Do you have a ‘gut feeling’ about what will end your life?

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Been inspired by another thread, & whilst it’s not a particularly joyous subject I wonder if other people feel the same?

I feel pretty certain, that I will die of heart complications one day. (Family history + irregular (but apparently harmless) heart beat. Do you feel like you have a ‘weak link’ or a predisposition to a certain illness?

Looking back to my teens/20s I truly believed I’d live to 100! I felt great. But now… I’m not so sure! AIBU and a bit mental?! Or do you feel the same?

I have dreamt since childhood that I'm in a car crash, so I wonder if that's how I'll go.

Not death but ever since I was a child I have been convinced I will loose a leg one day - and now nearly 40 I still expect it to happen at some point.

I hope I do go from heart attack really quickly but that's only because I fear dementia or serious debilitating pain more than death.
My dad died from a heart attack suddenly aged 55, grandad same at 50, uncle and grandad on other side 55 and 60.
I don't have any heart issues though. I fear it will be my liver as that's the least healthy part of me I think. That's horrible so I'm scared but would end it myself if had that much illness or pain.
I have healthy women in my family in their 80s and some lived to over 100 so there's some hope I guess.

Right now I have young children, I don’t really care about being ‘dead’ per se… it wouldn’t impact me would it?!

Like the Mark Twain quote;
‘I do not fear death. I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.’

But the thought of my kids growing up without a mum is unbearable. All I hope for is I am alive until they’re in adulthood. When my eldest was at nursery, a fellow mum died of cancer living her 2 very young boys behind. They would still only be 6-7 now and she died 4 years ago. Breaks my heart to think of how unfair that fucking is!!

I assume another heart attack. I had my first at 47.

I haven't really considered the how, but I have a strong preference for knowing rather than not. Having a terminal illness must be horrendous and I certainly don't want to sound as though I'm making light of it, but I think I would get some comfort in knowing. Having the conversations with my children, etc. The idea of dying suddenly and leaving my children makes me want to weep.

My partner and I always thought we’d go in a nuclear war. It’s probably because we were brought up during the Cold War (70s/80s).

Heart attack or cancer or ill be one of those unhealthy people that live until 100.

Don’t know if anyone ever watched ‘medium’ but there was an episode where she would wear sunglasses and when she put them on she would see a number on people’s heads and that would be the number of days they had left to live. Find that both unbelievably interesting and also bloody terrifying!

@Whatthefnow 😂 here’s hoping 💪🏻

Some sort of gynecological cancer.

Colon cancer….

I saw Sharon Osborne talking about it when I was teens / early 20s and had a very strong thought along the lines of “I bet that’s how I’ll die” 🤷🏻‍♀️

i test myself once a year (you can buy tests for about a tenner)

I was always convinced I'd die young. I had a cardiac arrest due to blood loss last year at the age of 37 and 'died' for 17 minutes.

Depends what you mean by end of life. The leading cause of death in women is dementia. It can go on for 10 years before the physical body dies, but [quality of] life ends long before physical death.

I kind of think (hope?) I'll die fairly young and suddenly. The thought of suffering for years in old age, with cancer or dementia, like some of my relatives have, just doesn't bear thinking about.

@GoofyGoldie @Worstyearyet I have the same. Thread here (for anyone with incurable/Stage IV cancer of any type) if you are interested:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/life_limiting_illness/5018434-stage-4-cancer-incurable-thread-2-is-here-in-memory-of-our-inspiring-lovely-mowly77?page=13&reply=133992416

I'm annoyingly healthy. So it will probably be a one way trip to Switzerland so I don't end up dribbling in a chair aged 130

Not sure what, but think I will go aged 60-61.
My grandmother did, and my mother.
I'm genetically identical to them both, same hair colour, texture, body frame, shoe size, even dimples
I think it will be quick, I'm not scared at all, 49 now.

I've already had cancer so I fear it will come back and get me in the end.
Before I had cancer I always felt I'd die of heart issues. I just have a history of palpitations and ectopic beats. I know these are usually harmless but my fear was it would develop in to something more serious.

I'm interested in how many site car crash etc - I think much like fear of spiders and snakes is evolutionary sensible, driving cars is so alien to our heritage and norms that the underlying fear of death by it is perhaps inevitable? Natural?

I wish for myself that I am once upon a time so rich that Switzerland is a viable option for me. It's doubtful. And so sadly like many women , for me it's dementia that will drag me cruelly to my end. In some ways I wish the breast cancer that riddles my family would kill me- it's a kinder death- but it's treatable, and hits us far too young for it to be a good end. No good options for me then.

It’ll be COPD probably

But the thought of my kids growing up without a mum is unbearable

This was always my worry. Now they’re adults with their own homes, careers and lives I’m not as anxious about dying. It’s all very odd, I’ve made peace with it, not that I’m ill or anything but dying and leaving my children when they were young or teenagers filled me with utter fear. They all know how loved and cherished they and their families are to me and how proud I am of them. I watched two of my friends die young and leave young families, I’m very grateful and feel very fortunate to have seen mine growing into adulthood. I’m not even that old, I’m 53 but had my family young.

My guess would be cancer as that did for my mum and 2 grandparents. I’m 51 so I feel like it will be in next 20 odd years. I don’t want to live too long and be a drain on society or my family.

Troubke is they have so many treatments now that they keep bringing us back from the brink. Will bankrupt families and the country in the end.

I think euthanasia will be legalised in UK before 20 years.

I used to fear death. Having pursued a (current) career in the funeral industry has (strangely) cured me. I’ve come to terms with it now. All my Grandparents, bar my nan (88) died at age 86. My Dad also passed 2 years ago at 86, same as his father. My dad insisted he’d pass at that age, and was 💯 % right. My mum is 85 now , she’s just gone into a home, and sadly, I think she’s not long for this world, as she seems to have ‘given up’
If cancer or something else doesn’t get me, I think I may have 28 years or so left!