How have you overcome the fear of death?

[ReXyx3]

When I was 12 I got really sick, I was taken to the hospital and they found I had a tumor in one of my kidneys and I was diagnosed with Wilms, it's a type of cancer. Even though they caught it early and my chances were good, I remember being terrified of dying and thinking about all the things that I'd never be able to do. I was scared that it would hurt and though I didn't practice any religion, I was afraid that maybe because of that I'd go to hell. All these things would keep me up at night and that's honestly all I thought about on the day of my surgery. Being afraid to die was probaly the last thought I had before the put me under.
But then I woke up.
And all I could think about was how happy I was to be alive. After months of going through chemo and countless doctor appointments I was cancer free. It's been 7 cancer free years since then and I realized that being afraid of death is what keeps you from truly living.
I know my family will always worry that it might come back but that won't stop me from doing the things I love. I overcame the fear of death by facing the possibility of it. I lived, and I will continue to do so until my last breath. If you live with no regrets then it won't matter what happens after.

 

[Jarrad]

But really, nobody isn't afraid of death.
Who wouldn't be afraid of the inevitable end that has been plaguing our minds since the day we first understood the concept of life and death.

I don't really think anybody has "overcome" the fear of death, they just know worrying about when you die is something what will hold you back in life. I'm scared to die, but I choose to live my life without reliving that fact. This is hard to explain, since it's something that everybody should be comfortable with.

 

[DarkDesertFox]

I'm not afraid of dying. I'm a Christian and have accepted Jesus Christ as my lord and savior so I know where I'm going after I die. Now, the way in which I die is what I fear. I don't know when, where, or how it is going to happen.

 

[Jarrad]

I'm not afraid of dying. I'm a Christian and have accepted Jesus Christ as my lord and savior so I know where I'm going after I die. Now, the way in which I die is what I fear. I don't know when, where, or how it is going to happen.

shouldve known good old jesus christ was going to surface

 

[DarkDesertFox]

shouldve known good old jesus christ was going to surface

They asked, I answered. Simple as that.

 

[L. Lawliet]

I realized it was inevitable and that i should live life to the fullest

 

[Bowie]

I know this isn't for everyone, but I have researched into the possibility of life after death and have come close to visiting the other side, if you will. I don't fear death because of it. I simply fear leaving.

 

[Nuclear Bingo]

I welcome it

 

[abelsister]

I don't really fear death, I sort of welcome it (to myself) even..
but I won't go into that. But that doesn't mean I want others to die

 

[StarryACNL]

You don't feel death (I think)
So you won't know it's happening- thats why I am not scared.
Also everything happens for a reason.

 

[Brackets]

Also everything happens for a reason.

i dunno my toenail fell off the other day was there a reason for that

 

[Jarrad]

i dunno my toenail fell off the other day was there a reason for that

I believe this is what they call

god's smite

 

[Lock]

Or more realistically that could the result of a toe fungus or severe injury to the toe nail.

I would say there's a reason there.

 

[Officer Berri]

I dunno what it's like after death. All I know is that if this is the only world I get to experience... well crap. That sucks.

I like to imagine that after I die it's like my dreams except everyone I like is there and I can make whatever place I want to have and visit others.

 

[Katattacc]

I was raised a Christain and honestly I can say at the more "religious" peaks in my life is when I was most afraid of death. Why? Because if you weren't some perfect little minion you would go to hell and suffer for the rest of eternity. Not to mention the idea of the transistion from life to what ever is after life scared me the most because there is simply no way to know what happens.

When I was younger, my dad passed away. He did not go peacefully he was sick for a long time. It had me contemplating death, and what the heck is it really? I was terrified of my own approaching fate.

I no longer identify as a Christain. I have had many spiritual experinces in life to let me know or believe personally that there is a much grander thing going on in the univers than a heaven or hell. Rather I have come to believe that we are all little balls of energy, and when we die our energy just shoots back into the universe to be recycled again and again. It calms me to think that there isn't any "end" but a contunious cycle of life. Sort of like reincarnation I guess but I don't think the laws of life and death can ever be clearly defined by any human being. To me, I have come to think of death as a grand adventure to the next life, not an end.

It's not that I don't believe in "God", there is definitly a higher power out there, but how could we begin to define it as a human form? How niave and small minded of us to think that! ( no offense to the people who believe differently, I am simply expressing my opinions). I no longer have the fear of, oh no if I do that bad thing I could be banished to hell! Instead I stive to be a good person who does good things simply because that is how I want to live my life. I no longer need the fear of God to tell me to be good, I just want to be the best human I can be.

Anywayssssss those are my thoughts on the matter

 

[Ichigo.]

I try not to think about it too much basically. The more I think about it, the more I start spiraling into this deep sense of despair that's difficult to shake off. I know ~anything could happen~ but I try to think that I still have time to live, so, yeah. I guess having some hope helps.

 

[KaydeeKrunk]

You can overcome it by dying I am sure. But really its integrated into us, its not so much a fear of death but a willingness to preserve ourselves, which is why we have fears of so many things. It's centuries of things that have been bad or have hurt us or killed us in the past. So I mean yeah, you can get over the fear of dying itself but there is more to it than that? Idk.

 

[ThomasNLD]

Its tough, I have always been scared of it. I tried denying it by openly stating I`m not scared of it, but that didn`t help.

Still though, a lot has changed since when I was younger. The fear has gotten a lot less. I think it might be some kind of natural process a human being goes through while his/her life progresses.

I think life events naturally becoming part of that process help as well. Most people around you will be dead, as in the people you grew up with, artists you used to admire, etc.
Your body declines, meaning you`ll become more and more restricted and secluded.
Your mind declines as well, meaning losing part of yourself really.
You have seen your children/grandchildren grow up to become fullfledged parts of society, knowing they are safe and developed to where they should be in life.
I think also your view of death has changed, because your role in life is different. Its very different to observe life (and death) from the viewpoint of being the child, parent or grandparent.

In the end some kind of acceptance just seems to unroll over you. I`m just 33 years old and I can already feel that.

So pretty much all I can say is try to focus on life and not death. you`ll come to turns with it when you have to. Its all wonderfully entwined in our human nature.

 

[matt]

I dont think about death :

 

[Jake]

when u get to the point where u want to take ur own life eventually u will come to value how important life is and this is how i overcame it