Are you afraid of dying/death?

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Unfortunately; it is the only possibility. Were it that there was an after-life - but, then what would be the point of living in the first place? The truth is; when you die - you are, in a sense, erased. Though, that is an impossibility because to be erased suggests existence, which cannot be in a - and this is a contradictory term - non-existential state.
Personally, I am endevouring to prevent my death. Yay for technology. Yeah, yeah, I know I'll get all the mad scientist references, now, but still - I know what awaits, if that word can even apply, me, and if I've even the slightest possibility of denying that fate, then I'll exploit that possibility as long as I can. Life is a tenacious bastard, after all.
It's only Death that's patient. A thing that's not a even a thing, without time, can afford such.

No i dont fear death or dying, but i dont want to die or be dead any time soon though. Theres times i do say i wish i was dead or to die, but i never mean it. There was a quote that said "Death isnt sad, sad thing is most people don't live at all!" which is soo true if you ask me.

Sure I would say that I am afraid of death. Not really of natural causes because im only 19 but im afraid of what's gonna happen if I decide to take my life.

I am not afraid of dying because I am a christian and I know that when I die I will go to Heaven to be with the Lord forever. Dawn

This could have been such an interesting debate!

There are times where I'm not worried about it at all - it seems like a release, and you're not aware of it so it's not at all unpleasant. Other times I'm very fearful - of dying a painful death most of all, of not being able to see what happens to the world (as an extremely curious person, this kills me), of being forgotten, and of the fact that time NEVER ends - just think of how even though you won't be aware, you will no longer be part of the world but it will never stop, time will just keep going forever. The concept of time not ending/beginning really freaks me out lol. I'm an atheist, but I really wish I believed in a Heaven.

I had a feeling you'd say that. You obviously know more about the universe than everyone else does. Whichever answer makes the most sense to you must always be the only correct answer...

For the first time in a long time, I would not welcome death. I like this incarnation, I want to be me for longer. When I die, I'll cease to be this version of me. I don't think I'll really lose myself, but I will change. I'm not done being this form yet.

I have a big fear of death.
I will tell you my theory of my existence:-
Since I was about 12, I've been wondering if nothing exists at all - even me. I might be an atom or some other sort of element in space, just dreaming my life, and when the atom destroys then I die. Every other human being on this planet might be just in this atom's ''dream''.
The Eart and even all the other planets don't exist. Nothing exists - just a few elements, compounds and atoms in space. Even the sun doesn't exist. Nothing. (I don't know much about this sciencey stuff, and it's not my special interest either. I'm just giving my theory).
These thoughts start coming to my head because I look around at buildings and other places, and how professionally they are built. How did people know where to start? Where did all the different materials in the world originally come from? Society is too perfect to exist.

That was just my theory of life. It's probably making all you think now, too! But that isn't really true. Here are my logical reasons as to why I am afraid of death:-
1. I might not meet anyone and not ever start a family of my own - so I'll grow old alone and die alone.
2. My ''ghost'' might be so evil that it might haunt the whole town, and people might be wishing that I had never existed in the first place because they just cannot get rid of me
3. Nobody will cremate me, so I'll be rotting in a grave - which I don't want. I just want to be cremated so that I'll practically be wiped off the earth
4. My death might not be a quick death. It might be a slow, painful death
5. I dread being old because I might be sitting there waiting to die, because I'll know that it will come very soon.

Death frightens me. One minute you're alive and well - the next, you're gone and oblivious to all life and existence.
This is why I don't want to commit suicide to get out of my lonely, isolation of a life. I just look at my healthy, slim body, covered in lovely, healthy skin. I don't want to let that down. People have even commented on my ''nice legs''.

I just want stem cell research in the future to fill up the parts of my brain what are missing.