The Ultimate End

[Anonymouse]

Well, psychoanalytic thought and existentialism go about a whole rant explaining this.

Anyway, I recommend a good book I read called "Denial of Death" by Ernest Becker, who tackles the issue of mans refusal to acknowledge his own immortality and sort of deviates on the Freudian thought, centers mostly around Otto Rank, a genius in his own rite might I add.

[violette829]

Before my father passed away last month, he taught me everything I needed to know about life in a matter of 1 week before his death. I saw him go through all the stages, which lead to his final acceptance stage. It was so weird how I saw him finally just say, okay, I'm dying, there is nothing that's going to stop it. He decided to make his last days as meaningful as possible. Human beings are always afraid of what they don't know. (for ex. Michael Jackson)...lol..that was stupid...anyway, back to death...I think our minds sometimes go too far ahead of us. We have to just let it be because if we go on a search to find all these truths, we're just gonna be wasting away our lives trying to uncover something that CAN'T BE UNCOVERED. What meaning would life have if we knew when we were going to die. Any reasonable person would kill themself before the death even occured in that case. Just live life everyday, in every way.....Oh and the 1 thing my dad told me, DON'T LIVE YOUR LIFE FOR SOMEONE ELSE! THAT GOES FOR ALL OF US ARMENIANS WHO ARE ALWAYS CONCERNED ABOUT WHAT OTHERS THINK OF US....Live, Love, BE MERRY!!!!

[fIReBuRntInHeLL]

ONe thing in this life is for sure: DEATH
I am not scared about it but I feel awkward thinking about it...

[jahannam]

Originally posted by SexyAries I am not afraid of death, if it was up to me i would already be dead

last time I checked, it IS up to you
lol
so I don't know what you're talking about.

[sSsflamesSs]

Originally posted by jahannam last time I checked, it IS up to you
lol
so I don't know what you're talking about.

So you're saying that attempting and actually succeeding in suicide have the same outcome??

Fact of the Day: Women commint suicide more often than men, but more men have ended up successfully killing themselves than women.

[jahannam]

Originally posted by ckBejug But shouldn't that be the reason you fear losing someone. I mean, why should you be afraid of loss? when you die, that's it. You;re dead. there is no thought in your mind about how oh xxxx I'm dead and I miss everyone... You know? there is no missing anyone. you dead. fin, finished, finito. no more thoughts, worries, sadness. You know?

No.
the fear of losing ONE person is a tiny little particle, compared to the fear of losing your life!!!
YOU're suggesting my "dead self" can't be afraid of loss..
duuuuh.
I was talking about NOW.
me.
now.
I fear NOW of the losses death causes!
you don't FEAR AFTER losing something.
you fear THE THOUGHT of losing something.

[Arvestaked]

Originally posted by sSsflamesSs Fact of the Day: Women commint suicide more often than men, but more men have ended up successfully killing themselves than women.

I do not want to be a vocabulary turk but I cannot help it. I am obsessive compulsive. To commit suicide by definition implies success. Otherwise it is attempted. I know: I am an xxxxxxx.

[Arvestaked]

Being dead is entirely up to the individual.

There is a reason why women have a lower suicide success rate. A greater percentage of female suicide attempts are cry-for-help attempts. They do not actually want to be dead. It is an attention getting mechanism. If you want to die, go to a bridge and jump or shoot yourself. Chances are you will not survive.

SexyAries: If you want to be dead, what is stopping you? Because it is up to you. If you are not dead, it is because you do not want to be. The reason for me, other than my fear of death, is to not hurt my close family. But it is still my decision.

[sSsflamesSs]

Originally posted by sSsflamesSs So you're saying that attempting and actually succeeding in suicide have the same outcome??

Fact of the Day: Women attempt suicide more often than men, but more men have ended up successfully killing themselves than women.

Arv jan, happy? Hehe, I didn't even realize that, but thanks for the heads up.

[Arvestaked]

Yes I feel much better.