[Anonymous]

i think fear of death is something that everyone worries about sometime in their lives, but that it should be something that everyone can get over. think about it... chances are you'll either: 1. die in your sleep B. be hit by a car (or something like this, instant death) or 3. have an excrutiating painful death. in the first two, you wont know it happened. if you die in your sleep, your dead. you more than likely wont realize it and wont have time to think about it or fret over it. the same goes for the second scenario... you likely wont see it coming or will only have a split second to think about whats happening. you wont have hours or days beforehand to think "wow, i'm goin to die. oh noz, i'm skerd." it will just happen, and be done with. now, for the third one, it gets a little bit more complicated. cancer, heart disease, all that stuff is a very painful way to end a life. in that case, your mind will have time to think about whats going to happen and will more than likely cause a great fear to come to the person. however, they are going to die. basically what i'm saying... dont be afraid to die. its going to happen. we dont know when or where or how, but its going to happen. you cant go through life worrying about it.

as far as what happens... i'll shy away from giving you my real point of view and give you what i think would happen if i wasnt religious. basically, i think it will just be an almost instantanious black out, and then nothing. i've heard (correct me if this is wrong) that scientists have proven or seen (or somethinged) that when people die they go into an almost immediate dreamlike state very very briefly, ie the whole "life flashing before your eyes" thing. but after that, nothing.