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To: one_less who wrote (7394)	3/5/2001 12:14:39 PM
From: Lane3	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 82486

I think your list is a good one. I have a couple to add. People are unsatisfied with what they've done with their lives and don't want to accept that that's all there is for them. There's some indication that not acknowledging the possibility of death helps people survive serious illnesses. My mother survived breast cancer much longer than expected. The day of her death she still did not think that she was going to die from it. Maybe her attitude helped. Karen

To: one_less who wrote (7394)	3/5/2001 12:15:39 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 82486

I can't see any pattern in how people deal with death. But I think if you are happy and fulfilled it is easier to go than if you've been hoping someday you would be happy and fulfilled- and you never got there. However, that's just a guess. I suppose if you are afraid of being judged by something and you constantly wonder if you'll measure up that could make death a little scary. I see death as just a part of the package tour I call life. I'd like to live as long as I can without sucking up enormous medical dollars and being in great pain. I don't like the idea of taking health care money away from more rational uses to spend on extreme measures for myself. I also do not like the idea of living a prisoner in a body that has begun to fail. I would rather cease to be, than continue to be in a state that was extremely distressing. I wouldn't force other already born people to cease to be if they don't want to cease- I marvel at their preference for life, at the cost of extreme suffering- but that's their choice to make.

To: one_less who wrote (7394)	3/5/2001 12:17:08 PM
From: Neocon	Read Replies (6) \| Respond to of 82486

Either we persist as individuals, with a life history and memories, or we do not. If we do not, then most of the things we care about are transient and futile: in the end, it all comes to nothing. We go to school and learn, marry and raise children, form friendships and build communities, only to have it all end in the grave, our effort come to nought. If we do persist as individuals, then we do not altogether know what to expect, even supposing religious belief. We do not know how we will fare, or fit in. Even if we are sure we will do well, we remain attached to the things of this life, and find it hard to relinquish them. I don't know about you, but even if I expected to go to glory, I would wonder how the life to come relates to this life, and worry about not being their for my son, or wife, or, when they come, grandchildren. In short, even if the life to come is good, it is a traumatic transition that we face.......