Death is the ultimate end of human life, and the thought of it terrifies people. A user asked the forum, “What terrifies you the most about death?” Here are the top responses.
THE AMOUNT OF PAIN
“The actual amount of pain it takes to be dead.”
THE FINALITY OF DEATH
“The finality of it. After I die, that’s it. I will never participate in reality again, and millions, billions, and trillions of years will pass. Perhaps even the universe will end, and a new one will start.
For eternity, if there is such a thing, I will never again exist, and there is just something odd about that.”
ATOMS IN MY BODY WILL EXIST FOREVER
“Not terrified or scared of death, what amazes me is once I’m dead, the atoms in my body that have existed since their creation at the big expansion will exist forever, and possibly some of those atoms will be in other things as they have always done.”
DON’T KNOW WHAT HAPPENS AFTER IT
“I don’t know what happens after I find that terrifying. Theories don’t even comfort me because what if it’s wrong.”
ETERNITY OF A DARK VOID
“The possibility that it might be an eternity of a dark void, no sight, hearing, or sensation but with awareness.”
EARLY DEATH
“I don’t fear death. I fear death coming early!”
EFFECT IT WILL HAVE ON PEOPLE
“The effect it will have on people I know.”
WON’T GET TO SEE THE END OF THE STORY
“That I don’t get to see the end of the story. The story of humanity, existence, and the people I care about who live past me.
I think about our ancestors and what they would think of the world we built and can only fathom what we’ll make in the future or if we’ll destroy ourselves instead. I’m curious if we’re closer to the beginning or end of the human story.
KIDS BEING ON THEIR OWN
“That I know I haven’t prepared my children for life nearly well enough to survive on their own, yet & if I die, they’ll be on their own.”
DEATH CAN COME AT ANY MOMENT
“That it can come at any moment. One second I can be here, the next second gone for the rest of time.”
THE SADNESS
“The sadness I’ll leave behind.”
FEAR OF THE UNKNOWN
“Fear of the unknown. The finality of death is hard to wrap my head around.”
MOMENTS WILL BE LOST IN TIME
“While I haven’t accomplished much, if anything, Roy Batty said it best. Everything I’ve ever experienced, ‘All those moments will be lost in time, like tears in the rain.'”
NOT BEING WITH MY FAMILY
“Not being with my family. I mean afterlife, I guess, but not on Earth.”
MISSING OUT
“Missing out. It is a uniquely living concern. I’m afraid I will leave something too long and wake up one day ancient and confused about where I am, only to slip back into a dazed state.
Or dying poorly, in pain, in a hospital, or some other place I do not wish to be.”
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