Do you think that we always die very alone when death approaches, no matter how

Question: Do you think that we always die very alone when death approaches, no matter how many people are comforting us!?

We have to face death alone, and that must be really scary!.

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According to Kubler-Ross, most people reach a state of blissful acceptance when death approaches, but the only death i have had the chance to observe was my fathers!. He was terrified of dying right up to the last moments!. I missed the last 10 minutes before he died though, so maybe he got a bolt of last minute peace like a spiritual hail mary pass!.

Having faced death about 7 times myself I find that I reacted differently in each situation!. I don't believe Kubler-Ross, but i don't have a simple answer either!.

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My father and may father in law both died not too long ago, both very old!. I think they both wanted to have someone with them when they did!. They didn't want to die alone, or at least they communicated that at some point beforehand!. But as the final time approaches it seems that people withdraw into themselves!. It is very difficult to tell what their state is!. My father in law got to the point where he could not talk and seemed distant and not very responsive, but at one point, the day before he died, I was standing over him and he stared into my eyes for a long time!. Just looking, no expression, face slack, it seemed there was no message, just taking in the world or the part that was right in front of him!.

I always wonder if that state of being is a re-orientation to another existence that is coming on, or whether it is just a numbness, a vacuousness that accompanies the ultimate resignation to extinction!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

look you die according to nobody but you're self, if you had family that loved you and cared about you im shure they will be with you until the last second and im shure you will die with a smile because you know they were there for you until you're last second!.

but if you live a life apart from society chances are that yes you will feel extremely alone, its important to have people around you otherwise you enter a stage of great depression and or loneliness and end up killing you're self!.

so its you're call if you want to feel alone when you die, because no one dies alone we just make our self's feel aloneWww@QuestionHome@Com

Death is but crossing the world, as friends do the seas; they live in one another still!. For they must needs be present, that love and live in that
which is omnipresent!. In this divine glass they see face to face; and their converse is free, as well as pure!. This is the comfort of friends, that though they may be said to die, yet their friendship and society are, in the best sense, ever present, because immortal!.

Oh, the torment bred in the race,
the grinding scream of death
the stroke that hits the vein,
the haemorrhage none can staunch, the grief,
the curse no man can bear!.

But there is a cure in the house
and not outside it, no,
not from others but from them, their bloody strife!.
We sing to you, dark gods beneath the earth!.

Now hear, you blissful powers underground -
answer the call, send help!.
Bless the children,
give them Triumph now!.

Do not pity the dead, Harry!. Pity the living, and, above all, those who live without love!. By returning, you may ensure that fewer souls are maimed, fewer families torn apart!. If that seems to you a worthy goal, then we say good-bye for the present!.”

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I read the Deathly Hallows (harry potter) and it has a very indepth view of death, i admire and love J!.k Rowling and she change my life and depresssion!.!.

So now i've come to terms with it and accept the fact that we must move on from this world some day!.!.!.I'm not scared but i hope to die peacefully!.!.

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I guess it depends on what your perception of death is!. I've seen many people die and it's not always the sad, scary thing you expect it to be!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

I believe T!.S!. Elliot said it best:

“Between the emotion and the act falls the shadow”

Perhaps the "shadow" is that solitary loneliness only we find when facing death!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

up to the time a person dies we have people around us (hopefully loved ones) then the second we die we are alone, and then somehow we travel to our maker!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Usually when I sit with someone that is dying, they are ready to go!. They bravely hold my hand until they take their last breath!. It seems like a very peaceful progression!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

In the final analysis, you and death take that last walk together, but it's all youWww@QuestionHome@Com

Up until the very second we die, I think we are aware of others that might be with us!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Unless someone is dying with you, I would have to say yes!.Www@QuestionHome@Com

Not sure, I've never died!.Www@QuestionHome@Com