am i the only person who's been thinking about this. (i've been thinking about it a lot lately), and it's actually quite a worrying thought

anyway my thought is- what if we don't die?

what if everyone dies around us and we're left alive?

like... we can't die until we've done something special. like a task in order to prove we've lived our lives to the fullest

has anyone thought about this.

it's rather scary

[Crazy Hitch]

Hi shattered sanity

I think along these lines but not this specific thought exactly.

My personal pre-occupation would be what happens, really happens, WHEN we die, not if we die .......

I usually think this when I'm pretty unwell and contemplating "things" .....

I wonder what other members thoughts are on what you have said?

I guess the nearest I may have been is .... what if, when I die, I haven't done "good enough" things here on earth to be worthy of going to "good places" when I'm gone ...

Me myself and I is actually quite the opposite. Considering where my untreated bipolar took me and what we did in this lifetime, I wonder how much time that I have left. I was an avid alcoholic/addict doing anything under the sun in copious amounts for the last 25 years until I got diagnosed. I feel like I'm on borrowed time as is, of which I'm grateful.

[LDB1]

I had a horrific thought (to me anyway) the other day. My family is very long lived. My Grandfather died at 85, my grandmother at 84. They both still have siblings alive and kicking in their 90's.

I could have 30-35 years of this crap to deal with. Makes me shudder.

I'm not worried a bit about what happens after we die, I'm an anti-theist and I will just cease to exist. Which is comforting to me.

The manner in which I might go troubles me though. Quietly in my sleep would be nice but I don't have that kind of luck,

[wiretwister]

energy can not be destroyed only transformed neither can our soul be destroyed but only transformed..we do not die, we only change, what that change is I do not know.....this I believe with all my heart...

[Skywalking]

Originally Posted by shattered sanity

like... we can't die until we've done something special. like a task in order to prove we've lived our lives to the fullest

I wish that were true. I'd die knowing I'd lived life to the fullest, and not before. That would be extremely comforting to me. I worry I'll die without having lived as much as I want.

I've thought about this a lot lately, what I want from life and what's important to me. I lost a good friend recently and I know he had unfinished business. It makes me sad that he didn't get to live out his dreams. I don't want to face my end with regrets on my heart.

[Mrs. Mania]

I've watched many people take their last breath at my work. It's pretty brutal for most, very very few pass in their sleep. I've spent many hours begging death to come for them, I'm also a major advocate for euthanasia. Why is it we can relieve our pets suffering, but not a person's? And no, euthanasia by starvation (the only legal form everywhere) is not acceptable, it only increases suffering at the end. Slippery slope my ***- euthanasia will not lead to 'solyent green'!

[Turtlesoup]

Thanks for this thread it's great to see what others think about these things After spending 25 years in a terrible marriage & very miserable I want to be here a long time (yes even with all my struggles & issues) to enjoy the people I surround myself with now & there are so many places I want to visit & hike & pictures to paint etc. Both sides of my family are long lived into 90s (we may be a quirky bunch but we got the physical health gene at least). I've spent many years studying different world religions & my best guess is still I don't know. I've had encounters that have made me believe in reincarnation but don't know if that is for everybody-maybe that's why the world is so crowded now. Having lost some dear friends & 2 beloved cousins to suicide I feel life is very precious but when your MI gets so overwhelming sometimes it's hard to keep fighting. The thought of everyone dying around me while I'm left to complete a task is both overwhelming & kind of intriguing at the same time. It would be great if I have some task to do before moving on (or whatever). However there is that scientific rational part of me that thinks when it's over it's over-but that's not very exciting or romantic or dramatic-look forward to seeing what others think.

[moodycow]

Intresting thread, i want to believe that there is much more than just ceasing to exist ,but i dont. is that a good thing not sure |.

[Secretum]

That is a scary thought. Sometimes I wonder if we all live in a different dimension in which it is impossible to die. So I'd watch all my friends and family die and time would just pass on and on and I wouldn't die because that would be the end of my consciousness. Each of my friends lives in a reality where everyone (including me) dies on them, but they are condemned to eternal, lonely life.

If we don't die, does that make us vampires?