Are you scare of dying?

[bostonbarb]

As I'm getting older now death is becoming more of a reality. Wish I had more proof of life after death, thaqt would help.

Namaste, Barb

[Tobi]

Barb, I promise you there is an existence after the death of the body.

[Shinsoo]

Not really, never have been.

However, the way I die, had been a bone of contention in my brain for a long time until I finally trusted in the knowledge that if I continue on my path, I will pass away peacefully in my sleep, whenever I feel it is time.

the body may perish yes, but your soul, will survive. I have no real proof of this, but I just know it's true. One of those things.

[Light Seeker]

I am terrified of dying, I worry it might be progressively more painful and slow.

I don't give a monkeys about being dead though.

[CosmicHealer]

I'm very afraid of "Transitions" as i like to call them. of course life does not work without transitions and so I have to endure that once entering the afterlife.

[enough]

I didn't use to be afraid of dying, of what it would be like after death ... just afraid of how I would die, if it would be drawn out and/or painful. But since an incident this last Spring when I really thought I was dying I have become very frightened of dying and how things will be afterwards. I have begun to think that there is, in fact a Hell, a Purgatory. I try not to think about it because it gives me a panic attack. The inevitability of death feels suffocating to me. I can't understand why my thinking has changed so dramatically.

To the person who asked why dying is painful: think how difficult it is to establish yourself in a body and get yourself born! Death is the reverse of this, in a sense. You spend decades establishing yourself in a physical body, of course it will be quite a struggle(for a lot of people), to detach yourself and leave the body behind.

[wolfgaze]

Originally Posted by enough

I didn't use to be afraid of dying, of what it would be like after death ... just afraid of how I would die, if it would be drawn out and/or painful. But since an incident this last Spring when I really thought I was dying I have become very frightened of dying and how things will be afterwards. I have begun to think that there is, in fact a Hell, a Purgatory. I try not to think about it because it gives me a panic attack. The inevitability of death feels suffocating to me. I can't understand why my thinking has changed so dramatically.

To the person who asked why dying is painful: think how difficult it is to establish yourself in a body and get yourself born! Death is the reverse of this, in a sense. You spend decades establishing yourself in a physical body, of course it will be quite a struggle(for a lot of people), to detach yourself and leave the body behind.

If you read a good amount of Near-Death Experience (NDE) literature there are really many accounts from individuals reporting that the actual 'death' process was not difficult on them at all - however it was their experience of returning to their physical bodies that was the hard part... So many of these individuals who have experienced NDE's report that they have since shed any fear of 'death' upon returning... You may benefit from researching thanatology & NDE's if you feel you are ready to... Consider it....

[enough]

Originally Posted by wolfgaze

If you read a good amount of Near-Death Experience (NDE) literature there are really many accounts from individuals reporting that the actual 'death' process was not difficult on them at all - however it was their experience of returning to their physical bodies that was the hard part... So many of these individuals who have experienced NDE's report that they have since shed any fear of 'death' upon returning... You may benefit from researching thanatology & NDE's if you feel you are ready to... Consider it....

Thank you.

[Charmony]

Yes I am afraid when my experience here on earth ends, especially if there is no afterlife and it is just nothingness.

I wish I was like the others and could have that unshakeable belief that we survive and go on, but I have some doubts still. Hopefully I will make peace with death before it happens.

[maggastina]

I am not afraid of dying I started experience loss at a very young age there is no one left in my Family and My husband is also gone its just me and my 5year old son I'm more afraid of what I'm leaving behind cause I can no longer protect him and make sure he is safe and happy and well token care of. I just hope I live long enough so he will be able to do those things himself even thou I will be watching him even in death because he is my light and my strength and I will always be protecting him from all the negative that consumed my family. I was able to get out and become very positive but it was not easy and I have to make sure that he is taught to always have a positive attitude and not let him get consumed by negativity.