Is it normal that i am obsessed with my own death?

I constantly think about the fact that I'm 39y.o. and I probably have fewer days ahead than behind. I have even counted the days left to my average life expectancy of 72. I think about my death all the time. When I watch old movies I think about all the actors and actresses who were my age or younger when they did the movie, and now they're almost all dead. I think, did they realize their dreams? What happened to them? I think about the fact that they were actors in movies, and yet I've never heard of them - not the lead actors, but the minor actors. I think about all the people who have lived and died and no one remembers them and ever knew or cared that they were alive. And most likely, unless I do something really notable or infamous in the years I have left, no one in a few generations will ever know I was ever alive. Not that I want to be famous, but I can't stand the fact that I will be forgotten and have no lasting impact. I know some people will think I'm having a mid-life crisis, but I've thought this way since I was in high school. I worry if I'm like this now, imagine how I'll be when I really am old. I just want to enjoy my life and not think about this anymore, but I can't stop obsessing. Is this normal?

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Based on 89 votes (61 yes)
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  • MsCruz3

    LOL I do the SAME thing!
    Even the thinking about dead actors and stuff.

    I'm always over thinking death and I think about everyone elses death enough for them.

    But I've decided to just enjoy life and enjoy getting older. Its all apart of this interesting experience called Life. Its all about making a choice.

    Plus its pretty cool to have a mind that thinks about things other people would have never thought of.

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  • Shnaz

    Yeah. You might have a fatal heart attack at 45.

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  • me1993

    i like to think about me own death as well

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  • Of course now that I know that BrightEyes wants to rent my dead body out through a blockbuster for perverts to shag I guess I am starting to obsess about death a bit more.

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    • NopeNotNormal

      laughed so hard i just about puked, Ollieo.

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  • Scrat

    Damn now I'm thinking about this it's really complicated

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  • BrightEyes

    I don't think I know anyone who obsesses over their own death so much. But I can't say you don't have a point. Knowing you may be forgotten about is a sad thought but you should enjoy your life now, when you have it. It's true, you won't be alive for ever but *right now*, at this very moment, you are breathing.

    You. Are. Alive.

    So do something with it.

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  • "I can't stand the fact that I will be forgotten and have no lasting impact." I think you have to get over yourself a bit there. What are you expecting?

    And using this - the reality that all life ends - as a reason to not enjoy life now is I think a bit of a cop out.

    If you are not enjoying life, more or less, then the reason isn't that you are not going to achieve immortality biologically or historically.

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  • footinmouth

    You're gunnar die... You're gunna die :)

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