Are you ready to die?

[Simple Linctus]

Are you ready to die? By which I mean, are you comfortable with your own mortality yet?

Personally I'm extremely uncomfortable with it and it's a subject I think about quite often, never pleasantly. And I'm still pretty young too!

[Hello Again]

I can't understand worrying about death. Once it happens you'll be dead and you won't care. While you're living, no amount of fretting will change that it will happen sooner or later. "Worrying about death" is pretty much #1 on my "stupidest wastes of effort" list.

[Rachellelogram]

Sometimes, depends on the day. In the throes of my kidney stone, I was quite ready to give up the ghost. I've also been passively suicidal before, and there are many days where I feel so empty, I'd have been grateful to get hit by a semi-truck while driving to work just so I could feel something.

Not on my good days, though.

[Capt Kirk]

Ready if I have to, planning on sticking around

CAPT

[Drain Bead]

No. I have a three-and-a-half-year-old daughter who will still need her mommy for many years. Plus, I rather like living.

[An Arky]

Yeah; I can handle it myself, but don't want to hurt my family.

[Mopal]

No. I'm staying alive for the sake of my cats. Josie doesn't want another human.

[chizzuk]

No, not at all. I'm well aware that worrying about it is pointless, but that doesn't mean I can always stop myself.

My biggest fear is that there's absolutely nothing after death. . .and you're aware/conscious of it. So you are just floating along tediously in the darkness, crushingly bored, for eternity. Just thinking about it is making me panicky.

[Hello Again]

To be clear, I answered the post, which asked if you're comfortable with the idea of death. Answering the thread title just on it's face, I am not "ready" for death in the sense that I do not desire to die. Life's where I keep all my stuff.

[Eve]

Hell, I was ready five years ago. My luck, I'll live to be a hundred and fucking four.

[DrFidelius]

Still have a few things on the to-do list, like seeing my daughters married off. I would also like to see grandchildren, which my own father did not manage to hang on for. I believe he missed out on a lot by not meeting the girls.

But otherwise, I'm as ready as I suppose I can ever be.

[Khadaji]

Not yet. On and off I thought I would die and on and off, I was prepared for it, but for now, I'm not ready.

[jackdavinci]

I'm not too worried about death though I'd like to be immortal and even assuming there's life after death I'd rather be immortal in this life.

But I don't feel complete yet, there's still a lot of things I'd like to do first.

And I'd like to organize my stuff first so other people don't have to go through all my crap.

I'd like not to suffer through the process, but I'm not afraid of it.

[not what you'd expect]

I'm not ready. I rather like my life. When I find myself thinking about death, I do try to remind myself that I won't care about what I'll miss. But sometimes it does seem unbelievable that there will come a day when I will no longer exist. It takes my breath away sometimes.

It seems such a waste.

[cwthree]

There are many things which worry me more than the prospect of my own death. I have no problem accepting the fact that I am going to die, nor with the fact that I am relatively limited in my ability to delay my death.

[Jman]

Ready and comfortable with mortality are two very different questions. I am comfortable with my mortality now, but I am certainly not ready to die.

I am not particularly scared of death...not that I'm in a rush to do it, and I certainly would fight like the dickens to stick around, but the concept doesn't terrify me anymore. I've become slightly agnostic, but I figure I'll likely either go to a nice afterlife or I'll blink out, which will of course feel like nothing, so it's not really anything to fear. I don't really believe in hell, so I'm not scared of that.

As far as being ready, my main purpose for avoiding death isn't so much for me now, but rather so that my daughter doesn't grow up without a father...so I'm more scared of my daughter losing her dad than I am of me losing my own life, if that makes any sense. I also think I have a lot left to accomplish...I want to see my kids grow up and get married and have their own kids (if they so choose). I want to have advantures with my wife after retirement (though these things are quite a ways off), but I don't really fear death anymore.

[LegsAkimbo]

I have different days. When everything is settled and there's a lull, I think ok, this would be an ok day to die (I guess that's somewhat weird?). When things are up in the air, I need to settle something, or something really good is just visible on the horizon, I do NOT want to die. As far as my own mortality, I am fine with that. We have done all we can to assure that our pets will be looked after if we both keel over at the same time (no kids here), and if it's just me, Mr. Akimbo will be ok. So....not afraid, and I vacillate about ready or not.

[Foggy]

Can you give me 15 minutes? I'll be ready to go.

[PandaBear77]

Spiritually, yes.

In every other way - no.

It wasn't until I lost my mom that it really hit me that I'm not gonna live forever. I'm still adjusting to the idea.

[pravnik]

I almost died in a hospital bed a couple of years ago, and I can confidently say having dodged that bullet I am not anywhere near ready to die in the slightest, not by any fucking fraction. I got shit to do.

[Cumberdale]

Yes, pretty much. I'm in no hurry but it's going to happen at some point and I'm fine with it. Sure there is stuff I want to do, but that's life so I try to do what I can now.

[faithfool]

I've been suicidal off and on for almost 17 years, so obviously I don't fear physical death. However, I was raised a fundamentalist and I still have residual nightmares about an afterlife filled with fire and brimstone. I'd be thrilled if nothingness was in front of me. Some days, I welcome that and a respite from the sheer torture that my life has become. Others, I'm still good for the long haul, so it all evens out.

[Nava]

I've been comfortable with my own mortality since I was shorter than the table.

But with a project going live on July 1st, if I went and died now my boss would kill me...

[dogbutler]

Originally Posted by chizzuk

No, not at all. I'm well aware that worrying about it is pointless, but that doesn't mean I can always stop myself.

My biggest fear is that there's absolutely nothing after death. . .and you're aware/conscious of it. So you are just floating along tediously in the darkness, crushingly bored, for eternity. Just thinking about it is making me panicky.

