|
Post by Carito1988 on Mar 24, 2014 17:19:18 GMT -8
I would like to share with you a fear I have always have: I do not know why, but I remember that since I was little and I began to understand about death, I have created a big fear of death. And there has been some periods in my life which it gets really high, I can relate it more, when someone near dies; lately a person which I met in my sitting group has died.. it was awful and I felt this fear again. I do not know if you have experienced the same fear, if yes please .. can you talk about how you have handle this fear Thank you Carito
|
|
|
Post by James C T on Mar 24, 2014 17:41:17 GMT -8
I have had a fear of death since I was a kid myself. I handle it simply by not thinking about it. It's the only thing I have ever been able to do.
Sorry it's not more help.
From Susan . . . Everyone is different. I was 14 when my brother was electrocuted and everyone said he was in a better place and had gone on to his just reward. So I started looking forward to my just reward. This glorification of death is a problem as I neglect myself. I need to work on this. Faith helps with our fears, just for the record. It doesn't matter what we have faith in, except that it should be some entity that looks after our best interests and pulls us up when you fall down. I like to read passages from the Bible not for the truth but for the poetry. I love the passage, "Oh Death; where is thy sting?"
|
|
|
Post by CodepNomore on Mar 24, 2014 22:06:48 GMT -8
Hi Carito,
I handled my fear of death in the same way I handled my pain by facing it and surrendering it to my HP.
I have asked my cancer-survivor friend on what gives her extra-ordinary courage and hope. She said she believes that her God is bigger than her fears and that he promised eternal life for anyone who put their trust in him. So she is prepared to meet physical death anytime.
Celebrate and value your life now and live purposely everyday and in no time it would replace your fear positively.
|
|
|
Post by CodepNomore on Mar 26, 2014 6:34:34 GMT -8
This is a business-related study from Harvard and yet see the effect of (any type of) fear even for consumers:
"Feeling Fear in the Presence of a Brand Makes You More Attached to It"
People who were scared by clips from the movies The Ring and Salem’s Lot felt more emotionally attached to a brand of sparkling water that had been placed on their desks than did others who watched clips from exciting or sad movies or happiness-inducing scenes from the series Friends (3.70 versus 2.11, 2.54, and 2.28, respectively, on a 7-point emotional-attachment scale), say Lea Dunn of the University of Washington and JoAndrea Hoegg of the University of British Columbia. Fear makes people want to share their experience with others, and if a brand is present it can satisfy this desire, almost as though it were a person, the researchers say.
SOURCE: The Impact of Fear on Emotional Brand Attachment
|
|
|
Post by Carito1988 on Mar 26, 2014 11:33:29 GMT -8
Hi codepnomore, That is a good articles, I didn't how the fear can impact the life in such that way And thank you James CT for your post too, it is nice to know that I am not the only one who has the fear. I want to try all the good tools you both gave me to deal with this fear. Thank you Carito
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Apr 10, 2014 6:21:29 GMT -8
I don't know if this is a help, but this is how I handle my fear of death. We all are going to go sometime; our number is going to come up. I also don't think about it much. It is the fear, I believe, that we all can relate to. no one has come back from death. For me, it is the ultimate unknown.
Just my thoughts.
No real solution. I apologize.
JC
|
|