When did you realize?

Psylocide

Psylocide

[09] Warrior
DISCLAIMER: This thread is inspired by a Javachat discussion, and thought it would be very interesting to get a understanding of when people generally experience this feeling. Anyone who has come to this TRUE REALIZATION, and sits to think about it knows that it is a mind blowing experience.

DO NOT TURN THIS THREAD INTO A RELIGIOUS DEBATE OR FLAME PEOPLES RESPONSES.

When did you first realize that you are going to die someday?

Totally cease to be, no thought, void.

I first experienced this feeling when I was 23 years old. TWENTY THREE! I had watched my grandparents die, I knew about it completely but never actually spent time thinking about it. Somehow, you feel invicible, watching people die around you but never thinking it could be you.

The first time I thought about it, I was on a shroom and salvia bender that lasted a couple of days. (go figure) But depression grabbed me for about 2 months after, and nothing I could do would let that feeling go. I have since found my own philosophy that made me happy again, but it still rocked my world.

How about you?
 
When I was in grade eight, three of my classmates died in a car accident, I guess that's where it really came into perspective.

In the past 2-3 years I have been studying philosophy, so the issue has been even more relevant to me. But in regards to realizing that I will die at some point, I guess you could say that I have come to terms with that fact. Life is fragile, so you have to realize how precious it is early so you can see it as such and respect it for most of your life.

Every now and then I think about what would happen when I die, but I suppose I won't be sure until it actually happens.
 
Psylocide: No one exactly remembers when they learn basic things for the first time. I think you're asking when does someone learn to get comfortable with the fact they will someday die. The average age is anyone's guess, but I suspect that successful people would tend to accept it in their early adulthood for the simple reason that one must have the foresight to help stay focused on their path in life.

And this is the end of my Yahoo Questions and Answers for you. Stop taking drugs.
 
Vincent said:
Psylocide: No one exactly remembers when they learn basic things for the first time. I think you're asking when does someone learn to get comfortable with the fact they will someday die. The average age is anyone's guess, but I suspect that successful people would tend to accept it in their early adulthood for the simple reason that one must have the foresight to help stay focused on their path in life.
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It's funny because you seem to understand the question, but don't answer it. My wording may not have been perfect, but I was not asking when you "learned the basics," as I so blatantly pointed out.

Vincent said:
And this is the end of my Yahoo Questions and Answers for you. Stop taking drugs
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Drugs have never hindered my ability to be successful, I have a job, a car, a house, a college degree, and a smoking hot girlfriend. But I'll stop because close-minded people tell me to stop exploring all the potential of this Earth and what it provides. And I'm a sheep. Baa.
 
When my best friend died in a car accident back in 2003, I guess my eyes were really open from that point on.

Thinking about death, is quite scary when you remove any type spiritual belief from the equation.
 
When I was 8 and a family friend died, so I suddenly started pestering my parents about what happens when you die and such for, like, a month.
 
When I think about something like this, I immediately cast it aside.
You never know when it all ends; I've been alert to this kind of feeling.
My response to this feeling is to stay strong and be optimistic.
Many people will think this is very naive or lame of me.
Oh well, here goes. Live your life to the fullest and cherish it.
Every time you awaken, be happy with what you have.
 
I don't know when I realized. I already knew when I was in kindergarten. I would spend long hours staring through the chainlink fence out at the world and thinking how precious my time was and how i was wasting it. I don't know why I thought that at that age. I don't know why I didn't do more with my life if I thought that when I was so young. But I was still a child and came up with some weird ideas about how robots had no emotions and people did and people died so I'd suppress all my emotions and teachers got concerned I never smiled, which took some time to get over all that, even after I realized I was being ridiculous. People would ask me even into the sixth grade why I never smiled and I'd say "what's there to smile about?" perfectly matter of factly mind you and for this they thought i was weird. But I don't know if it was really an emotional understanding or an academic one. It's like seeing a movie where a kid gets kidnapped before and after being a father (or so I'm told). There always remains some disconnect till it's your turn or until the concept becomes personal.

