death

why are people scared of death? its a once in a lifetime experience and its probably the best thing that could happen to a person. i mean, we start dying the moment we are born. its just a question of when death will come for us. its never really a question of where or how. its always when. but people dont want to ask when. its always how or where or worst, why. why would you ask why? why would i want to think of death? why do i have to die? why are people scared of death? i just asked that. so why? is it because of the fear of not being part of the world of the living? is it because you're going to be detached from your loved ones? is it because you will cease to exist? is it because there might be nothing on the other side? is it merely fear of the unknown? my answer to that is, so what? whats so great about this world that people want to live long lives? we have global warming, crime, pollution and a million other stuff thats not really good to live with. why is life worth living? because of one's family, friends, and other loved ones? why do people hold on so much for their dear lives? because there's so much to experience in this world? the fear of the death might be caused of the pain it brings to the people left behind by the deceased. but if thats the root of the fear, then death is only painful to the living and not the dead. so the person thats going to die shouldnt be scared of it. but thats being insensitive to the people he or she will leave behind. and that couldnt be the only explanation for the fear that people have of death. but that might explain why some people can face death easily. the dying arent really the ones who's going to feel the full impact of death. its the living. if death truly means ceasing to exist, then the previous statement is true. why? the person's dead. how can he feel death? some people might fear death just because it detaches them from the world of the living. they think there's so many things they would like to do and people they would like to be with. death is an obstacle to those things and people. so they dont want death to come knocking yet. but most people dont realize these in their daily lives until death makes it presence felt in their minds. usually, death does this through doctors who can be seen as messengers of death. as messengers, they make approximations how far you are from death. if youre healthy, then youre as far as possible from death given that no accidents or other unusual circumstances happen. if youre sick, it depends on the illness. point is, death may pass the message to doctors to tell people that time is running out. people may fear and ignore death all they want but they cant deny the fact that death will come eventually. sometimes its a good thing to hear death through doctors. at least you get a head up. you prepare for the inevitable. accidents are just tragic and violent. anyway, as i was asking, whats with all this fear of death business? i think the current social norm is to keep death at bay as long as possible. ok, nothing wrong with that as long as we dont fear death.sometimes fearing something causes misconceptions and well, disrespect. i think its disrespectful to fear death. i mean, why dont we fear time? isnt time and death intertwined? like i said, its really a question of when. so its like death and time are good buddies only that time is a much bigger than death. its like death merely rides along time. death is dependent on time but not vice versa. time can exist without death. but death needs time to fulfill its purpose. so, why dont we fear time when time brings along death with it? is it because of the nature of death? its not time that ends life, its death. so we respect time but fear death just because it takes away thats merely given to us. be it religion or science, both fields agree that life is merely temporary. so why are people deeply bothered by the thought of death and they feel immensely bad or fear if death is near? theres a lot of factors of course but theres got to be a very good and convincing answer for this question. what is it? i dont know. it just so happens that i was reminded of this question a while ago. and i really think that death or knowing death, acknowledging it, respecting it, is much better than trying to push it away, keeping it at bay and being afraid of it.