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If you could choose how you die
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at 114 years old in my sleep ...peacefully0
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Burning to death is my worst nightmare!
Mine, as well. It may sound silly but I do NOT want to be cremated either...doesn't matter that I am not going to feel it.2 -
In my sleep.
That's my worst nightmare. Me drowning. Not you. I mean, not that I want you to drown. But, if it's between me and you. You all the way. But, you don't mind that. So, we cool.SurfyPantsAgainAgain wrote: »I am quite partial to drowning.
I almost drowned once. It was very unpleasant. Jumped off a small cliff into a deep lake when I was a teen without knowing what to expect. After swimming up for what felt like an eternity and not seeing the surface I panicked. I was rescued, unconscious. It was one of the scariest moments in my life. Next year I jumped again, but I knew what to expect, and swam patiently up without panicking even when the feeling of lack of breath set in, and I was fine. If you are in water it pays off to know what to expect and what to do.2 -
SurfyPantsAgainAgain wrote: »I am quite partial to drowning.
in what ?1 -
At 63, I have thought about this. I probably worry more about my husband, who is 71, more than I do myself. His father died of cancer at 72, but his mother lived to 86 and had advanced alzheimers. My mother died at 64, and passed during surgery, and I guess that is an easy trip out. My father is still kicking at 93 - his second wife died quite suddenly of blood clots in her lungs. As for me, I would like to make an easy transition - just go to bed one night and not wake up. (you can be sure it won't be because I was in a car accident and wasn't wearing my seat belt). It never fails to amaze me how many younger people here, die in accidents because they weren't wearing their seat belt.1
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Aside from being assumed into the heavens while still alive, I'll choose dying in my sleep at the ripe old age of 250.0
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in my sleep after a long fulfilling, relatively healthy life0
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Jumping off a bridge in France..People will say "He was in Sein".3
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“When I die, I want to die like my grandfather who died peacefully in his sleep. Not screaming like all the passengers in his car.”
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Don't really care. Just hope it doesn't put my family in a position that they have to spoon feed me and change my diapers.
Hope it's something that will have people talking. "Did you hear what happened to Michael?" "Yep. Sounds just like him." Then they can put on my Urn "What the helI was that all about?"
I told my wife to invite all my riding buddies over to raid my liquor cabinet and humidor. Have a good time on me.2 -
Never ever answer this question out lound.
One Thursday afternoon, my step father was sitting around with friends talking. A mutual friend had died recently.
The subject turned to "how would like to die."
My step father said he wanted to go in his sleep.
Less than 12 hours later, at 1:30am he died in his sleep from cardiac arrest.
Be careful what you wish for. You just might get it.4 -
When thunderstorm rolls through, I ask my wife to jump in the hot tub with me. She's OK with the plan but insists we wear swim suits3
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Some of your replies really had me laughing- I think most people don’t think about this subject because they don’t want to think about it - I believe because of the fear of the unknown and the finality of it and what you leave behind
I do not want to die a slow death that is painful.... book my trip to Washington....
A quick death would be fine for me although not by a violent murder0 -
Death in industrialized countries is a process, not a moment like it used to be. Given the amazing medical provisions and life support systems out there, the realistic question is not, "How do I want to die?" but, "How will they decide I'm dead?"2
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I’m sorry you are dealing with a difficult situation-BattleRopesAndScars wrote: »Via euthanasia but unfortunately I am not terminally ill {I've a severe & permanent disability}, so that'd require a law to pass that'll allow me to!
I don’t know of your condition, but I’m sending you hugs and hope you can find peace in your day ❤️
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I hope I go while doing something I love.....running, hiking/backpacking, camping. Then my loved ones can be consoled knowing that I got to do the thing that I love one last time. Not eaten by a bear or a cougar though......man what a way to go! I would prefer a nice neat stroke, heart attack, falling off of a cliff, tree falling on me (this did happen to someone I knew), lightening, hypothermia, etc.0
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I don’t really care. I just want it to be fast and quick. I don’t want to be aware that I’m dying.0
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TL;DR: Nothing long and drawn out and not alone.
Given my family history, I will probably die from an aneurysm of some sort. My dad had an aortic aneurysm and survived thanks to some quick thinking from my mom. My grandfather died from his. My mom died recently from a cerebral aneurysm. Her last few hours conscious didn't sound entirely pleasant, but it wasn't a long, drawn out painful death like her mother's death was. Also (and this is most important for me), she didn't die alone.0 -
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Of natural causes in my old age with my right mind, surrounded by my wife, children, grandchildren and great grandchildren with enough time to offer parting words of love and wisdom to each individually and to the family as a whole before slipping away peacefully at home.0
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I believe Tyrion Lannister summed it up quite nicely...0
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You know I never expected that sort of response. So often it's seen as somewhat comforting that a death was painless and while sleeping. It's a fascinating insightPaperDoll_ wrote: »I don't know what I'm likely to die of, but I do know I definitely do not want to go in my sleep. That thought has always terrified me. I actually want my death to be something painful. I want to be well aware of it at the moment. I always assumed I'd go in a car wreck, but hopefully not for a very long time.
Only when people die in their sleep, we assume it's peaceful, but we don't really know that. It's easier for us to believe that.0 -
MY dad died in February of liver cancer. He didi not have any physical pain. Probably, I'll end up the same way as we have genetic Fatty liver disease. Said so, I hope my death will be quiet and painless, maybe in my sleep.0
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I’ll tell you how I don’t want to die and that’s by eating cake and ice cream until it kills me0
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I wouldn't.
Ever.
"I'm not quite sure where the discussion is here so I'll pose a couple of questions:"
"-What do you think of the above, what are your thoughts?"
I am utterly terrified of dying. I've had six or seven close calls since I was 18 and my luck can't hold out forever. And, please, no religious stuff. It's not a spiritual terror, it's an existential one.
"-So really what do you think you're likely to die of, based off your action?"
I had a stroke 2 years ago. It was a small aphasic stroke and I recovered within a month. Hooray for me. But most strokes recur within two years. However, I am in excellent health, except for being fat. Good Health plus Fat is like walking a thin line, indeed.
Other than that, I wish for medical technology to keep me alive as long as I can. Immortality may take a while.1 -
This question terrifies me. I know I can go at any time... we all can. I don't want it to be painful... If I could choose it would be in my sleep, but I would want to know it was coming... I want to expect that death is near so that I can prepare and gather with those close to me.0
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