Babbling

[candiegrlcane]

I don't care about my own death but I selfishly hope I go before any of my two brothers because I won't be able to handle losing them.

[covered_in_sponges]

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Purrrrrrr wrote:

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covered_in_sponges wrote:

Then of course there was that time that I died.

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...elaborate...

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Me, six years ago today-ish.

[MysticJhn]

In general, I find death to be bad, particularly as it concerns my own death.

Other people dying... also bad most the time.
Some people do deserve to die, usually those who bring death to others.

[scoobdog]

Holy ####. Did you see the light?

[HonorableCloud]

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covered_in_sponges wrote:

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Purrrrrrr wrote:

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covered_in_sponges wrote:

Then of course there was that time that I died.

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...elaborate...

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Me, six years ago today-ish.

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"I am....a machine!"

[Sieg67]

I've only had to of my grandmas die.
I was like, meh.

[Sieg67]

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covered_in_sponges wrote:

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Purrrrrrr wrote:

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covered_in_sponges wrote:

Then of course there was that time that I died.

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...elaborate...

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Me, six years ago today-ish.

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ZOOOMMMBIIIIEEEE!
O_O

[GroovyAtlas]

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covered_in_sponges wrote:

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Purrrrrrr wrote:

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covered_in_sponges wrote:

Then of course there was that time that I died.

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...elaborate...

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Me, six years ago today-ish.

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sh*t dude, what happened?

[Diabeetus]

Happens to everyone at some point.

I wasn't afraid of it when I was younger, but now I have a family it worries me because I don't know how they'll deal with my death if I were to go tomorrow.

[greyshirt]

i am terrified of it. 

[the_shotgun_rhetoric]

I'm more worried about living in misery and failure than I am of death. Dying is easy. The journey there and what it does to the people around you is another story.

If it's someone I'm close to then yes, I cry and it will probably leave me in an even deeper depression than usual. Sometimes for months. For other people though it barely affects me at all, and if it's some walking sh!tstain I hate then I welcome it and don't feel bad in the least about saying so. 

Also, I'm with Saddy--I don't do open caskets. Last year I had to deal with two in a row and each time it took all the will I had to keep me from walking out. I've made it clear to my family that they are not to turn my corpse into some freakish and disgusting organic doll, just burn my remains and get it over with.

[Eklo]

For the most part, I just feel helpless and fly into an uncontrollable rage when confronted with death.

Rage, rage against the dying of the light...

[-TheUltamiteSwimGod-]

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blue_disaster wrote:

honestly, the idea of death scares the #### out of me. the uncertainty. the possibility that there is nothing else. it all scares the #### out of me.

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ditto

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oh me too!

[scoobdog]

I third the open casket thing. I wouldn't do it for either my dad or my grandmother. It's supposed to be therapeutic from what i've been told, but it seems ridiculous to assume that the person your looking at is the person you just lost.

[katt_goddess]

Depends on the situation really. And the timing.
I lost my great-grandpa and my grandpa a matter of a couple of weeks apart so I wasn't able to fully process the one before the next piled on and that whole spring was thrown out of wack.
My great-grandma was a shock but better dealt with. I was able to mourn at home in my own way.
I was there specifically to see Asshole pass on, see the void myself. Make sure he was firmly 6 feet beneath me.
My fuzzy companions are a little more for me.
Maj the sugar glider was painful, I knew she was going [cancer] and stayed up with her all night on her last night, watching anime with her curled up in my hand petting her to help ease her breathing. When she passed that morning, I knew it because Akasha the kitty started to howl.
Akasha was like a large piece of me was torn out and I held her for a long time before arranging her box for the trip to the pet cemetary. I still swear I heard purring. And I still miss her intensely.

For myself, I've had to deal with my own mortality so many times that it's starting to lose it's luster. There's always an initial level of depression before going into the stoic planning of what needs to be done where and how. I do have to say, the most recent issue has left my apartment looking surprisingly organized for the first time in ages.

[TOODOooOFEElyeeaah]

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blue_disaster wrote:

honestly, the idea of death scares the #### out of me. the uncertainty. the possibility that there is nothing else. it all scares the #### out of me.

