Comments on: How Can I Get Over MY Fear of Death?

By: Jeanne Frye, RN, CHPN

Jeanne Frye, RN, CHPN — Mon, 18 May 2009 16:48:36 +0000

There are journals available for just this purpose. Most big name bookstores can probably look one up for you. I received one as a gift, weird, but I do work in the field. It is really a “My Life” journal and allows for entries not only related to the specifics of end of life stuff, but it allows for thoughts related to different subjects such as: best memories, most embarrasing moment, best advice on a host of subjects. I am still working on mine, little by little.

By: Candee

Candee — Mon, 18 May 2009 15:35:06 +0000

Chaz, our spirits survive us but in these wordly bodies, it is only the rarely gifted who can truly sense this, while others fear death, which seems so final. I am among the fortunate who recognise the flow and ebb of cycles, but Jack, like most humans, belongs to the majority for whom fear of the unknown, any unknown, is natural, and he should be respected rather than scorned for these emotions.

By: Chaz

Chaz — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:15:52 +0000

I wonder if it’s only these particular issues which Jack has problems with…Maybe it’s part of a pattern of avoiding difficulties (or reality? or bad news?) in general?

By: Yvonne

Yvonne — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:13:22 +0000

All right, Judy, we’ve already figured out you aren’t into fancy funerals, no need to shove that down our throats every hour on the hour. The man asked your advice on how to approach the issue, not your opinion on caskets and cremation!

By: Trish

Trish — Mon, 18 May 2009 10:10:02 +0000

Try thinking about your loved ones: I find that’s the only way of getting myself to do something I really don’t want to do. For instance, my doctor ordered me to lose a lot of weight, which was too challenging, until my daughter asked if I thought she ought to spend her twenties looking after a bedridden person. Boy, did that get me to the dietician (and the gym) — quicker than you could say “stroke”!