is anyone scared of leaving this world

@Jemimapuddleduck i'll try, sorry about my posts being gloomy, i'm just reflecting my life esxperiences.

@darkmere1983 It's only a suggestion. You need to reset your thinking, try to find things that interest you, that you enjoy. Hobbies, interests. You're not the only one alone but if you continue in feeling the way you do your life will not get any better.

@Jemimapuddleduck Why should he reset his thinking? His observations are all true. What you are telling him is to ignore his situation as he sees it and find distractions to take his mind away from his concerns.

@sree251 I'm not talking about his general observations, I 'm talking about this life. Read back on some of his posts. There are things he can do to improve it and make it better and less lonely. He's afraid of being left alone after his elderly parents die. He wants to find a girlfriend but she won't knock at his door. I have told him before that he should try to join a club and find hobbies and interests.

@Jemimapuddleduck Sorry, I am not focused on his personal situation. I saw his question as one that most people would ask.

@sree251 Read some of his other posts, maybe you can make so helpful suggestions too.

@Jemimapuddleduck No, I try not to get personal with folks here. All of us are going through the same life experiences as people living in the same world. He is just another me.

@sree251 This is the thing and why he doesn't get many replies. I'm not being harsh, but sometimes rehashing our problems can just make us feel worse and we don't make the effort to change even just one little thing, which is why I said about hobbies and interests. It helps the mind.

@Jemimapuddleduck I was focusing on the title of the OP: [b]is anyone scared of leaving this world[/b]

This is a serious question, and not something I would distract myself from with hobbies and interests. But that's me. I would want to deal with it sooner than later. You seem to think that it is an irrational fear, a neurosis, something to be dismissed.

@sree251 None of us want to die, but it's inevitable. I certainly don't think it's a irrational fear or neurosois to ask such a question and I wasn't even refering to it. But if anyone wants to fill their mind with this kind of thing to which they will never find an answer until that day comes, that is up to them. I would rather be enjoying life than contemplate morbid thoughts on things we cannot do anything about.

@Jemimapuddleduck You said: "I would rather be enjoying life than contemplate morbid thoughts on things we cannot do anything about."

I understand where you are coming from, but guess what? I did exactly the opposite, gave up my career and personal relationships because they were distracting me from those "morbid thoughts" as you phrased it. I wanted to devote my full attention to them; otherwise, I would be wasting my life on frivolous stuff. I did not believe that they were things I couldn't do anything about. To find freedom from fear of death and discover if there is an afterlife are of vital importance. In my opinion, those are serious matters that no one has understood despite our capability of going even to the moon!

I guess I am driven by the kind of curiosity that consumes the lives of explorers and scientists.

@sree251 Your career and relationships? I'll end this here because I have said all I wanted to say, apart from no one will know for sure until they are dead if there is even an afterlife and I would rather live my life than be obsessed with death or worry about how I will die or where I might go afterwards. Life is short enough as it is and I don't intend to waste worry about death and all of it's consequences.

@Jemimapuddleduck You said: "Your career and relationships?"

Yes, all that are important to most people. I understand how you feel. Unless we find out what death is, we will never value life. This is why there is so much wars and human conflict. Even nuclear war doesn't scare you folks. Life is precious. You can't know its value till you find out why we are desecrating it without care.

@sree251 If mankind does not know what death is by now after centuries of conflict, we never will. Death means the end of life and don't assume I'm one of those who is not afraid of nuclear war. I know how precious life is. But if anyone wants to continually concern themselves with death and what happens after we die, they are missing out on living. Don’t bother to reply because I'm done .