Irrational Fears

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  • RachelElser
    RachelElser Posts: 1,049 Member
    That my weed-whacker would cut my feet off at the ankle.
  • bootyrubsandtacos
    bootyrubsandtacos Posts: 775 Member
    Dying while working out :s It crosses my mind during every workout.
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  • bhadbahabi
    bhadbahabi Posts: 575 Member
    I have an irrational fear of people touching the arch of the bottom of my foot.
  • bojack3
    bojack3 Posts: 1,483 Member
    lavinia_whateley_goals wrote: »
    can u have irrational fear of death when death is imminent for each of us anyways

    Yes....death is nothing to fear.
  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    lavinia_whateley_goals wrote: »
    can u have irrational fear of death when death is imminent for each of us anyways

    Well.. it’s inevitable but not necessarily imminent, so I think the fear of death is legit
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  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    iMago wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    lavinia_whateley_goals wrote: »
    can u have irrational fear of death when death is imminent for each of us anyways

    Well.. it’s inevitable but not necessarily imminent, so I think the fear of death is legit

    tbf with the advent of technology there are a lot of strange and horrific ways to die in the world so its not unfounded that it could happen suddenly and without warning.
    like getting sucked out of a plane is pretty high on my list at the moment and i haven't been on a plane in years. but i think if it happened, i mean, you're gonna fall for a few minutes i'd imagine. like long enough to scream and run out of breath and then scream some more most likely.

    I reject that one because if you’re falling at terminal velocity for more than two minutes, you are at least 20,000 feet up. However, most planes cruise around 40,000 feet and at that altitude the depressurization would knock you unconscious in as little as ten seconds depending on your heart rate, which, if you’re freefalling at 9.8 m/s/s I suspect is pretty high. I submit that this would be a pleasant way to go. Except for the 10-20 seconds of sheer terror.
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  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    iMago wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    iMago wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    lavinia_whateley_goals wrote: »
    can u have irrational fear of death when death is imminent for each of us anyways

    Well.. it’s inevitable but not necessarily imminent, so I think the fear of death is legit

    tbf with the advent of technology there are a lot of strange and horrific ways to die in the world so its not unfounded that it could happen suddenly and without warning.
    like getting sucked out of a plane is pretty high on my list at the moment and i haven't been on a plane in years. but i think if it happened, i mean, you're gonna fall for a few minutes i'd imagine. like long enough to scream and run out of breath and then scream some more most likely.

    I reject that one because if you’re falling at terminal velocity for more than two minutes, you are at least 20,000 feet up. However, most planes cruise around 40,000 feet and at that altitude the depressurization would knock you unconscious in as little as ten seconds depending on your heart rate, which, if you’re freefalling at 9.8 m/s/s I suspect is pretty high. I submit that this would be a pleasant way to go. Except for the 10-20 seconds of sheer terror.

    oh im sure you would pass out from it quickly, but i wonder if you'd wake back up too? then the screaming would probably commence.

    me personally im gonna flap my arms either way just because you never know it could work.

    This is why I always wear zubaz when I fly. Sometimes you just need a backup chute, nome sayin
  • bojack3
    bojack3 Posts: 1,483 Member
    I believe a fear of death is irrational. Being alive can be painful. All evidence of being dead points to being non existent, I would believe non existent is not painful, physicallyh or emotionally. The fear of death only exists in the brain thatg is working and not comprehending that non existence is nothing to fear.
  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    bojack3 wrote: »
    I believe a fear of death is irrational. Being alive can be painful. All evidence of being dead points to being non existent, I would believe non existent is not painful, physicallyh or emotionally. The fear of death only exists in the brain thatg is working and not comprehending that non existence is nothing to fear.

    So maybe it’s more accurate to say people aren’t afraid of being dead, but the process of getting dead is kinda scary and probably hurts
  • bojack3
    bojack3 Posts: 1,483 Member
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    bojack3 wrote: »
    I believe a fear of death is irrational. Being alive can be painful. All evidence of being dead points to being non existent, I would believe non existent is not painful, physicallyh or emotionally. The fear of death only exists in the brain thatg is working and not comprehending that non existence is nothing to fear.

    So maybe it’s more accurate to say people aren’t afraid of being dead, but the process of getting dead is kinda scary and probably hurts

    Yeah....that's a fair point.

    I also don't think people grasp not existing and it gives them anxiety.
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  • caco_ethes
    caco_ethes Posts: 11,962 Member
    bojack3 wrote: »
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    bojack3 wrote: »
    I believe a fear of death is irrational. Being alive can be painful. All evidence of being dead points to being non existent, I would believe non existent is not painful, physicallyh or emotionally. The fear of death only exists in the brain thatg is working and not comprehending that non existence is nothing to fear.

    So maybe it’s more accurate to say people aren’t afraid of being dead, but the process of getting dead is kinda scary and probably hurts

    Yeah....that's a fair point.

    I also don't think people grasp not existing and it gives them anxiety.

    I have no problem grasping not existing. I take naps every day and I’ve been in junior high
  • Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings
    Bullet_with_Butterfly_Wings Posts: 5,545 Member
    Mice or cockroaches in the house... I will run out of there faster than the speed of light, never to return.
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  • 81Katz
    81Katz Posts: 7,074 Member
    When someone is behind me for what I feel is too long, I'll make random turns before I drive to my house just to lose them. :blush:
  • bojack3
    bojack3 Posts: 1,483 Member
    laprimaJenny wrote: »
    bojack3 wrote: »
    I believe a fear of death is irrational. Being alive can be painful. All evidence of being dead points to being non existent, I would believe non existent is not painful, physicallyh or emotionally. The fear of death only exists in the brain thatg is working and not comprehending that non existence is nothing to fear.

    What about sufferance? What about regret?

    What about them? None of which you feel when you are dead. Maybe right before death.....maybe right now while thinking about death. But once that brain shuts off, none of it matters anymore.
  • cee134
    cee134 Posts: 33,711 Member
    caco_ethes wrote: »
    Like me, for example.. I can’t stand when a single hair is touching me in the tub. The sensation drives me insane. What things are you overly particular about?

    I don't like when things touch me in water.

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