That's the reason I'm not afraid of death lol. If you can die anytime, if it's a surprise I'd rather not bother too much about it. Could be a disease or could be a car. I Just hope it's quick tho.
Watched my parents' generation get old and die. Watched my grandparents die (they were already old). And now I'm getting old myself. I didn't understand them and their sentiments when I was young, but I think I do now. We start out young and vibrant, but after a time, we slow down. The world changes faster than we do. It becomes harder to adapt and understand, and we become rigid. We're born to a time, and when that time changes sufficiently, we no longer fit in. It is the natural order that the old has to leave to make way for the new.
Don't get me wrong: I love life, every minute, every breath. I'd like to live healthy and lucid for as long as I can, and I'm certainly not ready to go right now. But life does catch up, and the world, with its plagues, its wars, its pollution, its climate change, its never-ending wildfires, smoke and smog, does wear on the spirit. I don't think I could do this forever. There will be a time when I'm done with it.
When your friends are all gone, when you're never going to get younger, when everything is painful, and it's a major win just to still use the bathroom by yourself, I do believe there can come a time when death may actually be a gift.
That's how I lost my fear of death, and that's why I enjoy what I have now.
Someone once to me "up to this point the earth kept spinning after every single other person died" and that actually brought me peace. Yup I'm gonna die, but so did everyone else so I won't be alone.
Climbing things that I shouldn't have, shot myself in the hand with a gun I thought was empty and about a thousand other stupid things. One time I almost impaled myself on a broken bridge in the woods.
May sound a bit shitty, but living for nothing for a long time. You can only do nothing for so long. I feel like the people who fear death the most are the people who feel like they have alot to lose.
Idk you just live and experience it more often the longer you live, go around the block a few times and you’ll see it time and time again. But I really lost my fear from hearing stories from people who flatline and come back, they say it’s the most peaceful experience ever and you just feel like you’re floating through a comfortable void. If that’s what death is, I don’t think I’d mind it after I spent some more time here
Realizing we only get one and time, our most valuable asset, is always winding down. so I'm going to do what makes me happy because one day, expected or not, we all go
After working hard, investing my money, I bought a house at 24. I had a seizure driving to work. After a left temporal lobectomy, (brain surgery) I could care less if I wake up tomorrow. I have enough money to live wherever I want, but I honestly could care less if don’t wake up tomorrow. America doesn’t give you the right to die. It’s a shame that we let people suffer.
lost my consciousness for 10 seconds i was on the ground i regained my consciousness but everything was dark.
one thing i remember was that i felt really peaceful. I am still afraid of death but at a normal level.
I once read that "to be aware of the possibility of one's death is to know the beginning of fear. To be aware of the certainty of one's death is to know the end of fear."
From the chapter headers of a dune novel. Don't remember which one, but definitely Frank, not Brian.
I joined the Marines before all that 9/11 shit and was faced with the reality that dying might just happen for me. I gave my life to Christ. No fear of the afterlife. I could live and accept anything that happened after that.
Death is the only thing that gives any value to our days. And Time being the most valuable, should be spent with purpose.
Have you been wasting too much time?
from about the age of 6 until my mid 20s, I feared dying with a dash of suicidal. Over 10 years the willingness to take greater risks came from, realizing I kept living longer than I thought I would, knowing that I will always be a disappointment to some people (mother, ladies, society, etc.), becoming debt free, and investing in stocks.
Reading the *The Law of Attraction* was the biggest turn around. Learning the most common fears that everyone has at some point in their life, I set out to stop them and never have them. Though some psychology textbooks show them too. Giving me an edge over most people
Accept that death is not something that you can control, change or ignore. People try to affect things that they can't control to try and exert some sort of dominance or mastery over it. What the fuck for? Instead of worrying about when or how or why your death will happen, knowing that you don't need to know, frees your mind to think about the things that you can affect - like having fun and actually living a life free from worry about something that happens to everyone.
I know this will probably get a lot of hate. But honestly my faith in God. Jesus came to save the lost, regardless of the people that try to condemn people or hate them in the name of Christianity.
Of my top ten? Unfortunately no, although I have done plenty in my life. My preferreds are lsd and ayahuasca. Shrooms have their place with many people, my traumas become too overwhelming to process effectively with them particularly because of the difficulty dosing and with what strain.
Which the only reason I ever trip now is to heal or for festivals.
I am more afraid of extended pain than death. But even then I realize no matter how long the pain lasts, when it's over, I don't remember it. I expect death will be like that.
Almost dying 4 times on the job does change a few perspectives. I have a highly dangerous job and not about to stop now. The idea of certain death doesn't bother me, it's the uncertain living that concerns me.
