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Post by Saggitariutt Jefferspin (ith) on Jul 12, 2010 0:53:44 GMT -6
So here I am awake on a Sunday night..sneezing sniffing...all the BS that keeps you awake. As I'm laying in bed, my mind cannot help but to wander into the dark areas...the places that hold my fear. I guess I have general fear of growing old...
For the most part, most of us have met eachother and shouldn't hold each other "unmanly".
So, the question I pose to you...WHAT SCARES YOU?
For the most part, this is a hard ass questioin. But I think I got mine. As elementary as it it is....death scares the shit out of me.
I'd love to think that the little fairy tale about me going to the sweetest place ever (heaven) would ring true...but no. I will rot. I hope it's eternal sleep...but who the fuck knows? until we get a zombie, nobody does.
So, tell me. What's your fear??
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Post by The Bluzmn on Jul 12, 2010 5:23:37 GMT -6
Getting old doesn't bother me as much as becoming feeble. As an atheist, I don't really fear death as much as I fear the end of life and being done with it all. I will be 51 this year and that thought bothers the shit out of me.
Day-to-day, I fear everybody out there who thinks it is okay to drive while texting and talking on their fucking cell phones while I am on my motorcycle. I seriously believe that this is what will be the cause of the end of my life if it is not old age/natural causes.
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Post by 101 on Jul 12, 2010 6:51:11 GMT -6
BTR scares the shit outta me......oh, you mean seriously? My mom is one if 7 kids, she's the youngest. I've watched the 3 oldest ones all get alzheimers in a pretty bad way. I'm not sure the studies are conclusive at this point, but it seems to run in families and that scares the shit out of me. Not only that she may develop it, but perhaps me as well? While I don't love getting older, it doesn't bother me too much. Getting older and being incapacitated really scares me. I can't imagine a worse existense.
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Post by thejesus on Jul 12, 2010 6:57:36 GMT -6
Fear of death is natural. It's when you start fearing life that you get into problems. My philosophy is to let life flow and soak up the experience like a sponge. It's (life) going to happen to you regardless, so I don't find much use in being afraid of anything. It's a little early in the morning to start my philosophical rantings, but I really think there is only one real fear ... the fear of change. Everything can be broken down to this common denominator. People fear death cause it's a change from life. People fear financial problems because it will change the way they live. People fear spiders/heights/germs/insert whatever phobia because it represents something vastly different from their normal reality. I'm by no means perfect, and I don't pretend to have it all figured out. But I think I handle my fears pretty well. What works for me is believing that everything is interconnected and is ultimately one. From plants to insects to people to the paranormal, we are all just different forms of energy made manifest, and ultimately deeply connected in ways that are hard to comprehend. Because we are all one, we already are whatever it is we fear. It's already a part of us, and therefore, we don't really need to be afraid of it. Even if the above paragraph is all bullshit, I can still take comfort in the relationships I have with my family and friends. If nothing else, you can always "circle the wagons" with those you are closest to and embrace the unknown knowing you are strong in love.
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Post by thejesus on Jul 12, 2010 7:14:40 GMT -6
I'd love to think that the little fairy tale about me going to the sweetest place ever (heaven) would ring true...but no. I will rot. The most interesting of all questions, IMO. What happens after we die? I used to think exactly like this man. But, having collected 30 years of life experience and completely submersing myself into philosophical/spiritual/scientific readings over the last 3-5 years I have completely reversed my position. I'm always aware of the fact that I (and people in general) don't really know anything and anyone pretending to have it "figured out" is just lying to themselves. That being said, there is a lot of really compelling, scientific data (especially in the quantum physics world) to suggest that reality and consciousness are intimately linked, and that one doesn't exist without the other. There are quantum particles that literally flash into and out of existence. These same particles can exist in two forms at once (both particle and wave form). There is evidence to suggest that quantum particles don't even exist until we observe them (the act of observation creates them). There have been scientific experiments that show two electrons that can communicate with each other instantaneously, even when separated by thousands of miles (non locality), which is supposed to be impossible. No, I don't really think there is a happy little town called Heaven that we all go to and hang out after we die. I definitely don't think there is the opposite (hell). But I REALLY don't think we just flash out of existence into a void of nothingness. Whether it is a soul, or consciousness, or whatever "it" is, I really believe that some part of us is eternal. Life just seems like to big and perfect of an experiment to end with such a limp dick finale. Just one man's opinion.
