Is it normal to think about what it's like to die?

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First of all, I want to clarify that I'm not suicidal. This kinda dark but...

Since I was very little, I would often think about what it's like to die. The first time I started thinking about this is when I overheard this girl in my class, saying that if she dies, she'd prefer someone to stab her while she's asleep so that she wouldnt feel anything. But it's the opposite for me. I want a slow and painful death (not "too" painful tho). I want to know that I AM dying and not just sleeping (And no, I'm not a masochist). I always told myself that when I die, I wouldn't want a funeral. And I wouldn't want anyone to know about it. Or better yet, people that I love will forget I ever existed. I kept these thoughts up until now. Is this normal? Is something wrong with me?

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  • Boojum
    6 years ago

    It's normal to think about it. Most kids do. I can remember being a little fixated on it for a while. My daughter went through a really difficult phase between six and seven where she was crying in bed ever night after lights-out, at first because she'd been thinking about me dying. After a few months, she was crying because she didn't want to die. (Strangely, she never worried about her mother dying, even though she has far more health problems than I do. Maybe that thought was just way too horrible for her to cope with.)

    If you'd ever seen a slow, painful death - as I have - you really wouldn't want one.

    Too many goth/emo types seem to think there's something really cool about death and dying. It's nothing special. We will all get there eventually, one way or another. If we've lived and loved life to the full, we will be remembered, but I really doubt if that will matter to us once the lights go out for the last time.

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