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Posted by B2chica on November 21, 2005, at 9:48:28
once you start really remembering things from past, does one have a tendency to really contemplate their mortality?
i'm asking because i am. i just don't feel like i'm going to live long. not cuz of suicide or anything but...i just feel like my time is limited and i'm going to die any day now.is it cuz i'm going through this psychological process, is it instinct...is it normal?
am i really ok?
is it about the pain i'm feeling (or not letting myself feel?)b2c.
Posted by muffled on November 21, 2005, at 12:33:18
In reply to your own mortality...*trigger*, posted by B2chica on November 21, 2005, at 9:48:28
> once you start really remembering things from past, does one have a tendency to really contemplate their mortality?
> i'm asking because i am. i just don't feel like i'm going to live long. not cuz of suicide or anything but...i just feel like my time is limited and i'm going to die any day now.
>
> is it cuz i'm going through this psychological process, is it instinct...is it normal?
> am i really ok?
> is it about the pain i'm feeling (or not letting myself feel?)
>
> b2c.*I have times where I think of my own mortality, and its freaky.
When you have kids its even worse at times, cuz you gotta worry bout whats gonna ahppen to them if something happens.
Mortality thots I think can be triggered by so many things really. I think mortality thots are proly one of those things that those deep writing type people (philosophers?) proly write on. Not that I could understand any of that kind of writing!
I wonder if there is some part of you that feels like its dying? Sounds like a great topic for therapy session, might bring up some (interesting?)things.
So, IMHO I would say you just fine and are doing well in a very hard situation.(don't you just LOVE to hear this from the queen of denial?!?!I am SO full of sh*t). But sometimes a person thats standing back can see things differently, so really, I'm just saying what I see.
When I was a young punk, I expected to die at any time, but maybe that was just reality.
I truly couldn't beleive it when I hit 40. I TRULY didn't think I'd EVER possibly make it that far. But I have. Weird.
Take care B2,
You sure helping me much more than you realize.
Thanks.
Muffled.
Posted by daisym on November 21, 2005, at 14:05:54
In reply to your own mortality...*trigger*, posted by B2chica on November 21, 2005, at 9:48:28
I think muffled got it right -- the old, false part of you is dying. It is a painful, necessary death but it hurts like hell. And being born is the you who is free to be authentic and not someone who has to hide her true feelings or experiences.
I think we all wonder at different points if we can make it through this or if it is worth it.
It is...and you can. Keep talking about it.
Hugs from me,
Daisy
Posted by rubenstein on November 21, 2005, at 16:21:55
In reply to your own mortality...*trigger*, posted by B2chica on November 21, 2005, at 9:48:28
Sometimes I feel that way too. I never thought I would reach the age of 21. Well, now I am 25 but I still have some of theose same feelings. Maybe it is because I am more instrospective and going through the psychological process...hmmm...it really makes me think....
hope you are doing ok
rachel
Posted by ghost on November 21, 2005, at 16:51:43
In reply to your own mortality...*trigger*, posted by B2chica on November 21, 2005, at 9:48:28
i used to think i wouldn't see 28. but i did. this year. i almost didn't though. (since i might not have gone to the hospital and all that crap.)
i don't know what that means, though. now i feel like i'm wandering aimlessly because i wasn't supposed to be here now.
do you think that because you're essentially reliving those horrible things in your past, you're feeling what you should have felt back then? just wondering. because i wonder if that's my problem. reliving the sh*t in my past so i'm feeling what i wouldn't allow myself to feel years ago.
i don't know. just a random thought, really.
*hugs*
ghost
Posted by B2chica on November 22, 2005, at 9:10:11
In reply to Re: your own mortality...*trigger* » B2chica, posted by ghost on November 21, 2005, at 16:51:43
that's SO freaky ghost. ever since i was about 9 or 10 i never thought i'd live past the age of 28!
well, i am. i guess its a bonus??
however my dearest friend/coworker died 2 months before i turned 28, i feel like he took the death for me.
god i miss him....
b2c.
Posted by muffled on November 23, 2005, at 13:00:55
In reply to Re: your own mortality...*trigger* » ghost, posted by B2chica on November 22, 2005, at 9:10:11
Posted by ghost on November 23, 2005, at 14:43:51
In reply to Re: your own mortality...*trigger* » ghost, posted by B2chica on November 22, 2005, at 9:10:11
wow. that's creepy. i totally would have thought the same thing. that's so sad. and so young!
*sigh*
ghost
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