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Post by lpcalihawk on Jul 12, 2010 8:08:03 GMT -6
Now that I'm a father, the only real fear I have is something happening to my son. I suppose that works into thejesus' thought on fear of change which makes sense, but I'm not sure I had many fears before becoming a father.
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Post by thejesus on Jul 12, 2010 8:32:34 GMT -6
Now that I'm a father, the only real fear I have is something happening to my son. I suppose that works into thejesus' thought on fear of change which makes sense, but I'm not sure I had many fears before becoming a father. I'm with you on this one. I didn't have many fears before I became a father, but I do have more now. They all revolve around my son. I fear not being a good father/teacher. I fear something happening to him. I fear something happening to me, and not being around to give him a proper introductory course in life. I fear not being able to provide for him. But all in all, these fears are manageable and fall into my philosophy as stated above. But they are definitely things I think about on a somewhat regular basis, when I never had these types fears before. I suppose all parents have these fears though.
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Post by hawkeyedug on Jul 12, 2010 9:57:11 GMT -6
Besides loss of life? Just the opposite. I don't want to create a new one anytime soon. If I do I'll have to find a really fucking long stair case, or perhaps an escalator traveling up quickly.
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Post by Solar Stud on Jul 12, 2010 10:33:43 GMT -6
#1--being physically incapacitated, yet mentally 100% alert (stroke, being paralyzed, other maladies)
#2--being buried alive in a dark box and waking up to that. Messes with me.
#3--not sure about death. I just don't want to linger in pain for weeks or months before dying.
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Post by Saggitariutt Jefferspin (ith) on Jul 12, 2010 10:39:03 GMT -6
#1--being physically incapacitated, yet mentally 100% alert (stroke, being paralyzed, other maladies) #2--being buried alive in a dark box and waking up to that. Messes with me. #3--not sure about death. I just don't want to linger in pain for weeks or months before dying. I agree. If I'm incapacitated, I want to batshit crazy. Batshit crazy to the extent that I don't even know I'm crazy.
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Post by thunderhawk on Jul 12, 2010 13:07:38 GMT -6
Besides the rapid decline of our empire and the fact that my daughter has to grow up in the midst of it?
I'm pretty much resigned to death. Being buried alive would scare the shit out of me though as far as the means to an end goes.
What really terrifies me is something happening to my kid. I would not survive that, guaranteed.
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Post by NotMyKid on Jul 12, 2010 14:06:41 GMT -6
tailgating outside Kinnick and having to take a shit in one of the port-a-john's.
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Post by thunderhawk on Jul 12, 2010 14:09:06 GMT -6
Now that I'm a father, the only real fear I have is something happening to my son. I suppose that works into thejesus' thought on fear of change which makes sense, but I'm not sure I had many fears before becoming a father. I'm with you on this one. I didn't have many fears before I became a father, but I do have more now. They all revolve around my son. I fear not being a good father/teacher. I fear something happening to him. I fear something happening to me, and not being around to give him a proper introductory course in life. I fear not being able to provide for him. But all in all, these fears are manageable and fall into my philosophy as stated above. But they are definitely things I think about on a somewhat regular basis, when I never had these types fears before. I suppose all parents have these fears though. You guys need to read The Road. Parental angst defined.
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Post by poncho72 on Jul 12, 2010 20:05:39 GMT -6
My fears are like a lot like the others.
If something happened to my kid I would be a wreck, my wife and I lost our first child, it was tough, he was born premature, we got through it but it took a long time to for us to even try for a second child, now we have a 5 year old daughter and I'm probably the most over protective parent on the face of the earth. There are so many things that can happen to kids these days, too many sick fucks out there.
I don't want to miss watching my daughter grow up and also the thought of leaving my wife to pick up the pieces and raise her on her own isn't exactly appealing. I'm 38, I live hard and play hard, I've always thought that living that way would keep me feeling young and vigorous, it's probably going to kill me at a young age.
losing my wife scares the shit out of me also.
An EMP attack would suck too.
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