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Thank you, Pookie, you get it. Everyone should acknowledge their fear of death.
Fear of Death is indeed natural and beneficial for self-preservation. But, as expressed and just to clarify again for all, denying or not dealing with one's fear of death is mentally unhealthy. It can also lead to other problems. Let's say a big rig wrecks badly in front of your car on the interstate. A typical driver (with unacknowledged fears) is going to crash trying to avoid crashing into the semi or their response is going to be frozen-up by fear and they will certainly crash some other way. A driver with less fear of death, with a little more space in-between their thoughts, will most probably cooly avoid wrecking if it's possible. but...Remember, there are other cars on the road and they'll probably wreck into you anyway, no matter how good and wise you are at the wheel.
Humans develop character armor and neuroses (i.e., personality) to guard against seriously contemplating death, so I get what you're saying floatingslowly, but I've just heard it about a thousand times.
So, ironically, the "you" in you, is actually just a reaction based on your fear. And you thought "you" were so unique!
I had a near-death experience by nearly drowing when I was seven. It's my first really complete memory (and wiped out some of the previous ones, I imagine) and you had the bilateral pneumothorax "born dead" thing, so I would also agree that you, like Kegmama, may have a little less fear, but let's not kid ourselves, shall we?
The good news is that you probably have a predispostion to have a knack for meditation.
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