Re: Becoming comfortable with death
I am still relatively young compared to some here and I often give my head a shake because I worry a lot about dying. Moreso since I developed a heart condition because it makes me realise my body is slowing down and wearing out. I should be too busy having fun instead of thinking about death at my age but when I think how my sister and mum were both taken from me suddenly without warning it is then that I think for goodness sake Bev enjoy life, no-one can do anything about the inevitable and it's just a case of when for us all.Re: Becoming comfortable with death
A while ago I had a heart attack, that on its own would have been bad enough but I was on the outside lane of the motorway driving at 70mph! However, I got out of that without any further problems and obviously survived. Later, speaking to my cardiologist I said that I just couldn’t understand why that heart attack had happened. He just said for me to look back over time, not just a year or so but over 30-35 years and there would be the answer. Sure enough it was – a stressful few years working shifts, a divorce plus a lot of aggravation over that, and both my parents died.Re: Becoming comfortable with death
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I like funerals, a celebration of life, a time when distant relatives and friends come out of the woodwork, a piss-up, undeniably so.Re: Becoming comfortable with death
The inevitability of death I look upon positively. I am not religious but I have a feeling that there is something like a universal "consciousness" I have jumped out of a perfectly good aeroplane, bungeed off a high bridge, crawled through underground caves and have a very poor sense of self preservation. When the inevitable happens I look upon it as 'the last extreme adventure'.Re: Becoming comfortable with death
For me, the thought of BEING dead does not bother me. The thing that scares hell out of me is the process of dying. My fears revolve around the thought that I might be lying on the floor, fully conscious, unable to move, and knowing that no one will find me until long after I am gone.Re: Becoming comfortable with death
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Re: Becoming comfortable with death
I am not worried. I can see a time, as I did with my dad and grandmother, when you have lived a long life, most of your friends, family, and pets have dies, when dying seems like the lesser of evils.Thread Tools | |
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