[understandmoon]

Hey there, Im 18 and I never really thought about death to hard before. I wasnt scared of it before till I got a gf. I thought about how happy we'd be together. I went to disneyland and my brother started talking about death. Idk, Like my gf had a dream that we all got killed, Second person to tell me in a dream I got shot in the head. Its a horrible thought for me. We all held hands and went on but We both took that differently she was okay with her dream but it bugged me. I am a christian, but I am also scientific and half of my brain is disturbed by the thought of death everything just going black, I recently had a really close aunt past and had a dream my dad died and Idk. Im more terrified of people I know dying, of them being seriously injuried. It's just so dark how we ppay around with that word. Death... How do you cope with the thought of death? Like ive said Ive never been afraid of it before. I was ready to take a bullet for my friends but now I feel like I have to keep myself on high alert to protect them and myself so we dont lose each other. So how do you cope?

this might sound pretty sad, but I always think of the lion king and the circle of life

you have your time, you eventually die, the world continues on- someone replaces you, they have their time, they die, get replaced, etc etc. it's the circle of life, and it's just a natural part of growing older

I don't struggle as much with the fear of death, as I do with stuff that I won't have when I die- the simple pleasures of music, breathing fresh air, eating, etc.

I think all you can really do is live every day like it's your last. do what you need to do, say what you need to say, no one knows when you're going to die- we all know we will die, but not when. if we all just prepare ourselves by treating every day as our last, when we do go, everything we set out to do has been done

that's my thoughts on it

[gayleggg]

I just make sure that my loved ones know how much I love them. I try to keep all my affairs in order and have an envelope with everything that my daughter will need when I die. I figure I have covered everything. I have a prepaid funeral and even have my headstone in place so I'm just waiting on my time to go.

[MickeyCheeky]

Live your life as much as you can If you're able to, of course..

[Trippin2.0]

Death is just part of the natural order of things, its as much a part of life as birth is.

No, I'm not desensitized by any stretch of the imagination, as I've experienced a significant amount of loss in the last 7 years, but I guess as much as I hate losing people, I've accepted its just how life works.

So I guess my answer to your question is, I just deal with it as it comes.