How often do you think about death?

[rowech]

Poll to follow...

[rowech]

My wife and I have been hammered with deaths the last three years. It seems lately I am thinking about it every day. My wife tells me it's not healthy to think about it the way I do. I'm not really sure what "normal" is so I have no way to compare.

[OldGiants]

Death is all around us. Family, friends, work: Most every day some one dies that I know about at least by being a relative of a co-worker or whom someone I know was at the death scene -- a function of working for county government and working with public safety people.

You don't get used to it, but it makes talking about death an ordinary, but serious, event.

[PackerFanatic]

I voted hardly ever, but it's probably more in-between monthly and a couple times a year. I am fairly young (26 next month) so I don't deal with it too much, at least in terms of people I know. My wife is always talking about it and I tell her much the same as rowech's wife - just seems unproductive to constantly wonder "what if" and not just live your life as much as you can.

[Groundhog]

When I was in my teens I used to think about it alot and actually I guess I'd say I was afraid of it. Now I don't really think about it, and when I do I'm not really afraid of it. There's isn't anything so scary about nothingness to me anymore, I guess.

[JonInMiddleGA]

Probably hasn't been a day in over 30 years that I haven't contemplated it in some fashion. Whether my own or someone else's.

And that doesn't count potential homicides (which I'm pretty sure aren't ones you were asking about).

[Suicane75]

When I was younger I was a major hypochondriac. Constantly checking moles, looking for lumps or bumps and crap. As I got older and quite frankly not exactly very healthy I sort of came to grips with it and started thinking of it in a much more cosmic way.

[JonInMiddleGA]

I'll also add here that since the death of my grandparents that the thoughts about death in some way are more frequent/pronounced. I'd guarantee that my wife would say the same thing since her dad passed away, starting even before that with the beginning of his serious health issues.

[Pumpy Tudors]

I wasn't thinking about it at all until this thread came up. Thanks.

[AENeuman]

It seems lately I am thinking about it every day. My wife tells me it's not healthy to think about it the way I do. I'm not really sure what "normal" is so I have no way to compare.


Everything anyone believes in is a religion. Just not a God based one. None of us will be right or wrong until we find out for sure.

It's not often someone answers their own question, glad I could help

[rowech]

It's not often someone answers their own question, glad I could help

Not sure that answer stops one from thinking about death.

[thesloppy]

Every GOTdamn day. I'll be 40 in October, and it looks like the odds are an even 50/50 whether I'll be the only member of my immediate family still alive.

[Mustang]

Once a month or so and not much how it will effect me (I mean.. I'm dead), but more worried on how it will effect my daughter and wife. I worry about my daughter being alone which scares me far worse than death.

[B & B]

"I believe in making the world safe for our children, but not our children's children, because I don't think children should be having sex."

[Dodgerchick]

I do but not when, how. Specifically, how I don't wanna die. Drowning or by fire would be the worst.

[Autumn]

I find I don't think about my death all that much except as it relates to my family. I probably worry about my kids and wife dying more than myself, and when I think about myself it's related to what would happen to them.

[spleen1015]

I have had issues in the past thinking about it all the time. I think I may have even started a thread about it.

The worst time was when I lay down to go to sleep. I would always think about dying different ways. Some times it would even be pretty gruesome.

I tried to avoid this by thinking about better things like having sex with my wife instead. It seems to work most of the time.

[BillJasper]

Daily.

It's not so much about being afraid of death. If there's something on the other side, great. If not I'll never know.

I worry more about my wife and kids (17, 14 and 4) surviving without me.

[Pumpy Tudors]

I wasn't thinking about it at all until this thread came up. Thanks.
Still not thinking about it until this thread gets bumped.

[jeff061]

I think about Pumpy dying all the time.

[Pumpy Tudors]

I think about Pumpy dying all the time.
Funny, my neighbor told me that he thinks about me dying every Friday around 6pm. That's strange enough, but then I realize that I can hear noisemakers, hip-hop music, and giggling college girls at his house at exactly that time every Friday. So I'm not sure where I fit into all this, but it started soon after I peed my pants in his car that one time.

I also peed his pants at the same time.

Edit to add: It was an accident.

Edit to add #2: It was an accident if you believe the police report, anyway.

[Izulde]

Every single day and it drives me insane. It's gotten even more pronounced with my parents' ages and health issues.

[stevew]

Where is the option, "I talk about it more often than 2Pac?"

[Maple Leafs]

Still not thinking about it until this thread gets bumped.
Really? You never think about dying? Not even, specifically, on Thursday morning, right after you finish with that one thing?

I mean, that's cool if you don't. It just seems odd. I mean... it just seems like it would occur to you that...

You know what, forget I brought it up.

[AENeuman]

It seems lately I am thinking about it every day. My wife tells me it's not healthy to think about it the way I do. I'm not really sure what "normal" is so I have no way to compare.


Everything anyone believes in is a religion. Just not a God based one. None of us will be right or wrong until we find out for sure.

You seem to limit religion to purely the afterlife. A "right" religion/belief for someone is one that becomes fulfilling now and often takes away the sting of death.

[JediKooter]

You seem to limit religion to purely the afterlife. A "right" religion/belief for someone is one that becomes fulfilling now and often takes away the sting of death.

He also thinks that anything you believe in is a religion. I don't think you're going to get through to him.

[Desnudo]

Everytime I see this thread listed. What a depressing title.

[Pumpy Tudors]

This is getting stalker-ish. I may mean Maple Leafs' comment to me, but I probably don't.

[TCY Junkie]

This is getting stalker-ish. I may mean Maple Leafs' comment to me, but I probably don't.

I'm a pretty good actor. If I act stalkerish will that help, nevermind I never could get you to believe I was crazy. Well, not to the point were you didn't know that I knew I was crazy.

[CrimsonFox]

It depends on whose...

[CU Tiger]

An unhealthy amount.
It is seemingly the one thing I can't beat.
And there isnt enough time to do it all.

[MJ4H]

Way more often that I used to. Still randomly have to stop and cry for 10 to 15 minutes almost every day. It sucks.

[CU Tiger]

Way more often that I used to. Still randomly have to stop and cry for 10 to 15 minutes almost every day. It sucks.


FWIW couldnt imagine, brother.

[Bad-example]

Way more often that I used to. Still randomly have to stop and cry for 10 to 15 minutes almost every day. It sucks.

You're not alone brother.