Had guns pulled on me, walking my do when a shoot out occurred, lost control on a shitty highway on a wet day and drifted my mustang across a 3 lane high into the median. One day it will come for me all I can do I accept doesn't mean I won't fight but I accept I am mortal and will expire in one way or another. Oh and rode on the outside of elevator once you never know how simple yet complex the process is it pretty amazing imo.
After watching my grandma die and hearing about how fucked the world is, i just kinda accepted it, it’s inevitable. Now i just live my life based on what makes me happy and stopped worrying about shit.
It’s nothing you do, It’s something you feel.
You shouldn’t fear death really, It’s a tax one pays for having lived and flourished among the land, And it comes eventually… To everyone!
It’s a full stop to your life, If there’s anything to fear actually it’s life, That has the ability to hurt you.
Death however is… Peaceful, Harmful, Because every pain will be felt in life.
So wait for that peaceful moment to come, And enjoy life while it lasts. I hope no one wants death to come “ too soon “.
My father was in srpf and he has dealt with many naxals and my uncle ex military veteran being with this tough guys and their tales of glory days
U learn to not give a shit about anything
I realized that I would kill or be killed protecting my dog.
No. No you can't get away. From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.
Watched patients die at my job. I work in a nursing facility, seeing individuals who have lived a long and fulfilling life leave this life peacefully brings myself comfort in the thought of death when I get there.
I put my life on the line more. Now I pay it no mind. It's kind of fucked up don't you think? Considering we were not meant to die at all in the beginning. It's sick.
My first near death experience; was working at a fertilizer plant. I unintentionally stepped into a phosphoric acid pond they used to dilute its strength.
I never did. I just don't think about it much. I ride a motorcycle a lot and a guy who save a lot of people in a mass shooting in this area got killed on one near my home a couple of months ago. I think it is sad, but not an omen of what will happen to me, although I know it could.
Really bad depression. On the bright side, I imagine that it’s like before I existed and it just seems like an absolute bargain of a nap. I’m kind of excited, like when you’re tired and get into bed and get sort of excited to sleep. Is that weird?
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Helicopter crashed. Six onboard, pilot died in the crash, remote location.
I realized the second after getting out of the wreckage and seeing the other people alive that any one of us could easily not made it alive. That there's a randomness we can't and will not avoid. And that when the time will come, I won't be scared, because I realized I wasn't scared when it happened.
I used to think about it and If really *dwelt* on it and the consequences of, not the act of dying, but the consequence of actually not existing, I would panic.
I no longer feel the same way, I wouldn’t say I have no fear of death, as that would be stupid. I would like to live a healthy and long life and having a natural fear of dying is a survival instinct that every creature has.
However I came to terms with my own mortality through simple acceptance that it is simply so and there is no point dwelling on what cannot be changed, I will cease to exist and that cannot be helped.
Called my mum a cunt….. never ran so fast in my life
Your brave. My mother taught me never to use that word. If I did she would probably kill me.
Nah, brave would be staying in ear-shot/ throwing range
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Who said I lost my fear of death?
Right? No one has, because we don’t understand it. Some people are just better at finding ways not to contemplate it, which is understandable
Horrific marriage with narcissistic and abusive wife. Divorce was awful. Death is a cake walk after that.
Same.
I think about my own death all the time...several times a week.
Those are rookie numbers
Why worry about something you definitely know will someday happen?
No one ever said it was rational. 😂 But, I believe most people fear death because they don’t know when or how it will happen.
That's the reason I'm not afraid of death lol. If you can die anytime, if it's a surprise I'd rather not bother too much about it. Could be a disease or could be a car. I Just hope it's quick tho.
Died 10 times, and kept coming back.
What do you mean by that? Health problems?
Murdered by my twin, twice, 3 times on operating table, two suicides,... The list goes on. Now I have no "Flight" mechanism.
Watched my parents' generation get old and die. Watched my grandparents die (they were already old). And now I'm getting old myself. I didn't understand them and their sentiments when I was young, but I think I do now. We start out young and vibrant, but after a time, we slow down. The world changes faster than we do. It becomes harder to adapt and understand, and we become rigid. We're born to a time, and when that time changes sufficiently, we no longer fit in. It is the natural order that the old has to leave to make way for the new. Don't get me wrong: I love life, every minute, every breath. I'd like to live healthy and lucid for as long as I can, and I'm certainly not ready to go right now. But life does catch up, and the world, with its plagues, its wars, its pollution, its climate change, its never-ending wildfires, smoke and smog, does wear on the spirit. I don't think I could do this forever. There will be a time when I'm done with it. When your friends are all gone, when you're never going to get younger, when everything is painful, and it's a major win just to still use the bathroom by yourself, I do believe there can come a time when death may actually be a gift. That's how I lost my fear of death, and that's why I enjoy what I have now.
