Fear of Dying

[bobpbx]

If you have an open mind, this is a great article for you. I say, go for it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/m...hpw&adxnnlx=1335009698-Uhlv3ZREGyrJMclwlbotIg

I like this quote from it:

If treatment-resistant depressives can have it, then why not their dysthymic counterparts (those suffering from chronic low-grade depression), who suffer in a lower key but whose lives are clearly compromised by their chronic pain? And if dysthymic individuals can have it, then why not those suffering from agoraphobia, shut up day and night in cramped quarters, Xanax bottles littered everywhere?

 

[Teegate]

I think the person who wrote that quote was on LSD. I am not saying I don't like the quote though.

 

[piker56]

I've personally experienced what they call "low level depression". I spent months not even to want to go the pines, which are my favorite place on earth. I admit I didn't read the entire article, it hit to close to home,but I had to be treated with certain drugs that would leave me totally cognizant, as my job required it. They have thankfully worked, but I hope I never get to the point where they recommend these "mind altering" drugs. Depression is more common than most people think.
Greg

 

[Teegate]

I've personally experienced what they call "low level depression".

I think at some time in their life most people have that problem. Taking legal drugs is for some people the only way to get through it, and there is nothing wrong with that.


Guy

 

[bobpbx]

The only difference between legal drugs and illegal ones is that one was made illegal by high-minded authorities.

 

[turtle]

When my life rounds it's last bend I am in hopes that I will have the ability to make decisions about my medical treatment. To have govt. dictate what is best for me is not what I am hoping for. Death is not "good" for most, but it's inevitable. How well do we accept that part of our existence? A diagnosis resulting in reaction, treatment, choice, acceptance is too personal a decision to be made with legislation. What's best for Pam in the article may/may not be best for me. But I want the ability to make my own choice if possible. Her choice led her to acceptance. It worked for her.

"....she came to a very visceral understanding that there was a present, a now, and that it was hers to have. "

To state how I would personally decide on such issues would be premature.... I won't know until when and if these choices become necessary.

Terry

 

[manumuskin]

I am not afraid of dieing.... as long as it doesn't hurt.I am a serious pain sissy.I like Henry's attitude "I would hate to find out upon dieing that I had not lived."
The best book I ever read on death was "A Grief Observed" by C.S. Lewis. It was about the death of his wife.For obvious reasons it is very hard to write about our own death.

 

[ecampbell]

As Woody Allen said, "I don't mind dying. I just don't want to be there when it happens".

 

[PINEY MIKE]

The best book I ever read on death was "A Grief Observed" by C.S. Lewis. It was about the death of his wife.For obvious reasons it is very hard to write about our own death.

"Tuesdays With Morrie" was a great and uplifting read on death, and life for that matter.

 

[geezerfinneran]

If you have an open mind, this is a great article for you. I say, go for it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/22/m...hpw&adxnnlx=1335009698-Uhlv3ZREGyrJMclwlbotIg

I like this quote from it:

If treatment-resistant depressives can have it, then why not their dysthymic counterparts (those suffering from chronic low-grade depression), who suffer in a lower key but whose lives are clearly compromised by their chronic pain? And if dysthymic individuals can have it, then why not those suffering from agoraphobia, shut up day and night in cramped quarters, Xanax bottles littered everywhere?

 

[geezerfinneran]

I suppose that's one way of handling it.

I can't help but think of my wife, who died 5 years ago last month: wanting to die, but afraid of dying-but-when she was finally released, I "saw" her go. She was 17, and wearing a prom dress-and was full of joy. She stopped and asked me to say goodbye for her. When the phone woke me up a few minutes later, I was not surprised it was the hospital, calling to tell me she was dying.


For me, I'd like to go out in mid-sentence -as it were.