How often do you think about your own death?

[elfy]

I just wonder.
A few days ago I talked to tribun about it and I said I think about my own death quite often. In the sense of... imaging how I could die in this particular moment. So, it often happens when I am on my way to work or home, because I my mind likes to wander when I am riding my bike.
I don't think about these things with fear. It's more a checking of the possibilities.
Well, talking about it I asked him how often he thinks about it and he said (as far as I remember), about once a week andsaid that is often. I told him I think about it nearly every day. Maybe even twirce. I just imagine to be hit by a car or how I could slip and fall down the roof or so. It's never about suicide or something! I can't say I enjoy this and as I said I don't fear anything either. They are just plain thoughts like... don't know.
Can't tell you why I do this.

Comments

[deemasx.livejournal.com]

can just tell for myself, but i rarely think about my death. i know i'll die sooner or later, that is a simple fact. but in the meantime, it is no topic anymore. i had a time as a teenager when i thought about death considerably more often, but no situations, more the finality of the happening, coming to terms with it.
nowadays, i do the contrary, i know i won't die because it is not my time yet. this is a strong believe giving me courage and determination whenever i need it. at the same time, i know about the preciousness of life since it is ending at some (later) point in my life inevitably. so i try to "use" the time i have left here. because the timing remains unknown...

[nightdancer-nd.livejournal.com]

Im Durchschnitt wohl einmal am Tag, mal häufiger...
Ich male mir nicht aus wie ich sterbe, sondern denke darüber nach, dass ich einmal sterben werde und dann alles endet. Ich weis auch nicht wie es einmal sein wird ohne Katrin oder umgekehrt...

[dieinpink.livejournal.com]

hm. i have pictures in my head of my own death from time to time.. mostly about myself bleeding to death by open wrists. it's not that i think about suicide. i just get this picture in my head. as you said, i'm not frightened by it.. i'm just calm. it's a bit.. strange, but i do not fear the picture. thinking about death is an essential thing, i think.. look at all the old cultures, like egypt, just using their whole life for preparing for death