Are you afraid of death?

[esoterispeec]

Are afraid of what happens inside the brain in the process of dying, like hallucinations and stuff?

 

[WornOutLife]

Nope, I'm not.
I bet at first it will be just like dreaming but never waking up and then once my brain is 100% dead I will stop existing so, no more thinking at all. Just eternal peace.

 

[booray]

No, I've experienced hallucinations before when I was a junkie, so I know what they're like. I think that if I was to see things as I was dying, like perhaps my grandmother welcoming me home, then I would tend to think that what I was experiencing was real.

 

[usernameforhere]

No, I'm more afraid of having a bad experience. I just want to go to sleep. It's gotten hard to find useful supplies in the last six months.

 

[sunsetintehwoods]

Hmhmhm, in my near death experience (alcoholic coma, actually) it wasn't any of dreams and hallucinations or something. Just switch off and on. Pretty hecking painfull switch on.

From other side, i passed through some oxygen insufficiency in mountains, it was far more interesting.

 

[WornOutLife]

Hmhmhm, in my near death experience (alcoholic coma, actually) it wasn't any of dreams and hallucinations or something. Just switch off and on. Pretty hecking painfull switch on.

Same here! I was in a comma for 2 days because of overdrinking and overdosing and I just woke up again. I think there was only darkness but I can't actually remember anything. Felt just like some seconds for me.

 

[sunsetintehwoods]

Felt just like some seconds for me.

yeah! And just after another wave of headache - "Oh, it's totally not a haven!"

 

[Red]

No, but a bit afraid of the act of dying - long n painful obviously sounds pretty grim.
Can't wait for sweet oblivion

 

[fred farkle]

i get less afraid of death every day!

 

[kaz]

nope

 

[wanttodie]

no im not afraid of death

 

[Echo81]

Are afraid of what happens inside the brain in the process of dying, like hallucinations and stuff?

Wow I've been sitting on this for a couple years. Alright this is not a scientific description and does not contain any physiological explanations, just my layman's experience. The attempt that night was impulsive reaction to some bad news earlier that day which sent me over the edge with the other bullshit I was dealing with. I have never put it into words and hope I can relay best as possible the event.

After kicking the stool from under my feet things began happening instantly. I had a plastic bag fastened around my neck and proper hangmans noose fashioned out of a sturdy scarf around the neck at an angle decided on upon previous research. So-bowels began seizing and loosening immediately. It did not hurt but inside that whole part of my body felt like one of the balloon artists fucking with every single foot of all intestines. I could feel my sphincter or rectum, what ever is at the very end pulsing like crazy, again, no pain but the sensations with that whole.... internal party were very finely felt.

At the same time Terra forming is going on down south up in the noggin I've got flashing bright lights in a dark background. It was like synapses exploding. None of this hurt. There were streaks of yellow of whatever was burning out and at the end of this streak were the bursts of primary colors- the explosion. They went in all directions and did not appear to interact with each other. I do not know if this was brain cells dying or parts of the brain reacting like that in a cry for oxygen or from my eyes. I had no control over this process. I was not scared, I remember feeling like 'what should I do?' During this time I was aware of my situation and was knew things would progress extremely fast. My awareness did not reach beyond my bowels, brain activity and the weird bad feeling I had.

I believe my eyes were closed because the blackness and explosions were the only thing I remember seeing. Everything happened do fast but there was this feeling inside of me. My chest, some feeling clawed out of me and I began to swing and shake to reach the stool, which I did. I was hanging from a ceiling fan on a low ceiling. With my hands self tied behind my back, tied ankles and knees I was able to get enough leverage with the stool to wrench my wrist scarf loose and I don't remember how I got free after that. All I remember is trying to get the stool so I could stand on it and release pressure on my neck.. Real life Indiana Jones and that goddammit grail. I can't even believe I'm saying it but it's true. All after ingesting 2 large bottles one vodka one sake and about 80 pharmaceutical pills. I REALLY can't believe I'm saying this either but I guess I didn't want to die right then although I almost did in the days after.
The experience was and remains very clear to me. The time immediately after and days afterwards are a different story

Sorry for the lengthy reply, it's not much but hopefully it answers something or gives reference. I know 100% if I had waited longer or not at all to swing that would have been a successful attempt. I do know what I would improve for next time though. If you are interested in what I remember from the 'fog' afterwards, I can provide a description of that as well.

 

[lofticries]

I'm more afraid of the process than the afterlife. If there was a button that I could press that could take me out of this world in the blink of an eye I would have pressed it at age 11 out of curiosity and a bit of depression.

 

[Pen>Sword]

No, I'm more afraid with pain before death, or if I survive suicide and face the consequences of it such as scars, brain damage, emotional reactions from family just to name a few. I have come in terms of my death, and I can't wait.

 

[oblivion_seeker]

I think I'm more scared of what comes after to be honest. I'm hoping it'll just be like sleeping forever

 

[Endeavour]

Read the post by letzteausfahrt called dont be afraid of death. Its very philosophical.

 

[Hirokami]

Why fear the inevitable? Even if I don't ctb, I'm still going to die one day. Hell, I wouldn't even be aware of my death.

