's the big deal? Bang me, eat me, grind me up into little pieces, throw me in the river. Who gives a shit? You're dead, you're dead! Oh shit! I gotta go!

 
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I much rather die 1st in my family so that I don't have to go through the pain of losing my loved ones one by one. Even if it sounds hypocritical.
 
The idea of eternal suffering is horrifying to me. We know very little about consciousness and honestly I wouldn't be surprised if some hellish afterlife exists.
 
I almost died in a car wreck in 2015. Shit was wild. I was riding shotgun and the driver passed out going 80 mph. We veered into the back of a semi and then flew across the hwy, bounced off the concrete divider and landed in the far left lane. I was the only one conscious through the whole thing. Guy in the back was knocked out with several brain bleeds (he was in hospital for months).

In the slow motion trek across the highway after we hit the semi, I made peace with death.
 
Unfinished business, and I don't necessarily mean that in a monetary/materialistic sense. I just don't want to die without accomplishing my goals. You hear it all the time : "I don't want to lie on my deathbed with regrets about my past" or "You don't want to grow old and realize you wasted your time doing things you don't even want to do". I really don't want to become that bitter person that never got their shot, or was never able to do the things they were actually passionate about. I guess that's why I focus more on my hobbies, like producing music and creating art, more than other things in my life. It's what I want to do, and it's really what I'm meant to do in terms of intelligence/talent. If I gave up on my craft and became lazy, or motivated by typical BS like other people, I'd just end up dying without leaving my mark. I don't want to be extraordinarily famous or popular or anything, I just want to be fulfilled, happy and totally content with my progress/work/portfolio before I bite the dust.
 
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Besides the skin cancer and calcified thyroid nodule, I also have an unruptured brain aneurism. Brain aneurisms aren't uncommon, but knowing you have one before it blows kinda.. blows.
 
Kev Kev said:
id prefer to die without shitting and pissing myself but apparnetly thats part of the deal so... i mean who gives a fuck beyond that, not only is there the uncertainty of what happens after death but you have to piss and shit yourself too? yeah, fuck it, just take me im done lol what a gyp
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So Elvis did it right.

Please no drowning or fire. Apart from that I am fine with death, maybe going for euthanization when in severe pain.
 
Dying or being dead is not the fear. I mean, I'm dead, do there's not much thinking at that point.

Its the people that you leave behind and how they cope with it.

I do not fear death itself, but rather the cause to some extend. Fear of drowning, getting killed, becoming really sick and those kind of examples.
 
The feelings of those i leave behind. I can't imagine how my wife would feel if I ditched her now. We've got so much invested in each other, so many dreams are collaborative, so many new ideas forming and progressing.. i just can't do that to her. And besides, I'd miss her too much.
 
Having to deal with any excruciating physical pain as part of the process. Especially if it was something like a traffic accident, some sort of cancer, self-inflicted, etc etc
 
slugbahr said:
Having to deal with any excruciating physical pain as part of the process. Especially if it was something like a traffic accident, some sort of cancer, self-inflicted, etc etc
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This is where I'm at. Conceptually it doesn't bother me. Existentially it doesn't bother me, but the process of the pain part. Something like a 5/6 hour attack terrifies me. What about these 'peaceful deaths' of methodone OD etc. or euthanasia. It's the unknown I think. If someone said yeah you'll die or be terminally ill but there won;t be any pain, I think I'd genuinely be OK with it. Living in pain is just a no. Thinking back of the worst pain in my life are things liek cutting my finger tip off, dislocated kneecap, broken wrist, broken nose, dislocated ankle. I guess do the things that kill you hurt more than anythign else you will have experienced?
 
cormack12 said:
This is where I'm at. Conceptually it doesn't bother me. Existentially it doesn't bother me, but the process of the pain part. Something like a 5/6 hour attack terrifies me. What about these 'peaceful deaths' of methodone OD etc. or euthanasia. It's the unknown I think. If someone said yeah you'll die or be terminally ill but there won;t be any pain, I think I'd genuinely be OK with it. Living in pain is just a no. Thinking back of the worst pain in my life are things liek cutting my finger tip off, dislocated kneecap, broken wrist, broken nose, dislocated ankle. I guess do the things that kill you hurt more than anythign else you will have experienced?
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Imagine being in an accident or something that caused some or all of that, and more, at the same time. And it's fatal. But not immediate.
Terrifying.

I feel for those who have endured it, or anything close.
 
Fear of the unknown is what concerns me.

The logical mind inside me says nothing, which is a terrifying thought.

However, part of me believes there may be something after death. At least, that's what I want to believe anyway.
 
Probably that even though you stopped breathing, you can still think. So for about an extra 5 minutes you'll be able to think but not move anything. I'd rather someone just mortor me and not have that agonizing 5 minutes of thought left to ponder my existence before the flame goes out.
 
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