Ask Lemmy

I had a near death experience 8 years ago where I came to terms with dying. Since then I am no longer worried about it

Emotionally ready like am I ok with it, or would I rage rage against the dying of the light? Yes I think so, I could go gently.

Don't want to, still happy but I am not that worried, if I had to I could, my kids are grown, I have experienced a lot of stuff, learned a lot, enjoyed being alive and physically embodied, probably more than many people do in a lifetime. I would not feel like I got ripped off or anything.

Fuck no

I wouldn't say that I am fully prepared, but to significant extent prepared that my physical body will die eventually. As a spiritually based person I believe that the real self is timeless and spaceless, so eternal, never entered the flow of time in the first place, so can't die in the usual meaning. But to some extent, I am more terrified by such eternal existence than the prospect of entirety nonexisting...

But I prefer to die extremely old. I am not speaking about around one hundred. I mean at least several hundreds, preferably at least several thousands of years old. Really old! Medicine is not on such level yet, but progressing. The field of longevity / rejuvenation / aging-reversal / anti-aging is still criminally underfunded, what slows progress down, but it is going.

If also you want to make sure that most of humans can live to such world, where aging related diseases are gone, request your government to fund aging-reversal research and sign the https://dublinlongevitydeclaration.org/

i'm just so fucking tired i don't want it to happen, but a person can only hurt so much

No

Not at all. I hope I'll go peacefully in my sleep, or am not concious on the way out should it take some time. Because if I don't feel the dread of 'I'm going to die' I figure I'll be fine.

On the other hand, all the fear is meaningless once it is over. I'm not sure if I find that comforting or stupid.

I am 68, I am sure as shit it is not ol’ St. Nick knocking at the door. I seem ambivalent actually. All I know is I really, really, really, really do not wish to feel any sort of pain if possible.

Would like to say yes, but thinking about an infinity of not living while everyone I knew is long forgotten and the universe gets cold makes me dizzy. We are all trembling chihuahuas in gods designer handbag.

Nope. And I never will be.

Not all. Kudos to those who are, and deep condolences to those in this thread that have had such trauma that they seek it. But at 48 I've never felt more at ease with the world, and I simply don't want to go.

That said, I'm a fucking idiot. I drink too much most weekends, I overeat and I'm a light smoker/vaper.

Yes I exercise, but nowhere near enough. I need to change, I know it. But I always retreat into excuses.

“I'm not afraid of death; I just don't want to be there when it happens.” ― Woody Allen

I would bet that a lot of the folks who think they’re emotionally prepared aren’t. That is absolutely not a criticism of anyone. Death is so final and such an enormous concept that a lot of people just can’t comprehend it until death is staring them in the face.