Fear is the Mind Killer

[~Ally~]

I don't fear death in itself, but I fear dying before I've achieved everything I want in life...the main thing being to eventually meet somebody nice, fall in love, have children, etc.

My only real fear is becoming trapped in a body that can no longer move, whilst my brain remains active. That idea terrifies me!

 

[MadamMack]

Incapacity and dependence on others. I'd rather be dead.

That is my biggest fear. That would be extremely hard for me.

 

[MadamMack]

Dying last would really suck.

No one left to play the bagpipes.

You are so damn crazy~

 

[MadamMack]

Indeed .... as this is the population I work with everyday .... although if I have my wits about me and can talk .... would be better than not having my wits and just existing because my body won't shut down .... not good .

 

[HPMcClendon]

I fear it will all have been for nothing.

 

[VultureLvr45]

I fear it will all have been for nothing.

I'll need to think about this... all of our sounds and fury, signifying nothing. If it will have been for nothing, then it was a good ride while it lasted, eh? If it is for something, then it has been a good ride on this side of the clearing.

My parents are both aged; I think about this topic frequently.

 

[king family fan]

Loosing eyesight would be my biggest fear.

 

[Dana Jean]

Loosing eyesight would be my biggest fear.

{{{hugs}}}

 

[Out of Order]

Running out of beer.............

 

[HollyGolightly]

Dying. It terrifies me. What is the "nothing" that follows. The nothing scares me. I didn't even like going under general anaesthetic for an op a few years ago because I was being forced "under". I know I'm going to need help with this when I'm older.

This is my husband's fear - not me. So not me.

Loosing eyesight would be my biggest fear.

(((((Linda))))) we're just not even going to think that way. We've got your back.

 

[Agincourt Concierge]

Loosing eyesight would be my biggest fear.

(( hugs... )))

funny thing ... Teddy and I have talked about this ... as he only has one eye ... he could not handle being fully blind .... I, on the other hand could not handle being deaf .... weird I know .... Deafness frightens be more than blindness...

 

[Grandpa]

This is my husband's fear - not me. So not me.

Grandma and I were in a small car, in a street that had an oblique approach to the main street, stopped at the light.

Big semi comes fast around the corner, headed right to the driver's door. We can't move, cars in front and behind. I look up at the grille, expanding bigger and bigger in my window and think, "I wonder if this is it." In the last couple seconds, the drivers wrenches the wheel around, and the truck continues on down the street.

I look over at Grandma to say, "Well, wasn't that sumthin." She's plastered against the passenger door, body braced, eyes wide, horrified.

Yeah, it's, whatever. Leaving people behind without my support gets me more apprehensive than actual dying does.

 

[HollyGolightly]

Grandma and I were in a small car, in a street that had an oblique approach to the main street, stopped at the light.

Big semi comes fast around the corner, headed right to the driver's door. We can't move, cars in front and behind. I look up at the grille, expanding bigger and bigger in my window and think, "I wonder if this is it." In the last couple seconds, the drivers wrenches the wheel around, and the truck continues on down the street.

I look over at Grandma to say, "Well, wasn't that sumthin." She's plastered against the passenger door, body braced, eyes wide, horrified.

Yeah, it's, whatever. Leaving people behind without my support gets me more apprehensive than actual dying does.

Bingo! Exactly, that's exactly how I feel.

 

[HollyGolightly]

Incapacity and dependence on others. I'd rather be dead.

That scares me way more than dying. It must be horrible to have an active mind that understands but you can't move a muscle or say a word.

 

[GNTLGNT]

...for real...dementia...I start down that foggy path, I pull the trigger...

 

[doowopgirl]

...for real...dementia...I start down that foggy path, I pull the trigger...

I have to agree. It's a really scary thought not to in charge of your mind. Or to be trapped inside a broken body with an alert mind and no way to express yourself.

 

[blunthead]

I've always been afraid of Bill Murray.

 

[Grandpa]

A friend and I have the pillow pact, which sounds kinda dirty, but it's not. If one of us loses capacity to where life is not worth living, and we're both of like mind what that would look like, then think of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest

Spoiler

and how Jack Nicholson died

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[nate_watkins]

...fear itself...?

 

[Neesy]

...for real...dementia...I start down that foggy path, I pull the trigger...

If it happens to me I will have to come borrow your gun (I ain't got none) - yeah poor grammar I know but Alzheimer's is apparently hereditary and my Dad had it!