Do you think it would be pretty cool to live forever?
I did think about it. I mean, if it was just me then I wouldn't be able to love anyone, unless i gave some of my immortality to my lover, but then what if we had kids? It would be an endless cycle.
But then again it would be awesome. I'd have time to do EVERYTHING.

Sounds boring. If I have an eternal lifespan, I'd off myself pretty quick.

In a way. I'm mostly afraid of the last moments before death. The moments of unbelievable agony before you're set free (?) Sorry, I'm in a bit of a morbid mood. I think immortality would SUCK. If you make a mistake you'll have to live with it FOREVER. And you'd have to live a very careful life, because what if you get a terminal disease? You'd be stuck on a hospital bed eternally. Not to mention the whole out living all your loved ones situation....

Originally Posted by Arumaixana

In a way. I'm mostly afraid of the last moments before death. The moments of unbelievable agony before you're set free (?) Sorry, I'm in a bit of a morbid mood. I think immortality would SUCK. If you make a mistake you'll have to live with it FOREVER. And you'd have to live a very careful life, because what if you get a terminal disease? You'd be stuck on a hospital bed eternally. Not to mention the whole out living all your loved ones situation....

Sorry to hear that D:
And paha. Sounds like someone has been watching Torchwood. xD

Torchwood? Haven't even heard of it, but immortality is one of the main themes in my book, so I think about it a lot XD

The only time I ever think about living as an immortal is because I don't want to die, I know we all do. But I don't want to die a horrible death or have pain when I die. Though I personally wouldn't want to have immortality. I think it'd be boring and even as time pass by, you're still young and there isn't much to do. I want to live my life until I die. I think by then, I would have accomplish lots of things that I can say I am proud of myself for. ^^

Yes :|

It's one of my biggest fears, and i hate thinking about it.

I would love to be a cyborg. I wouldn't die but only shutdown.

I would hate to die and go "Oh shucks I shouldn't have eaten that Cookie 10 years ago" or something like that. I would be really cool if we were sure there was a heaven. Then we wouldn't have to worry that much.

Being a Robot would be cool but if no one turns you on wouldn't it be Kind of like dying in theory?
I wonder if there is a way to bring back the dead.

Kinda makes me wish I had a Philosophers Stone.

I'm scared to die but I'd be terrified to live forever.
I'd like to think the world will be better 20 years from now..
but who knows really..

Nah... death is on the floor sleeping right now- oh wait... something woke her up outside... she might go hunting soon >.>"

In all honesty I fear how I die way more than death itself

It would be cool that when you die you actually turn into a transparent ghost and can roam the Earth (And Space) at will. Its so sad that i probably won't get to see how the world is like in a few hundred years.

No, I don't fear death, but I do fear the vast ways we can die and the impact it can leave. For instance, when I was little, my mom's boyfriend died of skin cancer. He suffered for a long time and my mom was by his side all the while. She changed his drainage bag, took him to the hospital, bathed him, and was there in his last hours as he talked to spirits. Not even a month later, her sister died in her sleep. I don't even know why she did. There were no signs or anything... We just woke up one morning and learned that she'd passed during the night (July 3rd). It's probably one of the most desired ways to go, but the timing couldn't have been worse for everyone else. (Not to mention, she was still young and had a son.)
But I'd still like to live for a few hundred years. See how things progress, be able to dabble into everything, go everywhere... I think I could handle the loneliness knowing I don't have "forever", but just an extension of the average lifespan.

I went through this phase around the time I had turned 13 I think, where I was paranoid that every little thing could hurt me. I don't know what triggered it but I didn't even want to leave my bed some days it was so horrible. If something didn't taste right or if something happened during the day at school I would immediately ask if that could hurt me, or if I was gonna die, or if it was a sign.
I would occasionally break down into tears and curl up into the fetal position.
I was terrified that every little thing in the world was going to kill me at some point.
I got over it about a month later.

But yeah, I guess I always fear dying...never knowing when its coming....I mean it could happen tonight for all I know. (Knocks on wood)

I'm not afraid of death. It's just like going to sleep for a very long time.

I'm afraid for the people I leave behind who would have to carry on.

It's just like a twinkle of an eye for the person dying.

Haha when I saw the topic title I heard the voice of Davey Jones from PotC in my head hehehe....

Uhm I think I do fear death, although sometimes I wish I wouldnt wake up anymore.
Kind hard life, lots of negative stuff.
But yes I do fear death, I'm too young to die, it's too easy to let go than fight for it,
I rather fight. There are also lots of people who don't get the opportunity to live while
they want it, thats also what I try keep in mind.

