Thread: Are you afraid of death?

What I want to know is, who is afraid of eating shit?

UM, lol! I had a similar experience.
When I lived in Pensacola, FL I was swimming and went too far out, not paying attention.
I looked under me and I saw a shark. I swam to the shore as fast as my frog paddle would allow- both above water and under somewhat (I swim best completely under water). I was SO terrified. My dad and boyfriend nearly swam out to me thinking I was drowning lol
In retrospect, I concluded it was most likely a nurse shark that meant me no harm... but I was never very fond of the ocean after that

Please bear in mind that "death" and "dying" are two different things.
Dying is the process.
Death is what comes after the process of dying is complete.

I think the pictures posted by UM illustrate a fear of dying due to the pain, not due to the death that comes afterwards.

Dying can be made painful or painless.
Death is something we currently no little to nothing about (besides the fact that our bodies are kaput).

So the title of the thread is asking if you are afraid of the hereafter (or not-hereafter depending on what you do or do not believe in), not about whether you fear the method that gets you there.

Well invader in that case I still do not fear death nor do I fear dying. For dying, it's utterly pointless to be scared, it WILL happen to everyone. As for what happens after death, who cares? If there is an after life okay awesome! If there is "nothingness" then meh, who gives a crap? You won't care, you won't have thoughts, emotions, or people pissing you off so it's the most peaceful idea ever. I guess you could say I am pretty laid back towards death, I see it as a good thing.

Originally Posted by Universal Mind

I don't think fear of pain is the dominant fear when it comes to those pictures. If Mrs. Bates has a reputation for going straight to the brain with the knife, she is still just as scary, if not scarier. I don't think you even feel a Black Widow bite, but they are still plenty freaky.

Ah yeah, I know what you mean. Fear is self-created, in the end. And our minds can intensify and create suffering from pain, but we can also ease it.

Originally Posted by Xaqaria

What I want to know is, who is afraid of eating shit?

Well that is pretty disgusting. The main reason one wouldn't want to do that is because "shit" is made up of all the things one wanted to dispose of to begin with, and nothing but that.