Dying and death

[MRT144]

So while I'm not on a verge of dying or death, I have had 3 scary experiences in the past 8 months involving passing out and having no recollection of it really. Apparently low blood pressure is not to be trifled with.

This has led to a lot of thought about what happens when we die or are in the process of dying. I'm afraid this is the end but I can't rationalize an afterlife - what it would feel like, look like, be like, why would I be there. I've probably got a good 40 years left in me but with this passing out (and each time ive done it i've fallen. HARD) it just makes me scared about not knowing. How do you olds deal with the spectre of death?

[Ben Kenobi]

You really should stop indulging in Auto asphyxiation.

[Felch]

Drugs

[MRT144]

You really should stop indulging in Auto asphyxiation.

The heart wants...

[rah]

I had a similar ailment. The doc prescribed a drug for it that alleviated the problem until a combination of more fluids, a better diet and more exercise resolved it.
I wouldn't pass out but was on the verge of it almost every time I stood up. It was scary as hell.

Death will come to all of us. For some like me, it's not that far off.


I figure you can do one of a few things.
Get religious and convince yourself that this isn't all there is.

Or you can just come to terms with it and enjoy every day that you get.

Each day is a bonus.

As our body fails and we feel the pain, think of the alternative. The pain doesn't seem that bad then.

[Lorizael]

Don't worry. One of these times you'll pass out and your brain will trick you into believing it's a religious experience, thereby resolving the question of what comes next.

[MRT144]

Don't worry. One of these times you'll pass out and your brain will trick you into believing it's a religious experience, thereby resolving the question of what comes next.

Provided I can remember it

[PLATO]

I'll be dead...what will I care? It is not BEING dead that scares me...it is DYING.

Like rah says...every day is a bonus. I would only modify that by saying that every healthy day is a bonus. The ones when death is very near will probably suck.

[MRT144]

I'll be dead...what will I care? It is not BEING dead that scares me...it is DYING.

Like rah says...every day is a bonus. I would only modify that by saying that every healthy day is a bonus. The ones when death is very near will probably suck.

I guess its more an issue of not being ready to not care.

[PLATO]

I guess its more an issue of not being ready to not care.

But what choice do you have? It is inevitable. When you die you will either be in an afterlife or totally cease to exist (depending on what your beliefs are and if they are correct or not). So why worry about it?

It is far more important to worry about what you are going to do today. Are you going to live it to the fullest or worry about the inevitable? My vote is live it to the fullest and let your day of death worry about itself.

[Sava]

drink more water

you'll be okay

or you won't

[rah]

It is far more important to worry about what you are going to do today. Are you going to live it to the fullest or worry about the inevitable? My vote is live it to the fullest and let your day of death worry about itself.

I think the older you are, the more you'll come to agree with this statement.

[The Mad Monk]

If there is no afterlife and we cease to exist, it is hard to imagine because, really, we won't even be there to experience not being there. It's not the same as considering the time from before we were born, because we here to note that, and to also note that our memories fade into fog long before we reach our own beginings. At our end there will be no fog. There will be no us.

I once said, in reference to binge drinking, "if you don't remember it, can you really say you were having fun?"

The same mostly applies here.

[Sava]

You know what would suck? If we all were just one consciousness and used existence as a means to pass the time. But then when each one of us dies, we're left omnipotent yet maddeningly alone.

[Lorizael]

But what choice do you have? It is inevitable. When you die you will either be in an afterlife or totally cease to exist (depending on what your beliefs are and if they are correct or not). So why worry about it?

It is far more important to worry about what you are going to do today. Are you going to live it to the fullest or worry about the inevitable? My vote is live it to the fullest and let your day of death worry about itself.

What if living life to the fullest is the incorrect answer for getting into the correct afterlife?