I had a friend die, some family, a grandmother too. Some deaths random, some pretty much expected. I don't know that death got anymore real for me at anytime. Maybe we only let it get so real or it would consume us. Worrying about it, would make it harder to live. I don't know if that's for the better or worse. A man cursed to always think about his impending demise would despair, he might throw himself headlong into building a legacy. Which could either make people remember he lived or deprive him of any happiness.
 
It hasn't really hit me. I had to watch a friend of mine slowly die on a hospital bed due to cystic fibrosis, which filled his lungs with mucus until he slowly drowned. But I think he's lucky now, he doesn't have to deal with that crippling bullshit anymore. I'm only 21 though, so who knows. Maybe some day it will hit me.

And people really have to stop hating on other people doing drugs that aren't heroin. I don't do drugs, but there are a lot of them that aren't destructive. They do turn a lot of people really annoying though.
 
I dont remember, but I remember one day just thinking about things and how i am really going to die....
 
When I was 4, my mom read to me the story of Louis Pasteur. Terrifying. I spent a year terrified of contracting rabies.
 
I guess I realized I could die when I was a kid, but I am constantly aware of my mortality. So if the question is are my scared of dying the answer currently is no. Just don't stab me, or eat me, or cut of my limbs off and let me bleed to death, pain is scary.

I am not attached to anything so I can go no problem is just how I might get there that makes me think.
 
It probably hit me hard in high school, I just realized that one day I was going to die and it scared me shitless for a few years. I would sometimes just sit down and start thinking about what happens when its all over and I coulnt come up with an answer. I still get freaked out when I sit down and think about it but not as much as I use too. I try to focus on enjoying the now and not thinking so much about what isn't certain.
 
Death is apart of the life cycle and we all know this but we ignore and we dont live every second of our life being precarious of sudden death. Death isn't some spirit with a scythe going around taking lives from humans. Death doesn't have a date for anyone as to when it is suppose to "take" them. We all know this but we fear death itself because we dont want to die but we know we cant live forever or can we?

Human Immortality.... can it be achieved? We can try to achieve it and we can hope for it but nothing is promised. We can however eat as healthy as possible, take care of our bodies like we take care of whats dear to us the most. Life is but a survival of the fittest, who says we HAVE to die? Are we merely but a ticking time human-bomb from the moment we are born? I disagree, the life expectancy to date is 76 years. For religious people the bible says we cannot live pass 120. But scientists are ridiculous arent they? They try to come up with all kinds of shit dont they, well it has a great effect on people like me someone who values life more than anything. The scientists say that baby boomers are expected to live a 120 years and the generation after that 150.

What makes us age and get old? Well stress and diet are at the top of the list, I consider myself to be stress free but diet is a hell of a problem especially for Americans.

http://www.pyzam.com/php/funpix/misc/EVOL.jpg

There was suppose to be a Fat Man at the end for Americans.. Anyways fail.

Scientists are also saying that if we are alive within the next 20 years we could possibly have some sort of anti-aging cell tech thats suppose to stop the aging process or slow it, thus prolonging life. Age > Us. To put it bluntly.

Also, get this. South Korean scientists claimed to have created a "cellular fountain of youth," or a small molecule, which enables human cells to avoid aging and dying. (They supposedly created this on Sunday) :/ prolly BS...

I looked into this website a couple years ago when I became precarious about my life and started to take it more seriously. Read a great deal of this page. Supposedly Cryonics can be used on a 'live' human but can't be defrosted with today's level of technology. I was pissed... that would've been my trump card for life extension. It reminded me of Furturama when Fry accidently froze himself into year 3000.... that would be pretty sweet.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cryonics
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Vincent said:
What about owning a tropical island, wiping your ass with money, and having threesomes with your smoking hot girlfriend and her sister?
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I LMAO'd! What guy wouldnt want THAT shit!
 
I think that some people dont realise this until they are actually on their deathbed. I know in my head that I will die someday but no great realization has occurred and I have not spent time thinking about it. Its occurred to me lately that time does move on because im 21 now and I remember being 11 very clearly however I still feel like im too young to think about death.
 
i die a little bit every time i have no psn rooms to join but TaTaSoul's and then eat 1a for dinner.
 
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