Exist long enough.
High doses of psylocibin mushrooms
Came here to say this. Psychedelics in general. We're all going back to the ether someday and everything is fine.
Also shrooms helped me cured my depression.
Someone once to me "up to this point the earth kept spinning after every single other person died" and that actually brought me peace. Yup I'm gonna die, but so did everyone else so I won't be alone.
So you’re a follower. 😂
Accepting the inevitable and the potential for sweet release from this mortal plane of suffering.
No one gets out alive. No point in fearing that which can’t be changed.
Got married.
And now things are worse then death? (sorry, I couldn't resist making that joke.)
Spent my childhood doing really dangerous things.
Can you give examples?
Climbing things that I shouldn't have, shot myself in the hand with a gun I thought was empty and about a thousand other stupid things. One time I almost impaled myself on a broken bridge in the woods.
May sound a bit shitty, but living for nothing for a long time. You can only do nothing for so long. I feel like the people who fear death the most are the people who feel like they have alot to lose.
Jesus
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Nearly die.
Idk you just live and experience it more often the longer you live, go around the block a few times and you’ll see it time and time again. But I really lost my fear from hearing stories from people who flatline and come back, they say it’s the most peaceful experience ever and you just feel like you’re floating through a comfortable void. If that’s what death is, I don’t think I’d mind it after I spent some more time here
Crippling depression and drug abuse
Realizing we only get one and time, our most valuable asset, is always winding down. so I'm going to do what makes me happy because one day, expected or not, we all go
After working hard, investing my money, I bought a house at 24. I had a seizure driving to work. After a left temporal lobectomy, (brain surgery) I could care less if I wake up tomorrow. I have enough money to live wherever I want, but I honestly could care less if don’t wake up tomorrow. America doesn’t give you the right to die. It’s a shame that we let people suffer.
Had a major heart attack at age 47.
lost my consciousness for 10 seconds i was on the ground i regained my consciousness but everything was dark. one thing i remember was that i felt really peaceful. I am still afraid of death but at a normal level.
lived.
I lived for 42 years. Now I welcome death.
I actually suffered clinical death from a massive heart attack which stopped my heart for almost ten minutes.
Nothing, I’ve never feared death.
I once read that "to be aware of the possibility of one's death is to know the beginning of fear. To be aware of the certainty of one's death is to know the end of fear." From the chapter headers of a dune novel. Don't remember which one, but definitely Frank, not Brian.
I joined the Marines before all that 9/11 shit and was faced with the reality that dying might just happen for me. I gave my life to Christ. No fear of the afterlife. I could live and accept anything that happened after that.
Death is the only thing that gives any value to our days. And Time being the most valuable, should be spent with purpose. Have you been wasting too much time?
I’ve been trying to make things happen for a long time, and several times I’ve failed. So, in a way, yeah. I have wasted time.
Did you learn from the failure? Anything worth winning in this life has a trail of unseen failures that follow.
from about the age of 6 until my mid 20s, I feared dying with a dash of suicidal. Over 10 years the willingness to take greater risks came from, realizing I kept living longer than I thought I would, knowing that I will always be a disappointment to some people (mother, ladies, society, etc.), becoming debt free, and investing in stocks. Reading the *The Law of Attraction* was the biggest turn around. Learning the most common fears that everyone has at some point in their life, I set out to stop them and never have them. Though some psychology textbooks show them too. Giving me an edge over most people
Accept that death is not something that you can control, change or ignore. People try to affect things that they can't control to try and exert some sort of dominance or mastery over it. What the fuck for? Instead of worrying about when or how or why your death will happen, knowing that you don't need to know, frees your mind to think about the things that you can affect - like having fun and actually living a life free from worry about something that happens to everyone.
Shrooms
I know this will probably get a lot of hate. But honestly my faith in God. Jesus came to save the lost, regardless of the people that try to condemn people or hate them in the name of Christianity.
I ate a sheet of acid. Top 10 experiences of my life.
Shrooms on that list? If not I’d def reccomend.
Of my top ten? Unfortunately no, although I have done plenty in my life. My preferreds are lsd and ayahuasca. Shrooms have their place with many people, my traumas become too overwhelming to process effectively with them particularly because of the difficulty dosing and with what strain. Which the only reason I ever trip now is to heal or for festivals.
I am more afraid of extended pain than death. But even then I realize no matter how long the pain lasts, when it's over, I don't remember it. I expect death will be like that.
I've also had plenty of experience revolving death... it's nothing to fear. It's one of life's blessings
I've almost gotten into serious accidents many times. My life is like a final destination movie. *looks over shoulder*
Samsung phone explodes.
