Why is death so scary?
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Death scares us all.  It is also a fact of life.  If we did not have an instinctual fear of death, we would not survive as a species.  The way you describe your fears sounds like it is more about being left alone, and you may want to talk with a counselor about that issue.  Loss is a big source of pain for all of us.  Perhaps you have lost a beloved relative or friend, and you hate that feeling.  Or maybe you are very attached to an older relative, and you cannot imagine life without him or her.  Talk to a mental health professional about your specific fears and associations with death.  If you are religious, you can also talk to our clergy. This is a VERY COMMON fear.  But you deserve relief, and counseling can help.
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because death or bein dead is part of the unknown. people generally dislike unfamiliar circumstances i.e death. im scared of death, partially becuase im scared of how it will happen, but also becuase we dont 'really' know what happens after death till it happens. im not religious.. but who knows? no1.
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I think because we have a true fear of violence and death and there is a tendency to be drawn to things that we fear.  Maybe to better understand it and maybe so that we can experience it outside of ourselves.  I also think that there are some really sick people out there and they thrive off of harm to others and want to do the harm themselves but do not want to deal with the consequences of those type of actions.
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Death is neither a good or bad thing. It just comes without asking?\n\n\nDeath has always been the most dreaded factor of life for any living being. It is not only the humans who are afraid of death... animals and other forms of life also feel the same!\n\nWhat makes death the most fearful of all attributes of God? There is none who can defy death. It is only after gaining self realization and enlightenment that one becomes immortal. It is this stage when the fear of death vanishes for ever. Every God realized Master and an enlightened individual finally overcomes death.\n\nWhat is to death that is feared about most? Death announces the end of the physical manifested journey on Mother Earth. Whatever be the achievements of an individual in any phase of life... be it the form of an insect, animal or the human being himself... all seems to have gone wasted!\n\n\nAfter the death of the body... none remembers what the next manifestation would be! For the present being all is lost after the death of the body. The entity for which it lived all through in the present life seems to be lost forever the moment the death of the body occurs.\n\nThe achievements in the present life... do they carry no value. Why does not God Almighty show mercy on human beings and increase their life span proportionate to their achievements in the physical manifested life.\n\nIt is a remote possibility that such an arrangement may have worked. Probably God Almighty did not have able advisers. People of the level of Edison and Einstein may have continued living for thousands of years. In doing so they would have immensely benefited the mankind and for God there was nothing to lose. But so was not destined by God. Why?\n\n\nWhy is it so that death makes an uninteresting subject! We may have labored for a full 30~35 years... the primetime of our life having spent in creating an enormous wealth. But when comes the time for death of the body... All shall be left behind. Why?\n\nIn the system of God... nothing seems to be disordered or incomplete. Stephen Hawking in his book "a Brief History of Time" has advocated that the system of God is disordered at some stage. He is absolutely in the wrong. He is trying to place his judgments based on science. There are many factors in the field of spirituality which are purely based upon faith.\n\nThe conclusions of Stephen Hawking were wrong for the complete cosmic system is without a parallel. It has no flaws... such a phenomenon can never be! Everything in the whole of Cosmos is governed by laws which are a creation of the Creator himself.\n\n\nIf death was designed by God as it stands today... then how can it be that the achievements of an individual in a particular life remained unpaid? The balance of the whole of Cosmos would get disturbed on this account. The law of karma was primarily created by God to maintain this aspect of life.\n\nIt is the doctrine of karma which makes the achievements of one life carried forward to the next manifestation. It is through the chromosomes that whatever has been achieved by one in the present life shall get automatically transferred to next life.\n\nTalking of death, near death experiences, sudden death and subjects like life and death... science has a very limited role to play for it is only the parameter of faith which shall lay bare the doors of wisdom for us. Never as a scientist can one enter the domain of God.\n\n\nEinstein in his fag end of life when he was nearing death realized the importance of having faith in the system of God. It was too late by then. He regretted not having indulged into reading Bhagvad Gita... the foremost of all sacred Scriptures existing on Mother Earth. He realized his folly that standing on the platform of science... talking of spirituality carried no sense.\n\nStanding on the 30th floor of Empire State building one cannot have a glimpse of the entire New York as it would appear if one was standing on the top of the building. To have a
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1) They come to the realization that death is not something to be feared, since no amount of fear will prevent death nor even delay it.\n2) Having learned to cope with the fear of death, they are less fearful -- perhaps even unafraid -- of any other unknown quantity.\n3) They're not concerned with what the neighbors may think of them or their beliefs.
