I don't know why I freak myself out about it, but when people around me die it's like I'm sad for a bit but then life goes on, but I just don't want my own life to end... It's weird, and I don't know why I feel like it.

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The approach of my 20th birthday has served as a biting reminder of my mortality, and I've been thinking more often about death recently.  What scares most people here about it? The sheer breadth of eternity--The earth will fall into the sun in about 5 billion years, shortly after which the sun will explode, and its pieces will form a new star some billion years later, and the process will repeat--during which I will have no conciousness, terrifiies me.

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The short duration of life and the many ways I could easily be killed scares me more.

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Why not take on a religion?

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Personally, I don't see what's so scary about death. It happens, every day. It's going to happen to everyone, no matter what. I'm not afraid of it. If someone dies, yeah, mourn a little, but then realize, it's over, you can't do anything about it, so you best start moving on.

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"The reports of my death were greatly exaggerated."
-Mark Twain

I'm looking to add some meaning to my existence.

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Anarchism: It's the good stuff.

When I was younger I used to lie awake at night thinking about death and crying, but I figure that since I can't do anything about it the best I can do is to get the most enjoyment out of life that I can and try to forget that one day I have to die.

It would be a whole lot easier if I was religious.

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I'll tell you how the sun rose -
A ribbon at a time.

what scares me is that there is so much time and i only get a tiny bit, then that's it, then there's absolutely nothing, as far as my consciousness is concerned. and i can't stop it no matter what. i get pissed off at people who claim no worry regarding death. i think it's pure envy.

good to know i'm not the only one whose gotten horribly upset over it.

i'm putting a lot of effort into the living-in-the-moment lifestyle, it's mildly rewarding but no cure.

ah, the woes of being mortal. sucks that galapagos tortoises get twice the time and don't even notice.

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i'm a rainbow too.

I suppose the only thing about death that scares me is the fact that I could, in fact, be wrong about what I believe happens after. I don't have a very strong sense of faith, nor do I believe in an "afterlife." But lately, I've been reading way too much Kierkegaard.

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