Are you scared of dying?
Discussion
I don't, not since my father died 4 years ago and I find I take way too many risks than is advisable such as working on live electrics and we had a gas leak at home the other week and I re-sealed the pipe but it still had a small leak somewhere so I lit a match and set light to the gas to find it.
I take risks when driving too, if people don't signal at roundabouts and/or are in the wrong lane I just go. Is this just lack of patience or do I have a death wish?
I don't welcome death but I am not in fear of it per se.
I fear a long and agonising death but not a quick one.
You're born,
You're taxed,
You die.
As they say you're here for a good time not a long time so why waste time worrying about something you are likely to know little about and to which it's doubtful you'll ever 'know' the answer to!
I fear a long and agonising death but not a quick one.
You're born,
You're taxed,
You die.
As they say you're here for a good time not a long time so why waste time worrying about something you are likely to know little about and to which it's doubtful you'll ever 'know' the answer to!
Well I never used to be til my NDE.
Now whether or not this feeling is permanent after you are dead I don't know but the transition between life and death IME is no picnic. In fact I described at as Hell.
Herr Bliarout had a similar experience after his bike smash I think but his was a good NDE if I remember.
Here's what I posted before..
Been reading up on NDEs recently, it's been 2 years to the day since I was on a life support machine. Before they brought me back and until I regained consciousness I had what could be termed a near death experience. Not your usual going down a tunnel towards a bright light and then to be told 'Sorry son it's not your time', no this was what could only be described as Hell. I remember being in this eternal black void, being very cold, very lonely with a sort of loud buzzing/whistling type noise, almost like being in Space but you couldn't see anything. This feeling went on for quite a while before I thought this is way uncool and then I came round slowly.
This is from a website on what Hell might be like :
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There are those who have possibly had a very real look at Hell, either in a death bed or a near death experience. What they see is so horrifying that they do not want any more of it.
(The following three paragraphs are taken from the book, “To Hell and Back”, by Maurice Rawling, M.D.)
Those encountering the Hell experience have expressed it in these words:
1.Fiery place of desolation without hope
2.No way out - friends from the past screaming
3.Crushing despondent feeling of loneliness
4.Physical pressure by the inch from the darkness
5.Crying - shrieking - feeling horrible
6.Isolated - frightened - black - desolate
7.Dismal - heavy - icy shudders
8.Feeling torment - horror so great it chokes
9.Kicking off creatures
10.Blood curdling screams
11.Seeing faces of the damned
12.Under severe penalty from an unseen force
This is how one man described an experience that he considered to be Hell itself. “The darkness of Hell is so intense that it seems to have a pressure per square inch. It is an extremely black, dismal, desolate, heavy, pressurized type of darkness. It gives the individual a crushing, despondent feeling of loneliness.
The agony and loneliness of Hell cannot be expressed clearly enough for proper understanding to the human soul ….”.
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Now of those I would say 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 12 were exactly how I felt.
From iands.org about NDEs
[snip]
The second, less common type included an acute awareness of nonexistence or of being completely alone forever in an absolute void. Sometimes the person received a totally convincing message that the real world including themselves never really existed.
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Now are there any logical explanations for what I went through, this is scary stuff indeed. I'm not religous at all but I can't help thinking that there might just be something in this. I have a whole load of belief systems that are incompatible with religion.
Anyone else with a NDE ? good or bad ?
You're a long time dead.
Now whether or not this feeling is permanent after you are dead I don't know but the transition between life and death IME is no picnic. In fact I described at as Hell.
Herr Bliarout had a similar experience after his bike smash I think but his was a good NDE if I remember.
Here's what I posted before..
Been reading up on NDEs recently, it's been 2 years to the day since I was on a life support machine. Before they brought me back and until I regained consciousness I had what could be termed a near death experience. Not your usual going down a tunnel towards a bright light and then to be told 'Sorry son it's not your time', no this was what could only be described as Hell. I remember being in this eternal black void, being very cold, very lonely with a sort of loud buzzing/whistling type noise, almost like being in Space but you couldn't see anything. This feeling went on for quite a while before I thought this is way uncool and then I came round slowly.
