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Originally Posted by OccultHawk
I thought I had accepted it until I read Denial of Death. That book really had a deep impact on me.
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Ja, when thinking of a response, I was uncertain of whether or not my sense of accepting or understanding death is accurate. I've certainly dwelt on it, dreamt about it, and discussed it, but that doesn't mean I've reached this goalpoint. What does it really mean to understand or accept death?
I've never had a human death affect me very much, and I'm not sure if I have a cold view of death, if they didn't mean much to me, or if the slow decline of most of those deaths served as a cushion. Seeing other people at wakes who are much more impacted by that person's death makes me sadder than their death itself. When my dog unexpectedly died while I was away from school, that was probably the hardest death I had to deal with I was numb for a while like Chula described.