User blog comment:Holly Bailey/Thing I'm Afraid Of/@comment-27905100-20170213152025/@comment-26475800-20170216035229

What happened to the quote option?

Derpy, I was going to put the fear of the unknown in there too, because that's one of the biggest things. But yeah, the two of those will encompass every fear that a person has. I'd like to know what happens after death too, but, like you, I'm not going to try and rush it. There's too much that I'd like to get done here, and too many people who depend on me, to punch that ticket before it's time.

On the other hand, I think what would be a better way of saying you aren't afraid of death would be to say dying. Let me clarify this a little bit, you may not be scared of dying, but death of your loved ones would be scary. Death of your favorite hang-out, or school, or author, or any of those things, which would cause you to lose them, is still death. You dying, doesn't equate to death right away. I'm not scared of dying, but I'm terrified of my family dying. I'm scared of my friends dying. There death would be more than I could take, even more so when if it had anything to do with my kids. There is no bigger fear a parent has, then something happening to their children.

The only reason I'd be scared to die, would be because of my family and how they would get on without me. They wouldn't be able to at the moment. Maybe when they get older, it'd be easier, but now, there's no way. And that terrifies me, because I want my children to have the best life possible.

So, all of that can be fear of death, without it pertaining to me personally. What the fuck do I care if I die? I wouldn't be caring too much, because I'd be dead, and that's that. I'd have the answer to the biggest question of all time, but the thought of how my family would do is frightening. The thought of one of them dying, is even worse. So that's how death can be scary. Everyone fears someone they love dying. That's what I'm, more or less, getting at.