You've been on one of my boss' conference calls, then.


I'm comfortable with my mortality,but I'm not quite ready to pine for the fjords.

[kayaker]

Have some plans for this evening, but after that, yeah.

[Antigen]

Originally Posted by Eve

Hell, I was ready five years ago. My luck, I'll live to be a hundred and fucking four.

If you're fucking four at a hundred, you've obviously got plenty of life left in you.

[Nunzio Tavulari]

Never go against a Sicilian when death is on the line

[StusBlues]

Funny you should mention this. I just met with a guy yesterday about leaving my books to the University library.

Yes, I am ready to die.

[PapSett]

If you had asked me this 6 of 7 months ago, my answer would have been absolutely YES, the sooner the better. But for the time being, I have found some happiness in my life that's been a long time in coming, so I would kinda like to savor it for a while.

Besides, my dogs cats, and the filly I'm training would miss me.

[Cicero]

Originally Posted by Eve

Hell, I was ready five years ago. My luck, I'll live to be a hundred and fucking four.

I hope to be fucking when I am 104.

[Anaamika]

I like living. I am not really afraid of death, per se, but I'm not anxious to bring it on any faster either. You only go around once. I want my chance.

[Leaffan]

Originally Posted by Hello Again

I can't understand worrying about death. Once it happens you'll be dead and you won't care. While you're living, no amount of fretting will change that it will happen sooner or later. "Worrying about death" is pretty much #1 on my "stupidest wastes of effort" list.

Nailed it.

[Eve]

Originally Posted by Cicero

I hope to be fucking when I am 104.

The way they staff nursing homes, you probably will be, not that you'll know it.

[olivesmarch4th]

Sometimes I'm okay with it, sometimes it scares me. I think dying painfully is the scariest part. I think about my own mortality a lot, and gradually have become more comfortable with it as I age.

I'm agnostic with atheist leanings, but I was a fundamentalist Christian as a teen, and the fear of hell never left me. While all evidence points to, ''consciousness ceases," we really don't actually know because not a single person who has died has been able to talk about the experience. The unknown is the scariest thing.

[Wheelz]

Originally Posted by Hello Again

I can't understand worrying about death. Once it happens you'll be dead and you won't care. While you're living, no amount of fretting will change that it will happen sooner or later. "Worrying about death" is pretty much #1 on my "stupidest wastes of effort" list.

I'm not "worried" about it, as it is of course inevitable. That does not mean that I am in any way ready to die. I enjoy being alive and would like to stay that way for as long as I can.

[MeanOldLady]

I'm comfortable with my own mortality, but am very uncomfortable with the idea of dying any time soon. We all go some day, but if I don't make it to 85, I'm going to be pissed.

[Meatros]

I'm not worried about death, but I can't say I'm ready to die. It will be unlike anything I've ever experienced and just when it starts, the experience will be over. I dunno, I'm not sure there is any way to prepare for that.

At the same time, I can't help it and there's nothing I can do to ultimately prevent it, so there's not much use worry about it.

[RickJay]

I'm not terribly worried about dying for my own sake, but it is way too early for me to die for my daughter. She's only six and a half. She needs her Dad longer than this.

[blondebear]

I couldn't decide which way to vote. I'm not ready to go, but I am okay with it.

[ralph124c]

I'm not afraid to die..I just don't want to be there when it happens.

[Jack Batty]

I'm the type of person who gets excited when the airplane hits turbulence. Maybe this will be the one!

[Skald the Rhymer]

I don't think the poll options are adequate.

I am ready to die in the sense that I am reconciled to the inevitability of my mortality and have taken steps to see that my family are taken care of if I do unexpectedly. And in fact there are things I consider worse than death

But I'm not ready to die. Partly because life is sweet, and partly because there are things I want to witness first. I want to see my baby grow up. I want to see my wife get her master's degree. I want to see my favorite niece graduate from college and then medical school. I want to see my stepdaughter succeed as a photographer. I'd lose all that if I were to die soon.

I don't think worrying about death is a bad thing as long as it's not taken to extremes. Knowledge of our mortality spurs us to seek, to strive, and not to yield. More importantly it shows us what is important and what is not.

[panache45]

Ask me next month, when they wheel me in for my open-heart surgery.

[Antinor01]

Originally Posted by MeanOldLady

I'm comfortable with my own mortality, but am very uncomfortable with the idea of dying any time soon. We all go some day, but if I don't make it to 85, I'm going to be pissed.

Just make sure and change your user name to mean really old lady when you get there.

[Voyager]

Originally Posted by Antigen

If you're fucking four at a hundred, you've obviously got plenty of life left in you.

You misparsed the sentence. She will be fucking 4 different people at 100 years old.

My father-in-law is 96 and in reasonably good shape - mentally even better than physically - so I've got something to shoot for. He has a 97 year old girlfriend also.

[pravnik]

Originally Posted by Voyager

My father-in-law is 96 and in reasonably good shape - mentally even better than physically - so I've got something to shoot for. He has a 97 year old girlfriend also.

Goes for younger men, does she?

[The Great Sun Jester]

I'm a little uneasy about it because I think I'll fuck it up somehow (insert "mostly dead" joke here). I mean, I've never died before. What if it's not a straighforward process? I really wish this was me being silly.

[colonial]

Originally Posted by Confused dart cum

And I'm still pretty young too!

Young, dumb and full of cum, huh? Bwahahahaha

Maybe you just need to grow up a bit, get over the fact that like everyone else
you are going to die, and pick a username that doesn't make people think you
might possibly have the mental age of a first-day Junior HS student.

[LouisB]

I'm ready.

[Sunspace]

Yes.