Sir Ian McKellen has already planned his funeral

[12dozenroses]

Comments

[djbbgoose]

I’m not at all phased by the prospect of my own death, but i think about my loved ones dying all the time, probably to an unhealthy degree

[zazie_toujours]

I'm an only child so it's going to be a shitload of work when my mom goes, on top of how mentally fucked i'll be. Thank fuck she's young and also planning to move when she retires one day (ie she can clean out ha damn house haself!!).

I'll prob die of stupidity without her advice anyway so shouldn't worry.

[vanouria]

ugh i'm in the same boat re: being an only child :(

[nomorefrostbite]

Same re: being an only child, and also single parent fam, so my mum is all I have left. And she's 70...... so I do think about this a lot, she's really getting on.

[ahkna]

Me too. I am constantly filled with anxiety about my family and friends dying.

[bethmai]

Same. My mother lost her parents when she was very young, and I always think about how I just couldn't cope with it if I lost either. If my mum died I don't think I'd be able to handle anything anymore - she's my rock.

[vanouria]

ugh i'm the exact same. my mom is making small efforts now, so i hope your mom does too. if i even BEGIN thinking of my mom dying, i feel my heart clench up and i immediately start tearing up/crying so i'm really terrified of when it actually happens :(

[thebloomroom]

Yeah me too. Im from a single parent household and idk what imma do when my mom passes man...

[slinkydinks]

Yes. The realization that death could come at any time is kind of sobering. You could have an aneurysm, have your plane go down, or have a crazy person murder you. What I *wouldn't* want, though, is something that slowly degrades you, like dementia, huntington's, or cancer.

Also, thinking about loved ones dying makes me feel morbid for even considering it, but I mean, I guess if I think about my own mortality, it's only natural to consider others'.

[silentxstrom]

My parents are in their 60s and relatively healthy. My grandparents are nearing 90 and I worry about how their deaths will impact my mother. My dad lost his parents to heart attacks 25 years to the day apart. My grandma was in her 80s when she died so it wasn’t a shock but my grandfather, who died before I was born, was barely in his 60s when he went.

I also have 4 siblings and I worry about them all the time.

[colorfilm]

ya ive had sleepless nights worrying about my dad dying.