How often do you think of death and how old are you?

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I'm 40 and find myself thinking of death quite a lot these days although I think I might have always thought of it more than average. I don't have any set beliefs on religion or the afterlife although I am open minded the reality is that I just don't know. I know that some respected physicists like Sir Roger Penrose have interesting things to say on the nature of conciousness and the continuation of that conciousness after death as well as the scientists at the Max Planck Institute. I'm not frightend of death but curious about what happens after, although not in a rush to find out either!

I suspect as you get older we all think of it more and encounter it more as those we love grow old and die, but I wonder if its also that we are mentally preparing ourselves for death?

Im 38 and think about it multiple times a day. Pretty sure ive got health anxiety as i convince myself i have various illnesses and then this leads on to me thinking about death.
Im not religious either.

I worry about leaving my husband alone. Or me dying alone. I have no children either so this also comes into it.

Constantly but I have an anxiety disorder ! It takes up most of my day at the moment .

Often. Im 46 and my mum died at 59. My DH is nearing that age and its frightening.

Thats interesting, I'm sorry to hear you both are suffering from anxiety. I don't think that is how I feel although perhaps a bit, mostly its curiosity and wonder. However I do sometimes feel sad that the length of time I have to be with my loved ones, to hold my husband is finite.

Never really, unless it's about my grandpa who is 90. Hopefully he has many years ahead still. It crosses my mind every time I see him, so probably weekly.

I think about death a lot, but not my own. My beautiful dad died in August - my first close experience of death, and it's shaken me, my beliefs and my view of the world to the core. He was only 68 and in perfect health until a shock cancer diagnosis and his death 5 weeks later. I'm 36.

Both my parents lost a parent qutie young and remember being scared for them when they got to that age, they were ok though and still with us. I am at the age when one of my grandparents died, perhaps it is playing on my mind subconciously? I think this time of year makes you think of death and the life cycle as well.

I'm 33. I don't worry about my own death but my mum just turned 60 and even though it's still young I've found myself worrying more about her dying or getting ill. I've cheated death once, it just taught me to live each day the best way I can.

Lucy, I'm so sorry to hear about your Dad. I often think that we go though life hitting various milestones, reaching various goals as if there is somewhere we need to get to to be happy and safe but we're never safe from death and it does rather undermine our approch to life.

Although I'm very silver lining and a veritable ray if sunshine , I have thought about death frequently since I was a child. I think it began with my very religious grandparents trying to save my soul by telling me stories about hell. Then my parents separated and my father moved to another country. So I only got to see him once a year and I worked out that if he lived x number of years then I'd only see him another y number of times. It's made me being aware of how quickly time passes and helped me to focus on the good things.

Most weeks. But I work for a church so funerals are part of the deal. I'm 30

31 and I think about it every day, but I’ve been recently had a baby and I think it’s rammed home a bit of awareness of mortality. Plus I’m a reflective/overthinking type and also have been diagnosed with mild PND which might contribute.

Peter Fenwick on YouTube. Many happy hour spent listening to him talk about death.

And in answer to your question, several times a day. 63.

I am 65 and don't think about death that often really. I do think about it more now than I ever have really because my parents are 91 and 95 and my dad has dementia. It's still only maybe once every couple of weeks.

I totally believe in life after death so dying does not scare me but the way I will die does a bit plus me and DH have no children so it scares me to think if he dies before me I will be alone

Not a great deal but I do try and plan practicalities, my DPs are both still alive 87 & 89 so we probably have good genes but I know there will be a lot to sort out when they die and I would rather be prepared than not, my DH had to sort out everything after a distant relative died a few years ago & there is a huge amount to do. .

I don't really think about my own death, apart from recently destroying my teenage diaries as I would hate anyone else to read them . If I die I die .... I don't want a painful death but I am not afraid of death.

I'm mid 50s
It isn't something I think about, unless someone has just died, or is given only a few days to live.
Or unless there is something on the news, or in an article I read about a subject such as euthanasia (which does happen a fair bit, as I support 'Dignity in Dying').

I'm 37 and I think about it daily.
I think about my own as well as my parents. I'm glad my parents have lived to see their two daughters get married and see their grandchildren. I worry I wont be alive to see my own grandchildren....it does make you appreciate each day. It's interesting that so many others think about death too.

Im 44 & never think about it!

When I was younger I was often very depressed & suicidal so thought about dying a lot.
Now I'm on a high dose of anti depressants I feel happier (although still get a bit down at times), and I don't want to waste time thinking about death.

Multiple times a day. I've experienced a lot of premature loss and bereavement though, most recently my mother to Covid. She was 49.

I worry about dying young and leaving my children/husband and them feeling the devastation I feel now.

Hardly ever until recently, DF had a sudden cancer diagnosis and died 4 weeks later, I now think about death every day and feel frightened that like him I may be seriously ill but not know and I will die while my DDs are still young.

Almost constantly. I worry about my children left motherless or fatherless. Me being widowed or my partner. (I have generalised anxiety disorder and health anxiety) it does sometimes consume my day

When I turned 50 a couple of years ago, I thought about it a lot. In the sense that my best years may be behind me and I was on the downward path to the end of my life. I did get quite upset about the prospect of dying. Recently, though, hardly at all and if I do it's how to make the most of what I have left.

Going by family history, there's a chance that I'll make it to 100, so I am potentially only just over halfway through my life. I'm trying to do the best I can to age well so that I can be as healthy as possible if I make it that far.

Multiple times a day. I'm 36.
But I have anxiety and depression and for me knowing I can die one day is reassuring. So it's a positive thing. Kind of.