just lately became afraid
- I don't know what it is but lately I have had this horrible fear od dying. I don't want to leave my kids or husband! I have always said that I hope to live a very mong life. I would love to live to be 100. It's strange that this feeling has all of a sudden entered my mind and I think about it a lot. I have been OCD and very germaphobic for the past few years but it seems like that has been replaced with a fear of death. I no longer fear germs like I use to. Maybe it;s part of my OCD. I don't know. I would rather worry about germs tho, they don't scare me as much as the thought of leaving my family does!
- —Guest just me
A peaceful Death?
- I have recurring deams of jumping out of trees, buildings and cliffs, and when I jump my body becomes purifyed and at peace with nature. I'm heavily infulenced by buddhist belifs but i'm still haunted by the reality of a oblivion of nothing. I can't seem to find enouth inner peace to stop me from thinking about death 24/7, and how insignificant and pointless my existence holds. Once, when I was deep in thought about this balence of nature and existence, I realised that the deceased bodies that had been broken down by the earth, eaten by the plants and then by larger mammals I would have more then once eaten myself. How many people broken down by the earth have kept me, my living body sustained? And does that mean life after death will be purely my particles functioning for another being? I want inner peace, but through my own longing for it i've become obsessed with death and have created my own distress.
- —Guest Rose Weaver
fear of dying b/c i luv my kids too much
- is this unheard of ... ???? recently i have been experiencing the fear of dying i am starting to feel maybe i love my kids too much ?? i am a stay at home mom so i do spend lots of time with them, however i am still a bit young (under 30 ) 29 this march, perhaps this is also a fear of getting oldER as well??? i have 4 children i love them dearly jsut as any parent would, i worry about their future MORE now, than ever! which i suppose is expected b/c i'm getting older & not younger, can someone tell me if this is normal, HMMMM or should i seriously consider speaking to a therapist, ty!
- —Guest deezgirl51806
Never thought about it!----till now!!
- Been seeing death for almost for 50yrs-since I graduated in medicine-including those of my brother, parents, and close relatives. Have never feared about death.Now a Democles' sword is hanging over my head-possibility of an illness to my loved one. Well now I think I am afraid of death-how it will come?When it will come? Forewarned? unexpected? painful?But I am not jittery. May be my faith in my God-I say to myself THY WILL BE DONE! So I conclude have faith in yourself and your God You can overcome all these emotions!We are humans and so all emotions have a place in our lives.
- —Guest ivanruku
Dear AFRAID
- Afraid - please do not let science and the world at large convince you that faith is unfounded. As a Christian I have read the Bible through a few times and am convinced that God and only God is the answer...not big bang...not evolution but only God. Science works very hard to disprove God and is not able to. Pray that Jesus will come into your heart. You'll be amazed if you do. - A recent Believer!
- —Guest ADKPEAK
I'm not afraid.
- There are books that tell of real people who have had near death experiences (like their heart stops for 30 min. on the operating table), and almost all of them do not want to come back. I suggest you find some books like this to read and be comforted by the stories of those people that have been medically "dead". Go to your library or Amazon.com and search "near death". God bless you all.
- —Guest Light
I'm using the time to learn how to dance
- DANCING WITH ANGELS Life is learning to dance. Some steps come by chance, Some steps are learned, by direction And need to be done, with intention. Learning how to move, in just the right way, To be on target, where others say And at just the right time, when needed, Requires many years, before you are trained. Each person has their own dance, But their passion is not by chance. God has choreographed the direction And His love to spread is His intention. Learning how to dance within God’s plan Means using the tools as best you can. Your gifts design your part of the dance, Your fruits will be the judge of your chance. The dance on earth is learned through many lessons Where you practice and train in sessions. There to learn to jump and fly with relentlessness As you move within the realm of forgiveness, The weights and trials you overcome with intention As you learn to follow God’s direction, Will be the challenges that help you prepare For when the spot lig
- —Guest Cheryl Knight
I can't think
- I just can't seem to fathom the fact that one day I will die, and then I will more than likely cease to exist, a black void that I won't feel. I am a catholic, and I hope there is an afterlife, but I can't help but be worried about if there isn't. I can't stand the fact that I won't exist, obviously I wouldn't care if I didn't exist any more... but I just don't want it to happen.
- —Guest Existing
Bring it
- You spend years wandering around this dirt trying to seek some great purpose. Imagine everything you were ever told was a lie. With death the lights go out. No heaven, no God, no hell. What if your existence were nothing more than a cosmic blip. A freak accident. The fact is that none of us know. But I can't say I am worried about it. If every person jumped out of an airplane and lived, would you do it? Well I have some good news. There is a 100% success rate in dying. Everybody is guarunteed to succeed in this one task even if every aspect of their life was a complete failure. Now to give you a little realism. The human being creates insane ammounts of energy in order to live. When you die its not like a light switch. The energy doesn't just go away. Energy cannot be deleted. It just gets transfered to something else. I want someone to define the sole of a person. Is it anything more than energy? While I believe in God, I have never seen Heaven through a telescope which makes me wonde
- —Guest Long_Range_Warrior
nothing to look forward too...
- I fear death because I don't know what will happen. I can assume I'll go to heaven but heaven seems like a fate worse than death. At frist it might be good but after about 100 years I'm sure I'd be bored out of my mind because you can do nothing in heaven because everything that's fun is a sin all you can do is help other people with there problems. Plus, throughout history there have been thousand of religions - what's the odds ours is right?
- —Guest mr man
The fear of leaving a life fully unlived
- The thing I fear about death is leaving my family and husband behind. I would hate for them to suffer. I also fear not being able to live a full life. Not being able to have the joy of having my own family or the joy to see all the many other beautiful things in life. I hear stories of people getting diseases when they are 30 or 40 and that is also what scares me, getting a life threatening disease at a young age. I just don't want to leave anyone behind or have anyone suffer because of me.
- —Guest PGee15
death fears
- I have vivid day dreams of death or myself or my loved ones so vivid that I feel the pain and lose of the loved ones as if it were happening for real. Is this normal? I wonder does anyone feel this way too?
- —slv2them
cannot give a reason
- This fear is strange. It wakes me up with a thump in my middle. It creeps up on me daily doing routine things. What's it like?! What will everyone do? I don't want to die. EVER
- —Guest atrebor
Yes, I do fear death.
- Almost everyone believes in an afterlife, but I can't. The best I can do is hope an afterlife exists, but hope is not the same as belief. I believe when I die, I will probably stop existing and that's it... and I hate that idea.
- —Guest Kirsten
Scared of the dying process...not death
- Death is a natural part of life that happens to everyone, just like being born so there is no need to fear beign dead. I don't remember anything from before I was born so I doubt I will be conscious of anythign after I die. I was diagnosed with kidney disease at age 20, and have had two kidney transplants so I know that I will not live a normal lifespan. Death does not scare me as much as the process of getting there. I would much rather die instantly and never know what happened than be conscious of the fact that I am lying there dying. I do not want to be on dialysis permanantly but I am scared that when the time comes I am gonna wimp out and let them put me on that machine and keep me alive for decades...just because I am terrified of the process of dying from kidney disease.
- —Guest RC
