To ask if your scared of death?

[Babababababybel23]

I was lying in bed last night and for some reason I imagined myself having a heart attack and dying. And I'm only in my early twenties
The thought of it absolutely terrified me. I don't usually think about this kind of stuff, it just came out of nowhere. I then started thinking about an article I read about the fact that your brain still works after you die so you can still hear things. I think that is what put the most fear into me

The other day someone mentioned something that would happen in 2070 and for the first time ever it really hit home that I won't be here. No matter what, I will not be here. I won't exist anymore. It felt weird.
It's hard to explain, I mean, I'm in my 40's, death is not a new concept, knowing I will die isn't a new concept. Sadly, close family started dying when I was young & I've had far too much experience of it. But for some odd reason it just hit home.

I'm not religious. I choose to believe I will see my loved ones again, but that is a conscious choice to stop me losing the plot in the here & now. I think truly I believe that when we die there is simply nothing. In the here & now I'm terrified of that because there are people I NEED to see again, I just have to. But at the time, I think it will just be nothing & I don't see that's anything to be scared of as I won't know it's nothing.

Like most others I'm concerned what my death will be like, but I only think about it when things like this thread come up, I font think about it unless prompted by something.

I'm sorry for all of you who do worry, it must be horrible.

Biggest hugs for all of you with children with additional needs, who won't live independently. I know a little of your worry & wish there were better care facilities to alleviate that worry to some extent 💐

Yes, I'm terrified of death and dying. I don't want to leave my DS which is probably the main reason. I think the inevitability of it is what makes me panic the most. I also panic about those close to me dying. I've had an intense fear of death since childhood.

No not at all. Feels like a rest from the struggles of life

I often think that being born and earthly life is actually more dangerous than dying and being bead. It's funny though how most of us don't feel that way and we cling to our life with all our might.

Just say to yourself, "we only have a finite time alive, why waste a second of that worrying about something that we cant change and wont worry about when it happens".

I'm not scared of dying, or being dead. I am unhappy at the idea I'll have to tell my children I'm dying one day (unless my partial deafness means I step out in front of a bus) that's the bit I don't like the idea of..

So many of you are worried because you have children.
We don't , we only have each other and I'm terrified of leaving him on his own and only a little less terrified of being the one left.
I get very upset if I let myself think about it too much.
The actual being dead doesn't frighten me at all , we are only passing through this place. I won't cease to be.

I am. I'm frightened of not knowing what happens after you die, although I suspect nothing.
I'm scared of dying young and leaving my dc .
I'm scared of dying painfully.

I’m scared of dying a long, helpless, painful death but I’m not afraid of being dead as I think we simply cease to exist. I really hope the euthenasia laws are changed to allow elective death for those who want it. I dont have parents (alive) children or a husband/partner so Im not afraid of leaving family behind, only friends.

I wish i was religeous /spiritual at times as i know the belief in life after death is a great comfort. I dont though. My father was resusitated 7 minutes after he ‘died’ of a heart attack. He said there was nothing.

I'm scared of any associated pain but not death itself.

We had this read at my mother's funeral. i think it's lovely. I don't think we die, just pass through to the other side.

I'm not afraid at the moment as my current belief system is based on nde accounts and "the art of dying" and I could have over 70 years left but I may well be terrified as it becomes imminent.
I wouldn't want to die and leave my dc so young but that thought makes me feel terribly sad rather than afraid.