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my greatest fear is losing my dearest family members, i know they will die one day, but seeing them die a horrible death is a great fear!
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As a Christian, physical death is nothing that i fear.  I would be more afraid to lose all hope in something.  The only way I feel that I could ever lose all hope is if God abandoned me.  That is veritably the description of hell--eternal torture and the absence of God.  \n  On a more secular note, death is at least a form of ignorance.  Hopelessness may have no cure, and the only relief may actually be death.
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Because Nigh is so scary
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You are not so much in fear of dying as you are in fear of how it will happen, when it will happen and what will happen to you after wards.  So lets give consideration to the first two questions. You can not know the circumstances unless of course your doctor has pronounced you terminal. Most of us fear a long, tortourous, painful demise. When it happens we don't want to see it coming. We want it to happen fast without warning. If the nuclear bomb is aimed at my house and this is the last minute of my life, I don't want to know about it.\nThere is nothing you can do to control this part of your future. You can pray and believe that God is going to watch out for you and not have you die til you are very old and then in your sleep. In the meantime, plan on living your life like that is exactly what is going to happen.\n\nNow as to the other part, what happens after you die.  Without talking about any religion lets discuss if you believe death is the end of all or if the personality that makes you, you, survives physical death.  Do you believe in reincarnation? Ghosts? these are beliefs that many people share that indicate that there is life waiting for us once we leave our physical bodies behind.  Many people that have lost someone close to them can talk about being visited by their loved ones sometimes in person and sometimes in dreams. But its a real visit, not just a memory or wishful thinking.\nIf you believe that you will continue to go on after your body ceases there is less to be in fear of.\n\nA good book to read is "What Dreams May Come" that deals with the subject of death and what happens to us.  If you are not a reader, check out the movie on video, the movie isn't as good as the book but the meaning is still there.\n\nDon't get tied up in knots over what "religion" tells you and consider what you personally believe and don't believe.
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I died when I was 9, just for 2 minutes and then I came back. It was not scarey at all. Stop being so morbid and enjoy life while you have it. You are not feeling death, you are depressed or bi polar, you need to see a therapist.
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Most people who have a death experience\ntalk of seeing a bright light that leds\nto a tunnel then are suddenly snatched\nback from a very peaceful place - to life.
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I completely agree with your statement. Fear of death is nothing new in society so what better way to control the masses and tell them after death there is a life....people die its a fact of nature. Im just waiting to be turned into plant food!
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Some people are at peace when they die.  They understand that this life is about how you treat and care for other people.  They have lived every day to the fullest and have no regrets.  Their life has been treated as a gift.  As they are dying, they are still trying to care for others by being brave so others are not sad.  They may even believe they are ending this life going to a better place.  \n\nOthers may be afraid of death or feel like they have not had a good life.  These people may have lived a selfish and destructive life and this is how they face death as well.  \n\nI would also imagine it has a lot to do with what disaster or death you are facing.
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I think it's because we don't know what's after you die. Well it's scary. If your Cristian or Muslim you believe in after life  I don't know for the others. if there is a hell won't you be afraid to die?
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thanatophobia- fear of dying
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People are afraid of death.That is the reason we have so many man made religions that still control the masses.People can not accept the fact that we are no different than the animals or tress or any other living thing on this earth.That we will die and become part of the oneness that we came from.We are all part of this grand universe and the beauty of it alone should be enough for people to see that the fairy tales are just that fairy tales.But people are weak and ignorant they need a crutch to get them through the day and they need a fairy tale to handle a task that we all must face and that is death.
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For the most part there is fear, because people hate being reminded of their mortality.  On the other hand, there is compassion if you go to the right people.  Most times, people think of HIV as a death sentence and forget that people who have it are LIVING with it NOT dying from it.