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ditto

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It's like, the most honest answer out of everything, it's probably what everyone is thinking.

[Cepheus84]

.... why are you thinking about this?

[Cepheus84]

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Saddy wrote:
i know. it's just... i worry about what will happen when me and blue are gone. so i can't die. he can't either. we need to live forever.

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There was a really depressing segment of This American Life recently that dealt with this exact same subject.

[gundamx]

In all honesty, I'd likely be a wreck (not even getting out of bed kind of wreck) if any of my immediate family or friends bit the big one.

As for my own mortality, yeah, I'm gonna kick the bucket sometime but all I can really do is hope that when I go, I've taught my sons how to be good men. The rest of it just seems so unimportant when compared to that.

[CharmingCriminal]

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the_shotgun_rhetoric wrote:

I'm more worried about living in misery and failure than I am of death. Dying is easy. The journey there and what it does to the people around you is another story.

If it's someone I'm close to then yes, I cry and it will probably leave me in an even deeper depression than usual. Sometimes for months. For other people though it barely affects me at all, and if it's some walking sh!tstain I hate then I welcome it and don't feel bad in the least about saying so. 

Also, I'm with Saddy--I don't do open caskets. Last year I had to deal with two in a row and each time it took all the will I had to keep me from walking out. I've made it clear to my family that they are not to turn my corpse into some freakish and disgusting organic doll, just burn my remains and get it over with.

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I hate open caskets. My mother had one and it was one of the most disturbing things ever. 

I'll need to speak to my family and let them know not to do that with me either.

They can just build a dam replica if they feel that strongly about seeing me one last time.

[SuchABadPenny]

The part about death that scares me - when I stop and think about it seriously - is the true inevitability of it. That my time, my parents' time, my brothers' time, my future husband's time, it's all finite. The idea that one day I'm going to die, there's absolutely NOTHING I can do about it, and that I have no idea what comes after scares the ever-loving sh*t out of me.

Now, I'm an atheist. I don't believe in heaven or hell or an afterlife or reincarnation. But that's just what I think, I could be very wrong. But I'm not going to start believing in something I consider insanely illogical just because of fear. All I can do is lead a good life and hope that, if someone IS keeping score, I'm good in their books.

Now, as for other people's deaths that I've experienced, I'd guess my reaction is fairly normal. The closest person to me that's died when I was old enough to understand it was my grandfather when I was 15. It hurt like hell, and I remember being slightly empty to the news when I first got it. But I cried a bit afterwards and to this day I will randomly miss him. But I really don't know what I'm going to do when my dad dies. I'll be a f*cking wreck.

[MSerr77]

you know death is hard to deal with...no matter what...i've dealt with death from loved ones...and for some reason i felt at peace with it...i've dealt with death of friends...and acqaintances...from over dose and what have you...it all depends on how strong you feel about the universe...i really feel...that no matter what..death is not final....

however...when you are attempting to console another person...it is far more difficult...just remember Elizabeth Kubler Ross' seven stages of dealing with death and dying...and no matter what...don't let it get to you...its truly inevitable...and despite the fact that it is a natural part of life...it is most times debilitating to accept for what it is....

[CharmingCriminal]

Some scientists claim there may be a way to "cure" death. So it might not be quite as finite as we currently think.

Though eventually all the energy in the universe will dissipate and even the very atoms of which we are made will start to decay, so even if one were to live indefinitely, you'd eventually die anyways.

What scares me is not the inevitability or the uncertainty, but the finality of death. The fact that once you're gone, you're gone, and that's it. There is no coming back from the dead, and that is what really scares me.

That and just the deep built in fear, disgust, and discomfort of death. That has no rational basis. It's just instinctual. Death is creepy and gross.

[Mjöllnir]

It all depends on whether or not that person was an ass hole.

[Icarus27k]

I plan on leaving this mortal coil with unwavering grace and dignity, by accosting the nearest individual and screaming "Why does this happen to people? Being born just to die? It's not fair. It's makes no sense. Why!?!"

Just a little levity on the subject of death.