It’s literally the last thing you should be worried about.

What’s to worry about though? Remember before you were born? It’s going to be exactly like that.

I mean, I don’t want to die, but I also don’t understand what there is to be anxious about.

Because once it happens, that’s it. You won’t care anymore because you won’t be anymore.

I have a rather intimate relationship with death. I did a lot of end of life care, so facing mortality happened early in my life, before I was even old enough to vote.

I don’t fear death because it isn’t scary. Dying can be scary, as in all the bullshit that takes you from healthy and alive to not. If it’s sudden and fast, you won’t know it’s there. If it’s slow, well, death becomes a visitor you long to see.

No matter what you do, you will die. That can bring peace. Accept the fact of it. Know that, some day, everything comes to its natural end. It’s certain, reliable, the one true constant we can count on. No matter what else the universe throws at our tailless monkey asses, death awaits with its open arms to embrace us all. I call that comfort.

You are worrying about something that is literally guaranteed to happen. Don’t worry, you will die one day but, in the meantime you could concentrate on things you can effect and change.

Trust me, you don’t want to spent the one life you have worrying.

death is not being alive. that was your state before your birth. you experienced it already for a timespan far larger than your life.

My problem is not death itself. It’s the part that comes right before it.

The question is better phrased this way:

Is worrying about death useful?

Being aware of your own mortality is a gift. Try to take some time to enjoy it while it lasts.

You didn’t think about death before you were born and you sure as shit won’t be thinking about it after you die. I’m not saying to ignore it, you need to be aware of and plan accordingly, but unnecessarily stressing or obsessing over it won’t do you any good.

Because when you are at that point at the end of your life, you’re not going to be thinking “I wish I worried more about this when I was younger.”

Different take: be afraid of death. When I’m driving I’m afraid of crashing into the other cars. I don’t obsess over it, but a healthy fear is a good thing. Fear is not intrinsically bad, and some things are scary and that’s okay as long as that fear doesn’t rule you

People have a lot of good points here, but I want to add that it’s ok and normal to be afraid of death, even if it isn’t rational. We’re animals, that’s just how we are built to feel about it. You can come to terms with it and obsess less, but it’s likely going to be there anyway, which isn’t always a bad thing.

No. I think you should worry about death. Death sucks. I’m so tired of cultures that work to minimize this fact and inure us to the consequences of our actions.

A lot of it comes down to what you believe happens after you die. Personally, I believe we just stop existing, that nothing comes afterwards. I believe that when I die, it’ll be like going to sleep, I just won’t dream, and won’t wake up.

Going to sleep is, generally speaking, a very peaceful and pleasant experience. When I die, nothing going on in the world will matter anymore. All of my problems and worries will just instantly go away. Nothing I think matters actually will.

Personally, I find the prospect of there being nothing after death to be immensely comforting. I don’t fear it at all.