Have you accepted the fact that youre going to die

At what age do you accept the fact you're going to die soon?

Some of us don't realize how close death really is until a spontaneous life changing event finally scares the crap out of us!

I've been a EMT since the age of 19 and I have seen many unfortunate events. The day I cracked my father's chest doing cpr, was the day I realized how close the grim reaper was to my front door..

Live life to the fullest every day my friend, don't let the fear of the death stop you from achieving your goals and realizing your dreams.

You're awesome remember that!

How has being told that you're going to die soon changed your life?

“What, what do you mean I’ve only got two weeks to live. I thought it was just a cold.” How could this happen to, I’m so young.

“My affairs in order, what affairs and no, I don’t have a will.” Holy shit, this guy is serious.

“Next of kin, you mean my lazy brother that drives a cab two days a week. I wouldn’t trust him to change the battery in my watch let alone arrange a funeral.” That bastard still owes me money.

How can I get over the fact I am going to die?

The fact that you - and everyone - is going to die isn't really something to get over so much as it's just a given that you accept. Here's one way of thinking about it (illustrated through three concepts) -

1. At birth, you're guaranteed one thing: death. Not everyone will live (in the literal nor the figurative sense).

So now you're at some point in between these two extremes, birth and death, both of which aren't really under your control. But what you can control is what happens in between: how you live.

You say that life is too beautiful - fantastic! But what makes it so beautiful?

I'm going to bring in a bit of Hollywood here (with a bit of ancient Greek mythology intertext) and quote Achilles from the movie Troy:

2. "I'll tell you a secret, something they don't teach you in your temple. The Gods envy us. They envy us because we're mortal, because any moment might be our last. Everything is more beautiful because we're doomed. You will never be lovelier than you are now. We will never be here again."

It's the idea that part of the beauty of living is the fact that it's so transient, so temporal, so ephemeral. Every moment is unique in the sense that it will never be perfectly replicated quite the same way ever again.

To finish off, I'm going to cite ancient Greek philosopher Epicurus:

3. Death means nothing to us... when we exist, death is not yet present, and when death is present, then we do not exist.

That is to say, death is nothing, because in death there is nothing.

Once you've hit that point, once you've attained that other guaranteed extreme, it won't matter any more because you'll be dead, and therefore everything will be nothing.

As you've said, death is inevitable. Acknowledge it, accept it - but don't waste any more time being sad about it. After all, life is too beautiful!

Do we accept the fact that every other person will die before we accept the fact that we will die?

Is it is fact? What we know is a fact is that every person who has died once lived. We do not actually have verifiable evidence that every person will die (or that we ourselves will die). Who knows? You or I might be the one person in the universe who never dies. Highly unlikely but not completely impossible (though I certainly wouldn’t bet my life on it!).

I accept that I could die at any time (and that certain things will make it highly likely that I will die to the point that I choose not to try those things) and I am certainly ready for death to take me to the extent that I would not feel regret if it happened but I do not consider this a “fact” because one never knows if there will eventually be a “cure” for death. I highly doubt that there will be one and I think that it would be a really bad thing for humanity if it did happen but still, why dwell on such things? Just live each day as if it was to be your last and you will live your life to the fullest. To my mind, what is sad is not that we will eventually die but rather that so many of us never actually live in a way such that they would have no regrets.

How do you accept that you will die?

By realizing that death is inevitable.

Every human being before you (and definitely many that came after you) met their demise at some juncture in their life time. We live to die (eventually), and realizing that you can't escape this universal formula is accepting that one day both you, I, and everyone you've ever met is eventually going to take their last walk, eat their last supper, and definitely have their last good night’s sleep.

I'm sure the mystery of what comes after death is the prospect that scares most individuals of what is seemingly a heightened form of unconscious, and knowing that every one you've ever cared about is-and most definitely will die (unless scientist truly do figure out a way to make us immortal)-is pretty depressing.

A wise character once said “nobody belongs anywhere, nobody exists on purpose, everybody is going to die.”

Regardless of what you believe in, someday you won't be around to have another day.

So seriously, go watch TV and stop thinking about it.

Because it's really not worth the energy.

I'm so scared that my parents are going to die. How do I learn to just accept the fact and prepare myself for the moment?

Everyone goes through the phase where they become aware of their own mortality as well as that of your close onethem.

It is the scariest thought in the world. I have been there and believe me being a doctor makes it a 100 times worse.

However, no matter how bitter this pill is to swallow, you have to. No one lives forever but there are somethings that you should do everyday and I am not just giving advice, I follow this myself

Talk to your parents, give them time. Its better to do this today then regret not being able to do it. Ask someone who has lost someone they love, they would give anything to hear their voice
Let them feel your love. It doesnt mean that you buy them gifts, it means you go hug them or tell them you love them.
One of the greatest joys of my life was sleeping next to my parents hugging them, as I grew older, I out grew the habit but now I may not do it everyday or even once a week, I do sit next to my dad or mom hugging them
They are human too. They make mistakes, forgive them. It will bring you peace. My parents werent perfect. They have their flaws but they never gave up on me because of that and I won't give up on my children because of that then why can't we do that for our parents? Dont get me wrong I am not asking you to forgive your parent who abused you and starved you. I am talking about something like eating food your mom cooked knowing that you dont like it or eating food that didnt turn out right for some reason.
They may ramble on, repeat the same boring stories but for them its important, listen to them

You were and are the centre of their world and you will always be. As we grow up, they become secondary and thats how life is but that doesnt mean we cannot devote some time each day for them when they devoted their life to us.

Love them, care for them cherish them while they are there not after they ae gone.

How can I accept that I will die one day?

Honestly, I love all the answers everyone.

I am young and I am scared shitless. That being said, I don’t know what the outcome will be. One minute you’re breathing and laughing and next, your life is gone.

I especially like the answer Shuvendu Patnaik gave. I never gave it much thought of how life will end, the sleep example is perfect.

No one wants to die but everyday you see people die and may it be one of your family members or anyone. You’re living your life and I guess we all have to live it to the fullest and accept the end.

Why given this life if at the end you’ll die? I have everything I ever wanted and now my time has come, why? All these question people ask themselves each day.

I guess it is okay to scared, just accept it and that’s life.

Hope this helps.

To those of you who have found love: how can you accept the fact that you'll lose that person one day when death separates you forever?

My husband died one day after kissing me goodbye and going to work. He had a massive heart attack and died within minutes. That was three years ago.

I have been very grateful for finding a wonderful love like his and being with him for a almost 25 years… And I have been through The full gamut of emotions – unfortunately the first one was anger at him for leaving me.

We lived in a rental cabin in the mountains and I could no longer keep it. We were married in the meadow. This spring was very difficult because I knew where every wildflower was blooming, where every deer was giving birth and every tree was branching every bird was coming back.

Fleeting moment wishing that we had not met and those are immediately taken over by the beautiful memories I have of that every moment we had together, even the arguments are the nights spent on the couch, every trail we hiked, every animal we cared for, every chicken and duck and goose and peacock we took care of in our Mountain home.

We had a very special important rule and that was that he would never leave the house without kissing me goodbye. I am so grateful for that rule today.

I never expected or intended to get married and he had already been married once and was a verified certified bachelor. We were friends for several years before we realized that it wasn't just friendship, we were in love and had known it since we first met.

I married at age 42 and I am now 66. He passed A week before his 69th birthday and two weeks before the 24th anniversary.

I will never ever be sad for anything we've ever done together, and I work through my grief in many ways.

Most of them are in the joy of recalling his gift to me, a gift to absolutele love.