I don't fear death. I mean, well, I USED to. But not anymore. Now I see it as a way of life. It happens to everyone. Kinda like your first heart-break. But if I had grown to like life enough, I wouldn't mind the power to live forever. Though, I'd think I'd have to overcome harsher obsticals than a mere human would have to overcome through out their short lives.

I guess I used to as a kid, and when I was in my tweens I definitely wanted to be immortal! I thought it'd just be amazing to be immortal, be able to see the world as it forever changes... However, now I hate that idea of immortality on me.. It creeps me out, but doesn't scare me. Death is more of something I'm interested in, not scared or happy about it. Yes, some days I wish I could bring death unto myself or someone else, but everyone has those days. So it's rather "normal", more or less.

If I were to die, I want it to be from overdosing, gunshot to head, or in my sleep. I've thought long and hard about how I'd like to die, and that's my top 3. Been the same the past 3-ish years, now? I don't mind the timing, to be honest. I know that everyone dies some time, so I do not worry much over how the ones I leave behind will react. It's a natural process of life we have to learn to deal with.

The way I see things is if I die then that's as long as I was meant to live. It's a live for the moment type of thing. Lately I've been thinking a lot about the "what if I die" scenario. I worry about what would happen to my pets mainly. Really, my pets are the only thing I would have to worry about.

I went through a time where I was depressed over the thought of dying and even tried to kill myself to get it done and over with rather than having to be sick all the time. I now see that dying shouldn't be something to be worried about too much and that I should just enjoy life as it comes.

It would be interesting to live thousands of years just to see what changes the planet goes through but I'd rather be able to die in the end.

Originally Posted by Cuddlymoon

It would be cool that when you die you actually turn into a transparent ghost and can roam the Earth (And Space) at will. Its so sad that i probably won't get to see how the world is like in a few hundred years.

Have you tried Astral Projection? It's bascially wordly travel with your soul/subconcious.
This is a link that I've used in the past, and I find that it just scratches the surface (I don't have time to dig through my boxes to find the book I need).

Astral Projection

Please don't be put off by the URL, it's actually a good page.

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Originally Posted by Ana_M

I guess I used to as a kid, and when I was in my tweens I definitely wanted to be immortal! I thought it'd just be amazing to be immortal, be able to see the world as it forever changes... However, now I hate that idea of immortality on me.. It creeps me out, but doesn't scare me. Death is more of something I'm interested in, not scared or happy about it. Yes, some days I wish I could bring death unto myself or someone else, but everyone has those days. So it's rather "normal", more or less.

If I were to die, I want it to be from overdosing, gunshot to head, or in my sleep. I've thought long and hard about how I'd like to die, and that's my top 3. Been the same the past 3-ish years, now? I don't mind the timing, to be honest. I know that everyone dies some time, so I do not worry much over how the ones I leave behind will react. It's a natural process of life we have to learn to deal with.

From personal experiances, OD'ing really doesn't work a majority of the time. Almost all medications and pills have a failsafe in them, that make you nauseous and to throw up (expelling most of the pills in either foam/liquid or foamy part form). It's also quite slow, it gives you time to think.

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Dying doesn't scare me, I've tried to kill myself about 4 times now due to fears of abandonment and being alone.

I do wonder what's on the other side though. When James was legally dead for about 5 minutes. he said he didn't see anything at all; complete darkness.

I would hate immortality because I don't like the world as it is today. Kids not even 7 years younger then me are so snotty and rude, I want to smack them with a very heavy object as is. Also, I'm not the smartest person in the world, and what if it took me 30 years to get all my psych degrees? Imagine how much debt you'd be in and have to work off.

If you were immortal, would you stay the same age or would you age? If you aged, you'd eventually end up comatose after about 100 years or so of life, but if you stayed the same age, you'd have to move place to place to avoid ppl noticing. You'd still have to eat and work and live with inflation of the world.

Hamster;;
Ah, well it works part of the time, if not majority. Either way, I've always thought, "Hey, it'd be better just to OD." Or things like that, to be honest, despite my thoughts flowing like that.. I've never put any harmful action like that in action, not even cutting. I almost did once, however I became scared of myself and broke the scissors. But that's interesting to know that they usually come out foamy/liquidy if you end up throwing them up after attempting.

Haha, OOB experiences, eh? The ability to do it subconsciously while awake runs through the females on my mom's side, I have yet to succeed in doing it, however. Have you ever managed to do that? I've been able to access far-off, distant memories.. associating with past lifes, or deep held-off information about guardians and items that represent my soul. :u