I never had a conscious fear of death, but I did have a conscious fear of sickness. By the time I completed medical school, that fear was gone.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
At the same time, I've never been afraid of death or the concept of death.
Fear of death has never played a large part in my consciousness - perhaps unimaginative of me.
I might be deceiving myself but I do not think that I do have an inordinate fear of death.
My fear was not of death itself, but a death without meaning.
I was always afraid of dying. Always. It was my fear that made me learn everything I could about my airplane and my emergency equipment, and kept me flying respectful of my machine and always alert in the cockpit.
I have no fear of death. More important, I don't fear life.
I do fear death. But what I actually fear is not dying. I mean, true, it will be sad. But I know that there is a better place waiting for me.
I'm not afraid of death but I am afraid of dying.
I am afraid of death, scared by it. I already don't know whether I exist or not. So dying really terrifies me.
I've always been terrified of dying, always. It was a concern of mine long before it had to be.