 

[Adamsnolife]

No I'm not. It'll be a blessing

 

[Ihavenofriends]

I think the process of dying is a bit scary, because obviously it'll hurt (I know I deserve to be in pain, but I obviously don't like it haha). But I'm not afraid of being dead. I look forward to feeling nothing, to not existing anymore. I don't want to be myself.

 

[Mentalmick]

I have no fear of the physical act of dying. But I am scared of what happens afterwards. What if you're stuck in a world of squeaky voiced, panting, big eyed, red faced anime girls? Dear god I would rather remain alive, I can't think of anything worse.

 

[whywere]

NO. I have had 2 attempts, so far, and I believe that there is more than just here. Walter

 

[GarageKarate07]

Are afraid of what happens inside the brain in the process of dying, like hallucinations and stuff?

Dropping this link to NDERF (near death experiences research Foundation) some of these can help. They talk about the injuries and about the feelings and visuals/hallucinations. You can just scroll the page. Its very long. You don't have to click on them because the excerpts/samples are pretty much all that is needed. ❤

Exceptional Experiences

Archived NDEs 7-1-2017/12-31-2017

www.nderf.org

 

[HarpoMarx]

Im not afraid of death, actually im very curious about it. However, im terrified about dying slowly (cancerofobia, etc).

 

[the_final_countdown]

Not death, but dying. It's painful for most people.

And even more painful for Homo Sapiens because we have medical facilities whose sole purpose is to keep you alive.

So rather than dying immediately, there's a good chance you'll be stabilized and endure a somewhat hellish existence for a few months.

I don't want that.

I've heard of nurses calling the police on doctors because after a certain point, the doctors were basically just torturing patients who should've died weeks ago.

The merciful thing would be to ramp up the morphine drip until everything fades but families will fight against that. And the laws will punish doctors with compassion.

I'm not against people being saved if they can be saved with a decent quality of life afterwards. Who wouldn't want that?

But when you're 86, half blind, in constant agony, hooked up to a breathing machine, breaking bones every couple days, in a hallucination-induced nightmare of pain and suffering, why the fuck would you still keep such a person alive?

Modern medicine will keep you alive and torture you if you don't go quickly. They'll make it as difficult as possible to pass quickly as you desperately press that morphine drip so the 10 out of 10 pain lingers around 9 for a few minutes, if you can still even comprehend words and numbers.

 

[Endeavour]

Not death, but dying. It's painful for most people.

And even more painful for Homo Sapiens because we have medical facilities whose sole purpose is to keep you alive.

So rather than dying immediately, there's a good chance you'll be stabilized and endure a somewhat hellish existence for a few months.

I don't want that.

I've heard of nurses calling the police on doctors because after a certain point, the doctors were basically just torturing patients who should've died weeks ago.

The merciful thing would be to ramp up the morphine drip until everything fades but families will fight against that. And the laws will punish doctors with compassion.

I know someone who died of cancer, he was in agony and kept saying I just want to die. They kept him alive in that bed for 3 months to make sure he suffered as much as possible before the inevitable happened. That was with morphine as well.

Rotten barstewards.

 

[Life_and_Death]

The unknown of death. The fact that I could literally die at any second. It could be instant or days. I also fear eternal death and life. (after live vs not). I can't win here, so I have to kill myself. I can't control what happens after death, but I can control when and how my death happens. And that's all I got.

 

[BeansOfRequirement]

If I don't manage to obtain a better method I will be prepared for the death to be the worst experience of my life. Will probably be a little scared right when I'm about to do it, idk.

 

[whywere]

I know someone who died of cancer, he was in agony and kept saying I just want to die. They kept him alive in that bed for 3 months to make sure he suffered as much as possible before the inevitable happened. That was with morphine as well.

Rotten barstewards.

Totally agree, I have seen through the years, I am 64 years young, so many people on machines who just wanted to move on. Just plain wrong period. Walter

 

[choosingmydestiny]

Nope, not afraid anymore... weirdly enough, the idea of dying makes my life a little more bareable atm

If you are afraid of eternal oblivion... It is impossible to percieve 'nothingness' in the first place, because you need consciousness for that.
So even if you were dead for 15 billion years, you wouldn't know.

Also, The Big Bang proofs that something can come from nothing...
And that is why I believe in the eternal cycle death and birth of universes, so we (our souls, essence or whatever you want to call it) are bound to be reborn again and again and we wouldn't notice the nothingness inbetween without having a consciousness :) (even it was an incredible long period of time)
This is without taking any paranormal phenomenon into account (NDE's, reïncarnation.....)
(I once read a very interesting Reddit post about this, but It had been deleted :( )

I also believe that the process of dying isn't as painful as we think it is.... I mean the suffering beforehand probably is very painful (if it was from an terminal ilness for example), but not the actual moment of death ...

So the only thing to be afraid of, imo, is the painful process before dying....

These ideas don't come from myself (i'm not that bright lol), but it is information that I "collected" through the years...
I have a very messy brain and English is not my first language, so I hope you understood a little :)

 

[Mentalmick]

If I don't manage to obtain a better method I will be prepared for the death to be the worst experience of my life. Will probably be a little scared right when I'm about to do it, idk.

It happens just after in my experience. You think, "shit I'm going to miss Emmerdale tonight". And then there's unprecedented panic as you try to repair whatever damage you've done before 7 o'clock