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I was reading a story that baffled me. It was sad... I asked myself, "What is worse than death?"

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[+4] - Butrflynet - 06/11/2014Alzheimer's dementia for both the patient and the family caregivers.
[+3] - chai2 - 06/11/2014Cancer pain that can't be controlled. Death is a blessing then.
[+3] - farmerman - 06/11/2014[quote] I asked myself, "What is worse than death?" [/quote] Seasickness in a storm. You are afraid that you wont die.
[+3] - Frank Apisa - 06/11/2014[b]Billy Ray Cyrus singing, "[i]Achy breaky heart![/i]"[/b]
[+3] - neologist - 06/13/2014Protracted, painful death.

@darthtig,

Cancer pain that can't be controlled.

Death is a blessing then.

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@darthtig,

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I asked myself, "What is worse than death?"

Seasickness in a storm. You are afraid that you wont die.

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Not having lived.

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@darthtig,

Alzheimer's dementia for both the patient and the family caregivers.

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Another senseless Asian war.

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@darthtig,

Billy Ray Cyrus singing, "Achy breaky heart!"

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@Frank Apisa,

You can't fool us, Frank! We know it's your favorite song! Razz

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I can't imagine why you would use "worse" with death. After all, once you're dead, it's not as though you would be suffering from the condition.

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"What is worse than death?"

Fates worse than death

http://www.spokesmanbooks.com/acatalog/vonnegut.jpg

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@farmerman,

So true. For me at least, severe nausea is worse than severe pain.

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@darthtig,

Protracted, painful death.

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@Finn dAbuzz,

Finn dAbuzz wrote:

So true. For me at least, severe nausea is worse than severe pain.

This got me thinking. It's been years since I've had nausea.

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@Setanta,

Yes, Set: death is the cessation of all suffering because it's the end of the sufferer.

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@darthtig,

Your question is based on the fallacy that 'death' is a negative event.
And seeing that (bodily) death proposes an end to sensation - It is of no consequence to the participant whatsoever.

Adding your subjective value to something does not make it so.

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@chai2,

Lucky you.

I avoid it as best I can.

Once had a "friend" who, knowing that I suffered from motion sickness, deliberately drove us down a curving road repeatedly stopping short and starting up fast. We had been drinking that night too.

When the inevitable arrived I launched the vomit straight into the side of his head and the fool actually turned into it. It was perfect revenge but he almost drove off the road, and down a ravine which would almost surely have killed us both.

I may have died happy that night.

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@Finn dAbuzz,

Finn dAbuzz wrote:

When the inevitable arrived I launched the vomit straight into the side of his head and the fool actually turned into it. It was perfect revenge but he almost drove off the road, and down a ravine which would almost surely have killed us both.

I may have died happy that night.

Oh yeah. That was great. Laughing

In recent years/months/whatever I've felt that momentary revulsion at something and fought that immediate need to gag, like when you're cleaning up something really nasty. However, I haven't had that walking around feeling nauseous.

Yeah, I do feel lucky, that feeling sucks.

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@chai2,

Agreed. THE saddest and most memorable thing for me was watching my mother deteriorate from cancer. Everyday of my life even now, I wish it was me instead of her.

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@Buttermilk,

That's grief pulling at you, not 'death'. Death was the release of that cord.
Death is the cessation of pain (for the participant). Grief is the beholder's response to trauma/loss.

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@mark noble,

Good points, Mark.

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