Death. Can you talk about it easily?

didn’t you say no more questions this week or month?

Yes, I can talk about it easily.

Yes, I can talk about it easily. Not sure why, I just can. I can also use the word “died” instead of “passed away”.

I’ve been to two funerals in the past two years and I can still talk about relatively easily.

I suppose the only qualm I have is that it’s a big unknown—that we have no idea what happens when we die.

yes
everybody dies.

Yes; not to say that I don’t get emotional or start tearing-up, but I’m pretty comfortable expressing my emotions. In working with the elderly, it’s a topic that comes up fairly often. Sometimes I wish I had more time to spend with my patients to really ask them their views.

No, I’m in denial.

@eponymoushipster When I reach 160 – then I’ll shut up for a week. But they keep modding my q’s.

talking about death has a sort of gravity to it for me at least. A trump card of sorts that is heavier than most other topics of conversation.

Will talk about it all day long.
Not superstitious.

A person can talk to- and about- a dead body.

A dead body is inert, lifeless, organic, and inorganic…...... it can’t say/communicate/emote ANYTHING.

A dead body can evoke emotional/rational/logical/illogical reactions from a person.

A person cannot evoke any emotional/rational/logical/illogical reaction of any kind from a dead body.

@virtualist huh?

What about the topic of death itself.

Grasping that one day my conciousness will not be around is a pretty mind boggling thing once you sit down and try to wrap your head around it. You can think it rationally, but it’s virtually impossible to grasp it with your intuition – i find my mind just choses to try and ignore the fact that it will cease to exist. So yes – it’s kind of hard to imagine death, although i find talking about it fascinating.

(i chose to ignore the question about talking to dead people)

@RedPowerLady

…. death and life are state antipodes , in my opinion.

…..... human death and human life are particular antipodes… for humans, in my opinion.

….. I chose, above , to make clear my negative opinion about ‘communicating with the dead humans’.

@virtualist— It appears that there is a misunderstanding. This question is simply about whether you feel comfortable discussing the subject of death with other living humans. It makes reference to a different question that asked which deceased person you would like to be able to ask a question of, if it were possible to do so.

I tend to discuss controversial topics such as death better than ‘normal’ conversation topics. :[
I have little to no issues with it.

Yes, but I’d rather not. Lazy/uninterested

I sometimes get the chills a little, too… but only when it gets really personal.

I think I have a far easier time than most when it comes to talking about death in general, probably because my father died when I was 11. Trial by fire! Even now, at 22, people assume my father is alive, so inevitably when I make new friends they’ll ask about my dad. Having to tell every friend I’ve made since I was 11 that my father is dead tends to desensitize one a little, I think. A recent instance of this was someone talking about how her dad collects converse shoes, and she asked me if my dad had any weird hobbies. I was very tempted to say “Talking to dead people!” which I suppose is indicative of how desensitized I am. :)

@virtualist Ah now I see what you are getting at. Thanx for clarifying.

I’ve been exposed to death since I was quite young and have dealt with family and friends passing away, so much so that I am basically immune to death so it is very easy for me to talk about it. Death is never nice to have in your life but it’s something that will happen to us all sooner or later, so why fear it?

@wenn Rationally you are correct, but I find the fact that my conciousness will dissapear quite unnerving.

Death is very easy for me to talk about. It’s nothing to be afraid of. That’s like being afraid of time. It’s going to happen anyway, so why let it bother you?
As an aside, there aren’t many discussion topics that make me uncomfortable at all.

No, it’s not easy for me to talk about. Obviously it’s inevitable, but I hate the idea of losing anyone I love. With the loss of their lives, it feels like my own life would be a little less meaningful. That, and life is just too damn short. I already feel like no one has enough time.

Yes.

Anyone believe (in) John Edwards? link

I cannot say I am totally comfortable talking about death, but it is getting easier. Being with my grandmother when she died earlier this year was kind of a watershed moment for me on this subject. It was just peaceful and not at all unpleasant so it made the whole prospect of death a lot less frightening for me. My faith also has much to do with my increasing comfort.

Can I talk about it easily? Yes and no. My mother died a few years ago (I was a teenager at the time). Usually when I meet a new person, I am not the first person to bring it up, because it’s a difficult subject and an awkward conversation. Pity and sympathy are not usually emotions that you want to bring into a very new friendship or relationship. I don’t have trouble objectively discussing the events there, but it is very tough to talk about the surrounding circumstances or the way her death has affected events since then. It’s easier to talk about the concept of death in a non-specific way.

I’m a little bit of a ghoul, I guess. I’m so comfortable talking about it, I make others uncomfortable sometimes if I’m not careful.

Believe in John Edwards? No. He’s a cold reader plain and simple:

Edwards: “Did you have a grandgrandmother?” “Is she dead?” “Did she have eyes?” “Did she have two eyes?”
Audience: “Woooow!”

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_reading

I stopped belieiving in ghosts just about when i stopped believing god and santaclaus, at the same time i stopped worrying about monsters under the bed.

I still worry about monsters under the bed. Goddamn imagination…

I used to be able to, until a good friend of mine committed suicide this summer. For some reason, when 3 of my grandparents died in the same year, I didn’t have much trouble talking about their deaths. Maybe it was because I wasn’t terribly close to them (they all lived far away, and I was fairly young at the time). When my friend died, however, it became much harder. I cannot help but think of him whenever the subject comes up, which was rather upsetting. Maybe this will change with time, though.

In my experience, it’s easier to talk about death when it’s not as close to you (i.e., you haven’t had an experience with death in a long time, or ever), or when the deaths you have experienced have been peaceful or natural. Suicide is neither, which makes it more difficult to discuss.