Sensitive topic.

[Vic Romano]

Like many of you, I'm more concerned about the "how" of death. I don't want to die, but I am fascinated with death. I have seen over one hundred dead bodies and have witnessed the embalming process as well on one. I have read extensively about death. Premature burial, the casting of memorials in fear of being forgotten, the toll death takes on others, ressurectionists, body snatchers, the fears of one's deceased body being used for science, mummification, cryogenics, the occult, suicide... I'm no expert and I'm not a "goth", but I find cemeteries fascinating, how different cultures and religions "celebrate" death and theories of whether or not there's an afterlife. It does not consume me, but I do think often of it.

As far as fears are concerned, if I fear something, I try to face it. I was scared of ghosts, so I spent three nights in a cabin at a camp rumored to be haunted, I was scared of spiders so I made myself touch and hold them (including a tarantula... that was really difficult) instead of kill them. I was scared of the dark, so I forced myself to sleep in pitch darkness for weeks until now, that's the only way I can sleep. As far as death is concerned, I'm not about to risk my life to not fear death, So that's where reading about it comes in. One of my favorite books. For all grounds that reading won't cover; well that's where my faith comes in. I trust in God and that His shining light will protect me, and if death is to come when I am not prepared, I trust Him that it will be swift and with as little pain as possible.
Faith is a powerful thing, embrace faith and you will have the strength to embrace your fears.

"To die would be a great adventure..."
"Death is the only adventure you have left."
- Peter Pan

 

[That Announcer]

Well, I don't have a whole lot of fears, but I do have two main ones: death of someone close to me, and Manson-ish killers. I couldn't give a (BLEEP) about what happens to me, but my mother's in this house, and if somebody tried to do something like that to her... well, let's just say it wouldn't be good for them.

 

[Muppetsdownunder]

I find old cemetaries to be interesting too but mainly because of the history. When I was in England I had a look at lots of really old cemtaries and churches, some thousands of years old. I just find it fascinating because theres nothing man made here in Australia that old. In some of the graveyards they were so old that they were coming out of the ground and some of the graves were like a big coffin type thing made out of stone and the lids were coming off!

 

[luvtosr]

The only thing about dying that I'm afraid of is if I leave my kids when they are still young (obviously I don't want to leave them at all but it's the natural order, would be much worse if they went first - now there is a big fear of mine.)

Rollercoasters I can deal with, I like 'em but they don't scare me, I went on an underground one called the Rat Ride but it was all in the dark which made it even less scary cos you couldn't see what was coming up.

The thing I fear most in this world is (brace yourselves - you're gonna laugh)...prawns with their heads still on. Not living ones, they're just another animal but when I'm in a restaurant and someone orders a prawn cocktail and it comes and all those little black beady eyes are staring at me. Well, it's all I can do not to start hyperventilating like I used to when I was little. It's a proper adrenalin crazy, would kill to get away from, I want my Mummy type fear...of prawns...with their heads on.

 

[Aaron]

i came close to killing myself awhile back

 

[Vic Romano]

When I was around your age, I considered it too. All I can say is that I really believe it is the severe burden of the teenager. Life is so complex at that point in time, be strong though, Aaron; life is worth living.

 

[EleganceLiberty]

I considered it twice and almost did it.

But I've since sworn off ever thinking of such things again. Life hasn't been easy for me in the last couple of years, but I've gone through far worse.

 

[MrsPepper]

Good for you, Elegance Liberty. A friend of mine was very close to killing herself, and it's very scary. She's had a tough life. Good to know you've gotten through it.

I'm not particularly scared of dying, I'm more afraid of dying too soon. I don't want to be gone before I ever really get a good chance at living life. That's what scares me. I don't worry about where I'm going too much.
As for things that scare me? I don't like little bugs, anything tiny that has more legs than I do. And I don't like being in pitch blackness when I'm alone. It's just so absolute, it's kind of unnerving. And rickety bridges.

 

[homerthegreat]

I don't feel scared about death at all, like Kevin, I am afraid of how I die. I guess I'm not afraid of much--REALLY tall heights, the gun policies around the world (almost anyone can obtain them), and harm to a close one, which almost recently occured, actually, which was scary as h*ll for me. This is what happened:

My grandma, who lives in St. Catherines, Canada, was robbed. She was celebrating Easter with her son Patrick, my uncle. As he was leaving, my grandmother exited the house to say goodbye. She left her back door open. She waved goodbye as Pat drove away in his truck. As my grandma entered her house, she saw a shadow run past. To find out what it was, she headed to where it came from. This place happened to be her living room. Sure enough, a man was standing there. She said he had a hoodie on, and the hood was pulled over his face, sho he was inidentifiable. My grandma backed up, and he said, "Oops, I'm in the wrong house..." but my grandma didn't do anything. The man exited, and grabbed his bike that he had parked in her back yard. He rode off into the distance. She rushed for the phone, and called my uncle Pat on his cell phone. He rushed over, and searched the house to see if anyone was still there, or if anything was stolen. Nothing was damaged, no one was there, but my grandma's wallet was gone. While Pat was searching, my grandma called the police. They just left about twenty minutes ago, I'm freaked. This is how easily anyone can get robbed. And my grandma was lucky she didn't do anything. The man could have had a gun or knife in his pocket...

When I heard that I was so freaked out and realized how easy it is to be killed, very scary topic. Actually, I made a thread about what happened to my grandma over at the Palisades board, which can be found here. The members actually did a good job consoling me, I felt much better after I read that.

 

[Muppetsdownunder]

Rollercoasters I can deal with, I like 'em but they don't scare me, I went on an underground one called the Rat Ride but it was all in the dark which made it even less scary cos you couldn't see what was coming up.

I've heard Space Mountain at Disneyland has been riden with the lights on by some lucky (if you can call it that) people. I've heard it looks very dusty and is very scary with the lights on because you can see how close you come and looks like you will hit something.