Indifference to Death

I don't think I have ever grieved the passing of anyone. Anyone else experience this?

Through the years my reaction to death has gotten stares, ridicule and pity. In my life time there have been 3 instances where I should have died, they left me with an certain understanding {for lack of a better word} that life is more than what we experience through our physical beings. This is not a testament to an all seeing diety, just a very strong sense of continuance.
I'm not afraid of my death but I am concerned of the manner in which I will die.
My usual response to ones passing is that of wonder and memory...not regret.

I grieved more when the dog died than I have when any of the people I know have passed.

I have handled friends and family dying pretty well all my life but I took it hard when I found my dad dead

I just realized when my grandfather passed that grieving is bullshit.

I mean when I die I'd rather not have a traditional funeral. I'd rather have my friends and family throw a party to celebrate and remember old times.

I can only hope to lead a full happy life like my grandfather did. He had his turn it's mine now.

dbkick said:

I grieved more when the dog died than I have when any of the people I know have passed.

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one reason I don't have dogs any more

BarnBuster said:

one reason I don't have dogs any more

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I would never not have a dog. Playing with a puppy and then teaching it and going for hikes with my dogs.

Instead of mourning the dog I get hyped about what dog I am going to raise next.

Life is a circle

Balzac89 said:

I can only hope to lead a full happy life like my grandfather did. He had his turn it's mine now.

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That's about it..



My grandfather is 88 and short on time, I think he enjoyed the best time on Earth, I am envious. I would trade 2013 for 1913 any day.

...I only fear one thing, the idiocy of Stupid-Butthole-Alien-God who enjoys inequality of the good and supremacy of the bad. The good people are often on one or both edges of despair and Stupid-Butthole-Alien-God enjoys to watch most of the idiots prosper.

Ever seen the movie, Idiocracy?
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...From FuddRuckers, to FuttBuckers, to ButtRuckers, finally to ButtFuckers.. Humanity is on a down-slide and Stupid-Butthole-Alien-God is watching in glee while the world descends into over-population, pollution, and run by sociopaths.

I grieve for my loved ones not because i want to, i just do, i feel sad because of all the experiences we might have had together will now be lost forever. I never get the chance to tell them everything i wanted. I won't get to laugh with them, tell jokes with them, spend time with them. It reminds me of my own impending death, and that the older i live, the more loved ones i will have to watch leave my life forever.

I grieve for the people i was very close to, because i will miss them. It passes more quickly for some, and less quickly for others depending on how close i was with them.

No one knows what happens when you die, find someone who does, and you'll find a liar.

I've never grieved during a death. Sometimes I feel like I am psychopathic or something. Nobody too close to me has died before. I've had close co-workers/friends die, and some loose family. It's more of a shock thing like 'Where did they go?' Now, when everyone else cries, it gets me to tear up too. But I am not hung up on it at all.
I'm sure that if one of my parents or really really close friends died that I would cry my eyes out. I feel as if that would be mostly shock too, as I'd be happy for them for being able to move on past this existence. I mean that in both a 'moving to a different plane of existence' and a 'rot in the ground' scenario. Both seem pretty peaceful to me.

I agree with balzac though, there needs to be a party for my death. I just want everyone to be happy. No sense in grieving over something that I personally, wouldn't grieve over myself. I don't mean this in a depressing manner either.
Hell you don't even have to show up, I'll be dead! Even if I knew you didn't, and I still had a different kind of consciousness that allowed me to know, I'm sure it would surpass angry emotions towards someone who didn't feel like seeing everyone at some guys funeral.

Balzac89 said:

I just realized when my grandfather passed that grieving is bullshit.

I mean when I die I'd rather not have a traditional funeral. I'd rather have my friends and family throw a party to celebrate and remember old times.

I can only hope to lead a full happy life like my grandfather did. He had his turn it's mine now.

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