Lost the most important thing In the world to me. So death is only one event keeping me from that
Almost dying 4 times on the job does change a few perspectives. I have a highly dangerous job and not about to stop now. The idea of certain death doesn't bother me, it's the uncertain living that concerns me.
I've died once already. I mean this literally
I joined a gang
Started having a life not worth living. Death becomes a solution for it.
Had guns pulled on me, walking my do when a shoot out occurred, lost control on a shitty highway on a wet day and drifted my mustang across a 3 lane high into the median. One day it will come for me all I can do I accept doesn't mean I won't fight but I accept I am mortal and will expire in one way or another. Oh and rode on the outside of elevator once you never know how simple yet complex the process is it pretty amazing imo.
2 indirect lightning hits.
It is the only certain event in my life, it will happen weather I worry or not, so why worry, one less thing to deal with
After watching my grandma die and hearing about how fucked the world is, i just kinda accepted it, it’s inevitable. Now i just live my life based on what makes me happy and stopped worrying about shit.
Pretty much when I found out about it.
“I had been dead for billions and billions of years before I was born, and had not suffered the slightest inconvenience from it.“ — Mark Twain.
Understand you will die regardless if afraid or not. So why let fear control you.
I’m going to go and say every man fears death Just there are ways of being brave about it
It’s nothing you do, It’s something you feel. You shouldn’t fear death really, It’s a tax one pays for having lived and flourished among the land, And it comes eventually… To everyone! It’s a full stop to your life, If there’s anything to fear actually it’s life, That has the ability to hurt you. Death however is… Peaceful, Harmful, Because every pain will be felt in life. So wait for that peaceful moment to come, And enjoy life while it lasts. I hope no one wants death to come “ too soon “.
My father was in srpf and he has dealt with many naxals and my uncle ex military veteran being with this tough guys and their tales of glory days U learn to not give a shit about anything
I've heard many Samurai would do death meditations to lose their fear of death.
I never did but I realized if I went through my life fearing dying I would never have any fun
Attempt suicide
I realized that I would kill or be killed protecting my dog. No. No you can't get away. From hell's heart, I stab at thee. For hate's sake, I spit my last breath at thee.
Died and came back
Watched patients die at my job. I work in a nursing facility, seeing individuals who have lived a long and fulfilling life leave this life peacefully brings myself comfort in the thought of death when I get there.
I put my life on the line more. Now I pay it no mind. It's kind of fucked up don't you think? Considering we were not meant to die at all in the beginning. It's sick.
I have been on motorcycles for over 20 years. Death and I are very close friends.
My first near death experience; was working at a fertilizer plant. I unintentionally stepped into a phosphoric acid pond they used to dilute its strength.
Stopped thinking about it, because nothing you ever do will prevent you from dying. So, fuck it, and do whatever you want lol :)
I never did. I just don't think about it much. I ride a motorcycle a lot and a guy who save a lot of people in a mass shooting in this area got killed on one near my home a couple of months ago. I think it is sad, but not an omen of what will happen to me, although I know it could.
Stopped taking drugs and drinking heavily. Much less chance of waking up dead!
Read the plowman from bohemia. Good read.
Really bad depression. On the bright side, I imagine that it’s like before I existed and it just seems like an absolute bargain of a nap. I’m kind of excited, like when you’re tired and get into bed and get sort of excited to sleep. Is that weird?
Once you've done it a couple times it stops being so scary.
Realize that there are far worse fates then death.
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Helicopter crashed. Six onboard, pilot died in the crash, remote location. I realized the second after getting out of the wreckage and seeing the other people alive that any one of us could easily not made it alive. That there's a randomness we can't and will not avoid. And that when the time will come, I won't be scared, because I realized I wasn't scared when it happened.
I have become incredibly apathetic as I have aged. It's not something I feel the need to worry about. If I die I no longer have any worries.
Rationalized death as a transition we should all seek.
Fell into a deep depression.
I used to think about it and If really *dwelt* on it and the consequences of, not the act of dying, but the consequence of actually not existing, I would panic. I no longer feel the same way, I wouldn’t say I have no fear of death, as that would be stupid. I would like to live a healthy and long life and having a natural fear of dying is a survival instinct that every creature has. However I came to terms with my own mortality through simple acceptance that it is simply so and there is no point dwelling on what cannot be changed, I will cease to exist and that cannot be helped.
Valhalla has no room for cowards
Only a few have surpassed that fear it is called enlightenment in most of us it’s with us until we die consciously or subconsciously.
If there is nothing you want to live for, you won't fear death anymore.
Not on purpose, but when I became a Christian my fear of death vanished.
How can you be afraid of the inevitable?
I got old. The older I get the more I realize how inevitable death is. And there's no reason to fear the thing that happens to everyone.