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At what point as a child after you comprehended death did you stop worrying about it? (1 Viewer)

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Remember as a young child when you first grasped the concept that you are going to die some day? When did you stop obsessively worrying about it? The worst I can remember is from maybe 3 to 5 or so. I remember being scared and unable to sleep because old age and death was approaching and there was nothing I could do about it. There had to be a solution to the problem. I was frustrated because I couldn't figure out a solution no matter how hard I racked my brain and it was like a slow feeling of impending doom. Then, I eventually said screw it and lived my life at about 5 or so, figuring that if I couldn't do anything about, I wouldn't think about it and I would simply try to enjoy my life. At what age did you stop being scared of old age and dying when you were a child?
 
33 years and counting ill let you know unless i die 1st OH GOD OBLIVION AWAITS US ALL LIFE IS CRUEL MISTAKE THE VOID COMES!!!!
 
Moderate71 said:
Remember as a young child when you first grasped the concept that you are going to die some day? When did you stop obsessively worrying about it? The worst I can remember is from maybe 3 to 5 or so. I remember being scared and unable to sleep because old age and death was approaching and there was nothing I could do about it. There had to be a solution to the problem. I was frustrated because I couldn't figure out a solution no matter how hard I racked my brain and it was like a slow feeling of impending doom. Then, I eventually said screw it and lived my life at about 5 or so, figuring that if I couldn't do anything about, I wouldn't think about it and I would simply try to enjoy my life. At what age did you stop being scared of old age and dying when you were a child?
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By the age of 11 I had decided to live hard and die young, so I certainly was not afraid then.

I was sure that I would die by 50, but at 56 I am still here...

WEIRD!
 
blarg said:
33 years and counting ill let you know unless i die 1st OH GOD OBLIVION AWAITS US ALL LIFE IS CRUEL MISTAKE THE VOID COMES!!!!
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You weren't terrified as a child when you realized you were going to die and you knew it was creeping up on you?
 
Moderate71 said:
You weren't terrified as a child when you realized you were going to die and you knew it was creeping up on you?
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no i mean im still terrified
 
I was fairly young when Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone came out, and a quote from that has stuck with me and shaped my view on death: "To the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure". Because of that, I've never had anxiety about death, but more of a curiosity.
 
spud_meister said:
I was fairly young when Harry Potter and the Philosophers Stone came out, and a quote from that has stuck with me and shaped my view on death: "To the well organized mind, death is but the next great adventure". Because of that, I've never had anxiety about death, but more of a curiosity.
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My innate view was I guess an assumption I made as a child that it simply ends. You no longer exist. I actually had to be taught the idea of a religious afterlife.
 
Moderate71 said:
Remember as a young child when you first grasped the concept that you are going to die some day? When did you stop obsessively worrying about it? The worst I can remember is from maybe 3 to 5 or so. I remember being scared and unable to sleep because old age and death was approaching and there was nothing I could do about it. There had to be a solution to the problem. I was frustrated because I couldn't figure out a solution no matter how hard I racked my brain and it was like a slow feeling of impending doom. Then, I eventually said screw it and lived my life at about 5 or so, figuring that if I couldn't do anything about, I wouldn't think about it and I would simply try to enjoy my life. At what age did you stop being scared of old age and dying when you were a child?
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Don't recall having such a fear as a child...I was more afraid of the monster under my bed or in the closet...I slept with a night light until about the age of 10...did your parents or other adults in your young life dwell on the subject of death or something?
 
I do not recall ever being afraid of dying. Snakes yes, but not death. Now I am not afraid of death, just the method of dying


I knew about death early on, as it was explained to me as why my father was not around (work place accident when I was 6 months old
 
Moderate71 said:
Remember as a young child when you first grasped the concept that you are going to die some day? When did you stop obsessively worrying about it? The worst I can remember is from maybe 3 to 5 or so. I remember being scared and unable to sleep because old age and death was approaching and there was nothing I could do about it. There had to be a solution to the problem. I was frustrated because I couldn't figure out a solution no matter how hard I racked my brain and it was like a slow feeling of impending doom. Then, I eventually said screw it and lived my life at about 5 or so, figuring that if I couldn't do anything about, I wouldn't think about it and I would simply try to enjoy my life. At what age did you stop being scared of old age and dying when you were a child?
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At about 13 I realized I was immortal. After I got out of the Army in '68 I realized that immortality is not evenly distributed.

I plan to live forever. So far so good! ;)
 
Giving children an understanding of death is easy. All you need is a hammer and a hamster.
 
Elvira said:
That is sick...
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Really!! Then i guess you would not be interested in my opinion on how to teach children about sex then. All you need there is a bag of sweets and a kid who can keep a secret.
 
I don’t have any recollection of ever worrying about death. While I am not looking forward to dying, death doesn’t bother me.
 
Moderate71 said:
Remember as a young child when you first grasped the concept that you are going to die some day? When did you stop obsessively worrying about it? The worst I can remember is from maybe 3 to 5 or so. I remember being scared and unable to sleep because old age and death was approaching and there was nothing I could do about it. There had to be a solution to the problem. I was frustrated because I couldn't figure out a solution no matter how hard I racked my brain and it was like a slow feeling of impending doom. Then, I eventually said screw it and lived my life at about 5 or so, figuring that if I couldn't do anything about, I wouldn't think about it and I would simply try to enjoy my life. At what age did you stop being scared of old age and dying when you were a child?
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I wasn't too worried as I believed the tales of there being a better place.
 
SDET said:
OK, then. Have them go out in the back yard and choose which chicken they will have for lunch.
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Big difference in killing for food and killing for the mere fun of it...
 
Moderate71 said:
My innate view was I guess an assumption I made as a child that it simply ends. You no longer exist. I actually had to be taught the idea of a religious afterlife.
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I'm much the same, I've never been religious, but I'm still open to the possibility that I'm wrong.
 
i'm still very worried about death. i try to think of other things or to channel that worry into something else.
 
I stopped being worried around 40, when it became apparent that my life's accomplishments and the actions therein, my soul, would live forever. I realized that all I had done affected others, and they affected others and so on. At the center of my being, a will had been expressed; it made an impact however tiny that will reverberate through the ages.

I've been blessed with immeasurable opportunity and I've taken advantage of some. I've lived a long and privileged life. I've made a change, however indiscernible. I know I'll live forever. I'm good.

Of course, I'd still like to do a few things if there's time.
 
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