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To put yourself at ease I have never seen an old person fear death. Though I have seen then struggle thru the active process of dying but that is temporary. My
by kls 6y ago
To put yourself at ease I have never seen an old person fear death. Though I have seen then struggle thru the active process of dying but that is temporary. My family lives unusually long, usually at least into their late 90's most go over 100. This is on both sides of the family. I have watched all of my great grandparents pass (also more recently, 2 of my grandparents), most of which were thru my teenage years to the last one dying when I was 30. The last one was my great grandfather, he was 107 he was diagnosed with a treatable cancer. He told the doctor that the reality is at 107 he has 5 more years maybe if he decided to treat it, that his time was up, that he missed his wife and that he was most assuredly going home to die. He did not view his death as a tragedy but rather the completion of a life story, a story in which most of the characters had move on and thus he was ready to move on.
As a note: much like the GP post you replied to, it was around that 30 mark and my great grandfathers passing that I no longer worried about death.
- rv-de 6y ago> To put yourself at ease I have never seen an old person fear death. Really? It seems like the Covid situation is unveiling exactly how most old people are seriously terrified of dying even requesting everything being put to a halt.
- kls 6y agoThat has not been my observation, it seems to me that it has been other individuals making a "think of the old people" argument. Now that is anecdotal but I have not heard many of the elderly I know voice fear over the situation. Concern maybe but not fear. It also helps to frame what we term as old I am not talking about someone in their 60's still fit and able to enjoy life. My frame of reference has been my very elderly grandparents and the friends that they have left. I have heard more complaints about loneliness from them than fear of death. Now I have heard them express that they would rather not go out by COVID as it seems like a pretty crappy way to go. I don't think anyone ever truly gets over the fear of the process of death. I know that while I do not fear it, if I imagine myself burning to death or falling to my death in a plane crash with other people around me screaming in futility. I can give myself that oh crap I hope I does not go down like that feeling, but that is different than being terrified of being dead.