This is from a website on what Hell might be like :
[snip]
There are those who have possibly had a very real look at Hell, either in a death bed or a near death experience. What they see is so horrifying that they do not want any more of it.
(The following three paragraphs are taken from the book, “To Hell and Back”, by Maurice Rawling, M.D.)
Those encountering the Hell experience have expressed it in these words:
1.Fiery place of desolation without hope
2.No way out - friends from the past screaming
3.Crushing despondent feeling of loneliness
4.Physical pressure by the inch from the darkness
5.Crying - shrieking - feeling horrible
6.Isolated - frightened - black - desolate
7.Dismal - heavy - icy shudders
8.Feeling torment - horror so great it chokes
9.Kicking off creatures
10.Blood curdling screams
11.Seeing faces of the damned
12.Under severe penalty from an unseen force
This is how one man described an experience that he considered to be Hell itself. “The darkness of Hell is so intense that it seems to have a pressure per square inch. It is an extremely black, dismal, desolate, heavy, pressurized type of darkness. It gives the individual a crushing, despondent feeling of loneliness.
The agony and loneliness of Hell cannot be expressed clearly enough for proper understanding to the human soul ….”.
[/snip]
Now of those I would say 2,3,4,5,6,7,8 and 12 were exactly how I felt.
From iands.org about NDEs
[snip]
The second, less common type included an acute awareness of nonexistence or of being completely alone forever in an absolute void. Sometimes the person received a totally convincing message that the real world including themselves never really existed.
[/snip]
Now are there any logical explanations for what I went through, this is scary stuff indeed. I'm not religous at all but I can't help thinking that there might just be something in this. I have a whole load of belief systems that are incompatible with religion.
Anyone else with a NDE ? good or bad ?
You're a long time dead.
dinkel said:
No not at all, especially not since I know my little girl has a chronic disease of which she will die from. Estimated age: 30-50 . . .
I am sorry, that is really a sad thing to hear and I hope this thread hasn't upset you.
I think that when someone close to you dies it gives you a whole new perspective and releases you from that fear of death and risk to life.
Perhaps it's the hope that we will be reunited with our loved ones?
NDE? Ist just your bio-chemistry und survival mechanism kicking in Liebchen - und NDE ist what you vaguely remember of childhood Bible stories...
Did I have one? Was aware of Mad Doc talking at me und other people discussing me...und was not able to join in to conversation...und that to me was hell
Did I have one? Was aware of Mad Doc talking at me und other people discussing me...und was not able to join in to conversation...und that to me was hell
Hilts said:
1.Fiery place of desolation without hope
2.No way out - friends from the past screaming
3.Crushing despondent feeling of loneliness
4.Physical pressure by the inch from the darkness
5.Crying - shrieking - feeling horrible
6.Isolated - frightened - black - desolate
7.Dismal - heavy - icy shudders
8.Feeling torment - horror so great it chokes
9.Kicking off creatures
10.Blood curdling screams
11.Seeing faces of the damned
12.Under severe penalty from an unseen force
I get 2,3,4,6,and 12 if I stand up too quick... (low blood pressure)....
And i'm not scared of death. Thinking about dying in agony makes me a bit uncomfortable. But death itself is not something to fear.
Not really, and probably less so since I have been doing my current job. Someone I know quite well had a nasty incident when a rotor blade cracked, they noticed more vibration than normal and landed, when the blade was inspected it was past the point where it would normally be expected to fail. Now, if that happens the imbalance would break your neck before you even knew about it.
I've been through all sorts of crappy weather and had a few "close encounters" thanks to less than good air traffic control and I am now firmly in the "if it's your time it's your time" camp.
I've been through all sorts of crappy weather and had a few "close encounters" thanks to less than good air traffic control and I am now firmly in the "if it's your time it's your time" camp.
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