Fear of death and life's traumas 26 Articles

by David Goud

WHY FEAR DEATH? I know that people are too afraid of death. People are living long boring, unsatisfied, immobile and overly medicated lives. People seem so afraid of actually dying, that they will pay ransom to d...read more

by Jaff Mark

There is no reason to fear death. Let us not confuse fear of death and fear of dying. A fear of dying is a perfectly normal healthy response which helps us to stay alive. We fear dying because we fear it will be painful...read more

by Tami Roxanne Barker Norman

We all face a time in our life that we fear the death that we know we will oneday face in our lifetime, and it's those feelings that are normal for us humans and in our nature to feel at times, however if you live your lif...read more

by David Engle

What are you afraid of? This is a question I was asked today. To be honest, I couldn't answer it. There is so much that I am afraid of. Today was just like any other. I woke up early this morning and headed off to an...read more

by Tom Shembry

To deal with a question of the enormity of death is a daunting task for anyone. It will inevitably result in one questioning their own mortality and where that might take them. The possibilities are seemingly endless. Is i...read more

by Natasha Levy

I don't believe there is a single being on earth that does not share in the one, age old, fear: Death. It is the one inevitability, and yet our greatest unknown. People simply manifest the fear into different avenues of ex...read more

by Barry Marcus

One beautiful summer evening last year had me cooking a salmon over the coals on my patio. It had been raining, and the patio was rather wet. The salads and potatoes were ready and the salmon was just about there. As I too...read more

by Jeremy Robertsen

To be afraid of an ending proves fruitless, as it is just that, an ending. It is human nature to misunderstand and thereby be afraid of things that they do not completely understand. A minister can tell me that he knows ...read more

by Steve Marshall

The best way to remove any fear of anything is to understand why this fear exists, and what gifts or benefits it is currently bringing to us. Can we understand death in any real way? And can we understand and realise why ...read more

by Melissa Bryant

There is no cure for birth or death-we must relish the time in between.....I am only 26 and have been to more funerals than I have fingers.Ive lost my mother,my father(17 days after my mom)My grandparents,my uncle,etc.... ...read more

by Mike Trinick

Death isn't for the faint hearted. Life is all we have ever known, it's only natural we fear it ever being taken away. When I get scared and panic that I may have taken one painkiller too many, my immediate thought is "wha...read more

by Myrna Writewood

Fear of death and life's traumas is at one time or another that we have to go through no matter how harsh, hard, or painful. Fear of death is something that we have to come to terms with. When we are faced with life's ...read more

by Raelyn Ross

On a normal day I would take the bus home from work, as I share a car with my boyfriend, and he takes the car as he has farther to go. But on this stormy unpredictable Calgary day it was a mixture of snow, rain, and hail. ...read more

by Dalvir Singh Dhoot

We all have to die sooner or later. Why don't we gain something whilst we are here. Once dead you're dead. Thinking about death, we only think of other's who have died. But this mighty death hasn't spared no one. ...read more

by Phillip Gowins

Fear of Death "Where does the fear of death come from? Ignorance of the self gives fear of death. The more one learns of the self, the less fear there is of death, for then man sees only a door to pass through from ...read more

by Lissa Tuma

Dying to stay alive. In my life I have contemplated suicide. Though I could never pull it off because I feared just the thing I wanted; death. I have had nothing to live for and so quit living within and just dragged my...read more

by Stephen Thompson

Fear of death? When I first read this title I was curious, probably because I don't fear death anymore and haven't for quite sometime. Life's traumas are all relative, dependant upon how much power you ascribe to the sou...read more

by Duane Card

I was with my mother when she made her transition. This experience reaffirmed my reality as powerful as anything else I have experienced. Here is why: I spent the last two weeks of her life with her. She had te...read more

by hahagroup

Life can be struggling, but struggling isn't bad Life is not easy for most people. In third world countries, people struggle for food and security. Even in more advancing economies, there are always things to worry abou...read more

by Bob Stockington

My earliest experience with death came with my Paternal grandfather's funeral, where I got to see my grandfather's corpse rather frequently. A few years later, my Maternal grandfather died, and I attended his funeral as we...read more