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Do you think about death often?

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I do almost every day not for me per se, but for my geriatric dog and my elderly parents.

I guess it's only natural at certain stage of life to ruminate about these things.

How about you guys?

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I think about it maybe more often than is healthy. I'm quite curious what it would be like. How it would feel and what I'd experience after passing or if I'd experience anything at all.

Also I'd like a cool death. Dying in a car accident or slipping in the shower sounds lame.
 
ezikel315 said:
I think about it maybe more often than is healthy. I'm quite curious what it would be like. How it would feel and what I'd experience after passing or if I'd experience anything at all.

Also I'd like a cool death. Dying in a car accident or slipping in the shower sounds lame.
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Death is obviously finality of some sort, so I see why the curiosity of it. It's an absolute mystery, the greatest mystery I believe.
 
To me thinking about it helps prepare you for it. It also definitely causes me stress but it is what it is. I try to accept it. I’m talking about my parents and loved ones.

I don’t think anyone ever thinks about their own mortality until they are really unhealthy and close
 
I try to live healthy to prolong life. I do think about my loved ones who have passed. But I don't dwell on death personally. It is a certainty for all of us. We can only do our best to live a decent healthy life while mixing in fun and adventure. One day the reaper comes for us all....
 
ezikel315 said:
I think about it maybe more often than is healthy. I'm quite curious what it would be like. How it would feel and what I'd experience after passing or if I'd experience anything at all.

Also I'd like a cool death. Dying in a car accident or slipping in the shower sounds lame.
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I dunno about that, if I end up dying in a car accident while doing 250, flying around a track in some variant of Porsche 911... I think that would be a pretty badass way to go.

I would be perfectly happy to go out that way.
 
I've survived a near death accident. I know a emt who responded and she thought 100% I was dead and cried spontaneously the first time I saw her after. I saw no light, no tunnel, no relatives, no heaven, no hell. I don't want to die but I am not afraid of it.
My dad is almost 80 and has never lived a healthy life, I'll see him today for the first time since Christmas. He'll be dead before I know it, my mom died in her early 30s. My best friend died in his 30s and in some ways he died in his peak. I'm 44 I accept death as finality and it's liberating, for now, I may feel different when I'm older though
 
ricc505 said:
I've survived a near death accident. I know a emt who responded and she thought 100% I was dead and cried spontaneously the first time I saw her after. I saw no light, no tunnel, no relatives, no heaven, no hell. I don't want to die but I am not afraid of it.
My dad is almost 80 and has never lived a healthy life, I'll see him today for the first time since Christmas. He'll be dead before I know it, my mom died in her early 30s. My best friend died in his 30s and in some ways he died in his peak. I'm 44 I accept death as finality and it's liberating, for now, I may feel different when I'm older though
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Wow that's quite a life you've experienced. When you say liberated by the thought of the finality of death. Do you mean you feel liberated in that you have to just do the best you can while you are still here kind of thing? Don't take things for granted in a sense?
 
I've seen more than my share of death.

I do think about it a lot as I have friends that are now dropping dead in their 50's. A gun buddy and one of my Platoon Sergeants died this year. Another guy ate 124grains. My dad is in his 80's and I am always trying to ease his transition as he slowly slips away. Mom died 3 years ago. Father in law about 5 years ago.

The way my mom prepared for it is exactly how I think everyone should. Pay for your cremation and burial up front, even get insurance for it to include the type of service held and the location. Have a file prepared that everyone can find with all finances, accounts, etc listed. Have a will notarized with your DNR. Everyone is going to be emotional and not making good decisions - make them beforehand.

I have had many thoughts after going through several iterations and the struggles families go through trying to figure it all out. 'If I die today, will my family be okay? Will they have enough money to live for a long, long time? Have I done everything I can to take the guesswork out? Are my last wishes clear?'
 
I can't stop thinking about the look my childhood friend gave me three days before he died. It was such a cold, distant expression.. almost evil.
It felt like looking into the face of something otherworldly.
 
I'm obsessed with it LOL

There were a few times I could've died but didn't 😁
 
When I wake-up......... And before I go to sleep, it doesn't bother me.
 
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